Our Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal!
How the Sessions are Different
In our pitching school, we give away pins every session to a select few students. They say, “Commit to the Process.” To earn one, a pitcher must do any sort of pitching practice every single day between lessons to earn a star for her team. Then, over the span of a 10-week off-season, if she’s able to accumulate all 70 days of consistent work, she earns the pin. This is quite a feat, to say the least.
I've been talking to a lot of high school softball coaches lately, asking them what they look for in players. Naturally, I expected answers about talent—velocity, great movement, accuracy, maybe a devastating change-up.
And yes, coaches like all of those things. It turns out coaches are, in fact, fans of good softball players. But one thing keeps coming up that is much less exciting: Show up early and know how to get yourself ready.
Your coach doesn't want to hunt you down and say, "Where are your bands?" She doesn't want to remind you that perhaps now, five minutes before you're supposed to pitch, would be an excellent time to begin throwing.
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