It All Comes Down to Pitching

We all know how important pitching is to the success of your team but so many of us don't know much about it. It can seem like a mystery skill that we fall victim to. Well it doesn't have to be that way. Pitching is a skill just like all the other softball skills you teach. You don't have to have been a pitcher to teach pitching - you teach lots of softball positions that you probably didn't play yourself and pitching is no different. There are things you can do to teach pitching better so let's look at a few of them:

1. Understand the Simple Basics - when you finally understand that pitching underhand is really similar to throwing overhand then all kinds of light bulbs start going off. Throwing an underhand fastball is more similar to throwing overhand from shortstop than most people realize and we have some great instructional products that will detail this for you:
   • Pitching - the Fastball Basics (eClinic)
   • Breaking Down the Pitching Motion - Fastball Basics (DVD)
   • Improving Your Pitcher's Accuracy (eClinic)
   • Increasing Your Pitcher's Speed (eClinic)
   • Problem Areas for Beginning Pitchers (eClinic)
   • Practicing Techniques for Beginning Pitchers (eClinic)
   • Beginning Pitching eSkill.
2. Know Where to Go to Help with Advanced Pitches - there will probably be a point when your pitcher's skill passes your knowledge. At that point she'll no doubt need outside instruction but that doesn't mean you should quit learning. Keep up-to-date with what your pitcher knows by checking out our advanced pitching products:
   • The Complete Book of Pitching
   • The RevFire Spin Package
   • Spinners Pitching Aid & DVD
   • Controlling Critical Counts and Pitching & Catching Drill Mania DVD
   • Advanced Motion Pitches the Riseball and Screwball DVD
   • Fastpitch Softball Pitching DVD Pitchers Potpourri - "Identifying Problems Pitchers Face & How to Correct Them" and "Softball Issues Q&A".