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Plays And Strategies
Coaching Softball: Defensive Strategy video podcast with Jay Miller - Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State University
If your softball team has a great offense and scores runs, you may win. If you have a great defense and your opponent can't score runs...you can't lose! This softball series covers the fine points of defensive strategy.

Coaching Softball: Offensive Strategy video podcast with Jay Miller - Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State University
There's nothing soft about softball. Offense is how runs come across the plate and Softball Coach Jay Miller starts with general softball philosophy then moves to baserunning, bunts, slugs, suicides and even trick plays!

Defensive Drills (baseball too) video podcast with Jay Miller - Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State University
This is a series of defensive warm-up drills that help develop and enforce fundamental skills, build competitiveness and sharpen your athletes skills. This drill is great for softball and baseball!

Animated Baseball Playbook with
With the animated playbook, you'll see the pitch, the hit and runners advance as each player carries out his assignment. If there is one tool that "turns the light on" and makes baseball come alive...this is it!

Pitching And Throwing
Softball Skills: Leap & Drag Pitching video podcast with Jennifer Hogan
This softball skills series starts with the basics and moves through drills. The series wraps up with tips to help softball coaches with troubleshooting pitchers' problems.

Coaching Softball: Pitching Fundamentals video podcast with Bo Reid - Pitching Coach , Mississippi State University
This softball skills series covers the topics a coach or athlete needs to know to pitch at any level. The softball pitching techniques demonstrated in this series are the same techniques used at Mississippi State.

Softball Pitching video podcast with Bo Reid - Pitching Coach , Mississippi State University
Mississippi State Softball pitching coach, Bo Reid covers softball drills and tips that will help you develop your softball bullpen.

Infield And Outfield
Softball Outfield Drills video podcast with Ashley Moore , Auburn University Softball
Outfielders must be able to run, catch and throw, but they'll need to work with each other and change directions quickly too. Here's some drills to help develop those skills that apply to both softball and baseball.

The Middle Infield Positions video podcast with Jack Byerley - Assistant Softball Coach , Auburn University
Covering the middle infield shows fundamental techniques and drills to develop better infielders. From bad hops to turning double plays, you'll find it here.

Softball Skills: Fielding Ground Balls video podcast with Brad Irwin - Assistant Softball Coach , University of Tennessee at Chatanooga
The proper techniques for both forehand and backhand fielding are demonstrated in this softball skills video.

Coaching Softball: Infield Defensive Skills video podcast with Wayne Sheets - Assistant Softball Coach , Jefferson State Community College
This softball skills video looks at the fundamentals of infield defense. Proper foot placement on the base for maximum glove extension is essential to successful defense. This, as well as, specific infield strategies are demonstrated in this video segment.

Softball Drills: The Warm-Up video podcast with Wayne Sheets - Assistant Softball Coach , Jefferson State Community College
Coach discusses practice organization for the warm-up in this softball video. Stretching drills get these players loosened up before they start their more intense practice routine.

Batting
Troubleshooting Hitters video podcast with Jack Byerley - Assistant Softball Coach , Auburn University
Coach Jack Byerley from Auburn University covers some problems hitters have and gives you insight to what causes them and, more importantly, what you can do to correct them.

SoftballSkills: The Sacrifice Bunt and Slap Hitting video podcast with Brad Irwin - Assistant Softball Coach , University of Tennessee at Chatanooga
The Sacrifice Bunt and Slap Hitting are the focus of this softball skills series. Understanding when to use each type of hit and the proper technique for executing them, make the sacrifice bunt and slap hitting valuable parts of your team's success. This series takes us through the mechanics of both types of hits and discusses what a batter's goal is with each.

Softball Skills: Hitting Stations Out Of The Cage with Brad Irwin - Assistant Softball Coach , University of Tennessee at Chatanooga
Hitting the softball successfully involves a whole lot more than the swing. In this softball skills video, Coach Dana Reed uses simple, but effective station drills to teach athletes the various components of a successful hit. Trigger. Step. Swing....Score!!

Softball bunting video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
Whether you are trying to advance a runner or to get on base with a surprise bunt, the ability to lay down a good bunt in softball is important. This video segment was shot at the UAB Softball Holiday Camp, so consider it a gift from us the next time one of your players lays down a great bunt.

Slap Hitting with Beth Mullins - Assistant Softball coach , UAB (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
Slap hitting is a different technique to say the least, but what kind of athlete do you turn into a slap hitter? Why would you want to slap hit and where do you put them in your batting order?

Hitting Fundamentals video podcast with Jay Miller - Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State University
This is the "A to Z" of softball hitting. Begining with the hitters mental attitude, Coach Miller moves the lecture to drills and Q&A with the audience.

Baserunning
SoftballSkills: Sliding Techniques video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
"It's a softball players job to get on the base," says Coach Marla Townsend, Head Softball Coach for the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Sliding is one skill that will help players do just that. Coach discusses Sliding techniques in this softball video set. It's not just knowing HOW to slide correctly, it's also knowing WHEN to slide (and when not to). Coach discusses the need to incorporate sliding into your softball practice, minimizing injury, reading the defense, and describes various slides as they're demonstrated in different game situations.

Softball Throwing Skills and Drills video podcast with Brad Irwin - Assistant Softball Coach , University of Tennessee at Chatanooga
Good throwing mechanics are essential to play at the college level. But, often proper throwing techniques and the value of effective throwing are not emphasized enough in softball today. This softball video series explains the importance of effective throwing techniques to the overall success of the team and the player. Beginning with the basics of the grip, Coach goes through all aspects of throwing, including the importance of receiving the ball in correct position. This softball series is great for coaches and players.

Softball Hitting Skills: Station Drills video podcast with Brad Irwin - Assistant Softball Coach , University of Tennessee at Chatanooga
This softball camp hitting series takes us through six stations. Each station uses a different drill to teach young softball players proper hitting techniques and body movement to maximize the power of the hit. Each station uses a either a tee or a toss and can easily be utilized by coaches at any level.

Coaching Softball: Base Running and Coaching Third Base video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
"The shortest distance between two bases is a straight line." It's the coach's job to get softball players down that line and around the next base. In this softball coaching segment on Base Running, Head Coach Marla Townsend, discusses basic base running skills and techniques for coaching 3rd base. Good communication with base runners is one key to successfully coaching from the field.

Softball Batting Skills: Staying in Control at the Plate video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
Marla Townsend is the Head Softball Coach at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In this softabll series, she leads a clinic session on batting. From understanding the strike zone to choosing the best bat to maximize success at the plate, Coach focuses on basic, but essential elements of good, effective hitting. Great softball basics series for the young athlete.

The Softball Olympics: Skill Building the Fun Way video podcast with Bonnie Jean - President , Dream Doer League
Learn softball skills and techniques the fun way. Play Softball Olympics. Coach Bonnie Jean Schaeffer of Wesleyan Christian Academy puts these young athletes to the test through a series of "Olympic games" that teach various softball skills through friendly competition. Definitely a gold medal event.

Soft Toss Drills-Cage Drills video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
These are three great indoor drills that you can work on to develop your batters for softball season.

Small ball Batting Practice video podcast with Marla Townsend - Head Coach , UAB Women's Softball (in conjunction with Marla Townsend Fastpitch School)
Techniques for hand-eye coordination.

Softball Hitting Drills and Skills with Annie Smith - Associate Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State Universtiy
Coach Annie Smith, Associate Head Softball Coach at Mississippi State University, present this softball clinic series on hitting. Coach provides multiple drills for various aspects of the swing. Additionally, she provides resources for equipment that can be used to perform these drills and offers less expensive solutions that yield the same results. Great softball series for the High School or Youth League Coach.

Baserunning video podcast with Jay Miller - Head Softball Coach , Mississippi State University
Running the bases is one of the most overlooked aspects of softball (and baseball too). Coach Miller covers the fine points of baserunning in this series from the feet to eyes!