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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.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
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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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.
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
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
Charli is working on switching to the left side as a slapper! Her first lesson here soft slapping. Building that muscle memory with our footwork and hand path to the ball.
3 words that are helping her keep it simple. You can hear me saying 🗣1. Back 2. Land 3. Snap!
But let’s get into with what those 3 words mean.
1. Back : I had Charli choose which movement she would like better. Pivoting to short stop or using the negative movement. She chose the negative movement with her right leg sliding back to the MIDDLE of her body line. As she slides that foot back her toes are now in the direction of short stop.
2. Land : when landing her left leg comes through and lands pointing her toes to short stop. Here she is in a balanced running position towards short stop with her nose over her toes. The most important part to landing is keeping our hands back and not bringing them forward.
3. Snap: on snap she sends her hands inside the top half on the ball, snaps her wrist hard over and stops immediately at contact.
Barrel is always up and above the ball and your wrist.
If you wanna learn how to slap and transition from the right to left YOU CAN DO IT! Come see me 👀 I got you like I got Charli! Can’t wait to see her progression & success in the weeks to come!! - Tianna
#softslap #slappingdrills #slappers
WE GOT ANOTHER CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!! You work so hard @bwhitten_50 & are so deserving. Proud of you sis!!
Catchers! I can’t emphasize enough the importance of leg drive during our throws downs. I constantly tell my catchers to think about trying to lessen the distance from home plate to second base. In order to do that we must drive off our back leg hard and straight to our target.
Here in this drill you will see that I am already starting sideways. This helps me feel my body staying in a straight line while also working on staying balanced and in control during my throw.
It’s that time of year again- Summer Camps are back!
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Date: July 14th- Pitchers & Catchers
July 15th- Position Players
(We will do a strength/agility session & hit at both dates)
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Time: 9a-2p
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Age: 7-12 years old
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Price: $150
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Coaches: Kelsey Bruder, Lauren Haeger, Brittany Pickett, Walker Barbee, Olivia Lawrence- all former Division 1 athletes. .
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Sign up: Find us on the MindBody app >> Classes >> choose date that applies to you >> Book
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Space is limited, claim your spot now!
How I (@lhaeger17) feel about it being MAYhem in college softball starting this weekend!
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Post season is the best season!
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Games will be on ALLLLL weekend and we encourage all of our athletes to watch as much as they can! Watch and learn!
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I know who I’m rooting for! GO GATORS!🐊
GET YOUR TSP SUMMER SWAG!!!
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Price: $30. DM or Respond with your size (Adult S - Adult 4XL) & we’ll charge the card you have on file with us.
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Orders end 5/26!
Here’s an easy way to get young ones to feel more connected to the ground. The angle of the wedge encourages them to drive downwards instead of standing tall through their swing. If you give it a try, let me know what you think!
PITCHERS🚨
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Knowing how to use your fingers correctly and understanding your whip is the KEY to learning how to throw movement pitches.
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If this isn’t understood or practiced it’s so hard to learn a new pitch and throwing it the correct way! Get a spinner and spin it everyday. You don’t need a catcher for that!
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Your fingers spin the ball! ITS NOT how fast you can snap your wrist!
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