Inseason Pitching & Hitting School Starts in April
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Our Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal!
How the Sessions are Different
Registration March 6th-15th
Early Registration $30 Off!
Our Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal!
How the Sessions are Different
I was recently listening to one of my favorite podcasts, The Tim Ferriss Show, hosted by Tim Ferriss, a business author and entrepreneur known for interviewing top-performing people across sports, business, and life. His goal is to “deconstruct world-class performers,” and his recent interview with NFL-great, Steve Young was amazing. I’m not much of a football fan, and to be honest didn’t know who Steve Young was, but I surely do now! know why he was so successful after listening to this interview. I thought so much applied to softball and pitching that I wanted to pass this along. .
He talked about how there is a difference in athleticism. The players in the NFL are the top in the world. He also talked about how the error margins were so much smaller. , in college football, receivers are often open. In the NFL, no one is open. I’ve actually heard professional golfers say the same thing, or those that didn’t make it to the tour but were close. My old golf instructor who didn’t make the tour, but his friend did said, everything was the same, but the other guy could wouldn’t miss that one last short putt, I’d miss it one more time than him. Less room for error, less margins.
Missy Lombardi was trying to figure out what made Michigan so dominant in 2015. As the head coach of Oaklahoma she was battling the WCWS eventual runner-up. She came up with these three factors. Then, with the help of her sports psychologist, invented a way to chart the points. Lombardi found that three things determine the dominance of a pitcher:
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Let's face it; there are no shortcuts to pitching perfection. It's like diet and exercise. You can't be Arnold Schwarzenegger by pumping iron once a week for two years. You can't lose those 10 pounds by reading a couple of health articles and including celery into one meal a day. You're not going to be the first 8 year old in the history of all post coach-pitch leagues to throw the ball anywhere near the plate by pitching once a week in games. Don't fret though!