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		<title>Fantastic Hitting Drill to Increase Fair Balls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hitting the ball hard is one thing, but hitting it hard and Fair makes all the difference in the world! Take a hitting lesson from pitchers to help your hitters hit more balls fair.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/hitting/fair-ball-drill/</link>
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		<title>2 Keys to Getting Better Pitch Movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So many pitchers pride themselves on the number of pitches they have not understanding that pitch quality wins games, not quantity. Find out 2 keys that will really help improve the pitch quality for all your pitchers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/pitching/keys-to-pitch-movement/</link>
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		<title>Want aggressive baserunning&#8230;then practice sliding</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/sliding-pants/</link>
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		<title>Chipping Away at the Marble &#8211; 8 Strategies for a Successful New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The start of the softball season brings a lot of hope, excitement and anticipation. See how my 8 Tips for a Successful New Softball Year can get you off to a great start!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/chipping-away-at-the-marble/</link>
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		<title>The Best of the Best</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had to pick the 19 very best fastpitch players and coaches of all time, could you do it? Who would you come up with? See if your list matches the one in the new book, The Best of the Best.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/best-of-the-best-book/</link>
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		<title>The Price Our Players Pay for Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried teaching your team a new drill and found them flat, or emotionless? You might be surprised to learn this is actually a by-product of learning.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/price-of-learning/</link>
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		<title>4 Tips for Helping Your Hitters Increase Their Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using your legs is crucial to hitting the ball hard. But it can be difficult to teach so discover 4 things that will really help your hitters increase their power by better using their legs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/hitting/increasing-hitters-power/</link>
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		<title>Hitting &#8211; Seeing the MIDDLE</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/tips/hitting-seeing-the-middle/</link>
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		<title>6 Things I Learned at the NFCA Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The largest softball coaches organization in the world just held their annual meeting that involved the best of the best sharing their passion, knowledge and secrets. Of all the things I learned during the week discover the 6 things that stood out the most to me.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/2011-nfca-convention-lesson/</link>
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		<title>7 Softball Lessons from Alabama&#8217;s Patrick Murphy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently listened to NFCA President and Alabama Head Softball Coach Patrick Murphy gave his opening speech at this year’s NFCA Convention and I was transfixed. He created 7 amazing goals we could all aspire to so read on and learn the 7 Things Patrick Murphy has Learned from People in the Game of Softball.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.softballexcellence.com/dugout/miscellaneous/7-lessons-from-patrick-murphy/</link>
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