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With group and individual lessons, strength & conditioning classes, various camp and workshop opportunities, The Softball Project offers an elite, comprehensive approach to training. Your daughter will be coached by former Professional and Division 1 athletes who provide a unique influence gained only by competing at the highest level.
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To cultivate a work ethic you can be proud of. To be led by women who have lived your dreams, and are eager for you to do the same.
A chance to find out what you’re really made of. To decide how bad you want it. To give everything you have in your body, and then push a little further.
A safe place to take that risk. To be able to taste defeat and let that fuel a fire so deep, giving up is not an option.
You’ll build confidence and pursue excellence in character and performance, all while creating some of the best memories you’ll ever have
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We love a textbook soft slap!
•started her movement once the ball was released ✅
•let the ball travel deep ✅
• hit the inside & top half of the ball ✅
•early bounce ✅
•barrel ended up ✅
We love to see it 🤩
#softslap #slappers
Catchers! Are you having a hard time getting a grip on the ball when throwing down? It might be because your popping the ball out of your glove to your hand.
Riley is using a flat glove while working on her transfer. You can notice that she tries to pop the ball into her hand resulting in her missing the ball. I can’t emphasize enough that we need to make sure we are bringing the ball to our ear and truly going into our glove to grab it. Usually we only get one or two opportunities to shine in a ball game when it comes to throwing runners out. So we must make the most of it and give ourselves every opportunity to succeed. That’s why practicing the transfer properly is so crucial. Here are a few drills that may be helpful.
@lhaeger17 here just to remind you to be the pitcher you are supposed to be. Not the pitcher everyone else, Instagram, or others tell you to be!
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If you spin it, SPIN IT.
If you throw gas, THROW GAS.
If you have a sick change, THROW IT ALL THE TIME.
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Own who you are and it will bring out what makes YOU unique as a pitcher. Every school and program can only survive if they have a whole staff these days! Be a piece of a staff no one else has.
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🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Our goal here is to hit around or the target (the ball out in-front on the tee) with our hard slap angling down.
in between pitches I’ll ask Emma “what did you FEEL?” whether she misses her target or hits it. I ask that question often to hitters & slappers when working with them.
You have two types of athletes the one that knows right off the bat what FELT great and worked for them or what FELT bad and where they need to make their adjustments. Then you have other athletes that want instant success and never take the time to FEEL… it’s a rush for them and they aren’t in tune with their body.
One weekend I ran into Emma at the ball field after she played a game. I asked her how she did she was able to tell me her successes and failures at the plate AND WHY and what she FELT.
This game is about adjustments! It’s between YOU & YOU. Only YOU can feel your body. It’s what separates you from being the player that wants instant success. Instead you become a student of the game and your own coach when adjusting pitch to pitch.
Whether you are new to the game or been in the game. Be the athlete that can take the time to FEEL when you train, when you practice and when you play.
#softball #tiptuesday
We are incredibly proud to announce @bwhitten_50’s commitment to further her academic & softball career at Longwood University! This is so deserved. She works hard every day and is an A+ kid. So so happy for you Berk!
Let’s go through this soft slap step by step in slo mo
1. Move your feet as the ball is released
2. Separate your hands once you start your first step
3. Cross over (keeping your hands back)
4. Let the ball travel deep to your left hip (creating that early bounce)
5. hit the inside & top half of the ball
✨Remember your approach to the ball is not soft, keep your bat speed to contact & stop right after contact✨
#slappingdrills #softslap
Had a lot of strong performances from TSP girls out in Colorado last week. Here’s @graciehollingsworth.18 starting the game off with a no doubter
Here Paisley is working the walkthrough drill. Instead of stepping in front of her foot, she steps behind, helping her feel the internal rotation of the front hip. This subtle coiling leads to increased power. Give it a try, let us know what you think!
So often I hear athletes say they didn’t practice at home simply because they didn’t have anyone take them to a field or a partner to hit ground balls to them. NO EXCUSES! If you want to get better you will find a way. Simple drills are so underrated.
Here are some easy glove work drills with a partner. The partner can easily be substituted for a wall. If no softballs in the house then you can use a tennis ball or a foam stress ball.
This lean back go forward drill forward our chop, let’s the athlete feel how her nose should be over her toes at contact. Posture is key!
Let’s not forget the other 🔑’s
🔑 contact point is deep (back hip)
🔑 posture up (so we can be on top driving the ball into the ground
🔑aiming inside top half + snap hard after contact
🔑 early bounce 6/12 spin
#slapping #chop
With the World Series just wrapping up, I’ve heard countless girls say they’d give anything to play on that stage. Would you really, though? Does your work ethic prove that? Truthfully I’ve run into more athletes with excuses than with the drive it takes to be great.
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I know it’s hot. I know the umpires are terrible. I know you had to wake up early and play 6 games cuz you got in the losers bracket. Guess what though.. nobody cares.
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Its not entirely their fault. Society made people soft by giving everybody a trophy so no one gets their feelings hurt. But as you get older, you’re not GIVEN anything worth keeping. I only bring this up because most girls will get a “no” from their dream schools & be stunned by it.
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If you’re reading this I hope you’re not left wishing you had done more. Eat right. Condition to the point you think your lungs are bleeding & your muscles are exploding. Continuously seek discomfort in an effort to build grit. Refine your skills nearly every day. When you think you’ve practiced enough go out & do some more. THEN you’ll know you truly did give everything & regardless of where you end up, you’ll be successful. That type of “all in” discipline transcends the ball field & leads to an entire life of excellence.
Sometimes saying “keep your hands inside, let them clear ur chest, let the ball deep, snap your wrist” just doesn’t click! And that’s okayyy! I’m a visual person as well!
Avery is here to help you all get a great look of how our hands should look when soft slapping. The first contact she makes with the inside ball is her, “keeping her hands inside the ball, letting her hands clear her chest”. The second contact she makes is her “letting the ball deep, and snapping her wrist”
Love using this drill for our soft slap warmup, training those hands to stay inside and create that early bounce.
Give it a try and see if you see the difference in a more sharper soft slap!
🔑‘s to remember when soft slapping
- let the ball travel deep
- hit the inside & top half of the ball
- your approach to the ball is not soft, keep your bat speed to contact & stop after
-barrel is up and facing the 5/6 hole
#slappingdrills #softslap
ANOTHER Player of the Year! TSP athlete and @umichsoftball commit @janelleilacqua is an unbelievable ball player with an untouchable work ethic. So proud of you and thankful to be a small piece of the puzzle.
Catchers! Are your legs in shape for the summer season? Here are a few exercises to help get the body ready for those long weekends behind the plate.
Key to executing the soft slap is the snap of your wrist over the ball! For many slappers the are naturally right handed and their top hand tends to smother the ball.
This drill helps us not only build strength in our path to the ball but we are focusing on snapping our left wrist only over the ball, creating that early bounce.
Scroll ➡️ to see the us put it all together! 😍 Go Aubrey Go!
#softslap #slappers
Simple drill to help athletes find the optimal stretch for their body. Have them stride to balance, pause, then fire. If the hands float with the step, they’ll feel very restricted. If the upper body creates space away from the front hip & is able to maintain that space as the lower half fires, they will feel strong even though they’re firing from a standstill.
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Hope this helps!
-Kelsey
IT’S A GATOR GAME DAY IN OKC BABY LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!! FLORIDA OVER EVERYBODYYYY!!!!!!
We want to hear your predictions down below!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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This WCWS will definitely be one to remember!
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SO MANY games from Thursday on and we want everyone to watch as many as they can! Pay attention to what these amazing athletes are doing it’s the best way to up your softball IQ!
Another honor for one of our athletes. @graciehollingsworth.18 is an incredibly hard worker & an even better person. She wakes up at 5a to workout at @trainmatthews and is back after school training with @thesoftballproject. I’m so proud of you Gracie.
Catcher— a quick transfer is essential for a fast pop time!
In this drill we are working with the flat hand and then allowing the knee that drives to drop into place. This will help speed up your transfer and ensure you are getting your body into place to throw from your knees!
Start out slow and speed yourself up as you get familiar with the drill.
Then switch to your regular glove and progress to your normal catching position.
#catchingdrills #catcherdrills #softballcatcher #softballcatcherdrills #softballdrills #softball
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