Cat Osterman, NCAA all time leader for strikeouts per 7 innings in Women’s softball, and 2004 Summer Olympics athlete, tells us who taught her the art of pitching. “”I had some pitching lessons for my 11th birthday, because I have been on a little league team. Little league regalates how many innings a pitcher can throw in a week. I think we had a bigger game at the end of the week, so our coach needed a pitcher to come in to pitch two innings. The pitcher that has started alraedy had a lot of her innings, and our better pitcher they were saving for the end of the week. At that time I in the outfield, just picking flowers and not doing much of anything, so I volunteered and came in. I don’t know if I struck out my first hitter or one of their better hitters. I still remember who it was to this day. I struck out one person and I loved it, so from then on I asked my dad for those pitching lessons. I wanted to try it, and as long as I was working at it, he was happy giving lessons. We went and sought out a pitching coach in Houston, his name was Tim Timmons. He gave me lessons for the first three years, then I went to another coach Bobby Smith, who is still a men’s pitcher to this day.”"
Jill Virchis provides private pitching lessons to dozens of sports athletes in the Modesto area. In the video Jill trains Stephanie Crist, an eigth-grader at Somerset Junior High School who is showing promise as a softball pitcher.
Firmly place the index and ring fingers on a softball for a two-seam fastball. Learn tips for gripping a two-seam fastball in this free video on softball pitching techniques from a softball coach. Expert: Juan Landeverde Bio: Juan Carlos Landeverde played college baseball at Cal State Northridge. He has been the mens baseball coach at Hamilton High, and the womens softball coach for the past five years. Filmmaker: Devin Boddie
On ClubHouseGAS.com , noted coach and college player, Crissy Rapp talks with Casey Bass and demonstrates drills for the fundamentals of pitching for softball.
Pitching Lessons From an 8 year old. Fastball, Change-up, Rise ball, Drop ball. Shelby is getting lessons from Abbie Simms, a former professional Rockford Thunder fastpitch player from NC state who now is the pitching and catching instructor for the University of Houston
I am a pitcher and I play 3rd base, I am a freshman in high school and I want to make varsity softball. I have a pretty good chance because they have been talking about me pitching at the school for months now. But I want to make sure I am ready and great! The only problem is I am not great at batting. I have been going to the batting cages and am improving though. I really want training ideas that will help me in batting and fielding, some pitching exercises would be nice too. But anything to really help me get ready for the season and help me make varsity would be helpful
Thankz in advance
my daughter at thirteen years old. she is at pitching lessons, her coach has the radar gun on her, she hit 59. that was last year, she is now over 60 mph, and throws 6 pitshes with confidence in games.
Focused for Fastpitch
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