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	<title>Softball Excellence &#187; Tip of the Month</title>
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		<title>Want aggressive baserunning&#8230;then practice sliding</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/sliding-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agressive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[base runningin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baserunning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pants]]></category>
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Are you looking for more aggressive runners on the bases, players that will take an extra base and be willing to slide when the play is close? If so then you need to have your team sliding during practice, and the best way for that to happen is to let them practice in pants. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting &#8211; Seeing the MIDDLE</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/hitting-seeing-the-middle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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If you&#8217;re tired of telling your hitters to keep their eye&#8217;s on the ball, you aren&#8217;t alone. But, while that won&#8217;t help you, this might &#8211; have your players think about seeing the MIDDLE of the ball, and then hitting the middle of the ball. Doing this helps your hitters use their eyes more specifically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baserunning &#8211; Heads-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/baserunning-heads-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[base]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[base runner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[base running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baserunner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baserunning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[head up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heads up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
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To help your baserunners see the ball better and make better, and faster decisions, get them to run with their heads UP! It&#8217;s pretty common for runners to get their heads down when trying to run fast, and while the effort is admirable, the result isn&#8217;t so good. In order to make good decisions you&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitcher/Catcher Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/pitchercatcher-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[catcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michele smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitcher]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[steer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/?p=2638</guid>
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This tip provided by Michele Smith.
To help pitchers and catchers work better together think about their relationship this way: Pitchers are the train and catchers are the tracks. The catchers job is to steer the pitchers where she wants her to go.
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		<title>Reading Bunt Locations</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/reading-bunt-locations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
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The next time your team is on defense and the batter is probably going to bunt (right handed bunter), to help figure out if the bunt will be on the left or the right side of the infield have your infielders watch for the position of the batter&#8217;s Top Hand.
If the bunter&#8217;s Top Hand is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting &amp; Pitching Posture</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/hitting-ptiching-posture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[body position]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hit hitter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stick figure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stick-player]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight]]></category>

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If your body was a stick, keep the stick straight up and down when you&#8217;re hitting &#8211; or when you&#8217;re releasing the ball as a pitcher. This concept of a player&#8217;s body actually being a stick helps them visualize how to have the right posture at contact or release which is important to speed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE RUNNING SLAP &#8211; TROUBLE MAKING CONTACT?</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/slap-making-contact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tip of the Month]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[running slap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running slapper]]></category>
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If your slappers are having trouble making contact, or hitting any balls in fair territory, then it could be she&#8217;s out-running her hands. Make sure your hitters keep their hands in front of their chest as they start their running footwork. Slappers will often move their feet and body forward but keep their hands behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEAM CHEMISTRY: The Positive Promise</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/positive-promise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/positive-promise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tip of the Month]]></category>
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If you have a player or players that are really hard on themselves think about putting into place The Positive Promise. Players can&#8217;t say anything bad about themselves until they first say something good. So for instance, if a player strikes out and comes back to the dugout, before she can say &#8220;I stink&#8221; as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fielding: Count the Bounces</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/fielding-count-the-bounces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 01:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bounces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fielding]]></category>
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If you have a player that is struggling to field groundballs cleanly then try this simple tip &#8211; have them count the bounces!
It&#8217;s very common for infielders, even expert fielding infielders, to suddenly become fumble-hands and not be able to field groundballs. It&#8217;s a big problem when it happens and tends to only get worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEAM CHEMISTRY: NERVOUSNESS</title>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/game-day-nervousness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/game-day-nervousness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Bristow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[big focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clear directions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidence]]></category>
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To help your players handle their nerves during games help them understand how to control their focus in practice. When players are nervous their focus gets too big &#8211; meaning, they&#8217;re thinking about big things like &#8220;we&#8217;ve got to win&#8221;, &#8220;that team&#8217;s really good&#8221;, &#8220;what happens if we lose&#8221;, &#8220;If I don&#8217;t hit good I [...]]]></description>
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