About the Product

Learn everything you need to know to help your more experienced softball pitcher have better workouts and practice more effectively for games. This manual is a complete reprint of Chapter 4 – Practicing – from my book on pitching titled, The Complete Book of Pitching and covers this topic in great detail. Learn how pitchers should warm up, how to practice movement as well as location, and how to practice to ensure more success in games.

This manual will take you through a suggested pre-season practice as well as practices for in-season and the off-season. Also learn some great pitching games for your pitchers to use to help them simulate game-like pressure while making practice more fun.

Tables of Contents

• Importance of Practice
• Chapter 1 – Warming Up
  • Get Your Body Temperature Warm
  • Get the Pitch to Spin Correctly
  • Add Speed to the Spin
  • Control the Pitch Location
• Chapter 2 – Physical Conditioning
• Chapter 3 – Amount of Practice
• Chapter 4 – Length of Practice
• Chapter 5 – Pitching Workouts & Practices
  • Limiting Number of Pitches in a Row
  • Mixing Speed & Locations
  • Change Up Day
  • Charting Pitchers
• Chapter 6 – Off-Season Practice
• Chapter 7 – Pre-Season Practice
  • Establish a 75% Strike Pitch
  • Develop Control of the Change Up
  • Get Into Game Shape
  • Pitch Against Live Batters
  • Develop Your 2^nd and 3^rd Pitches
  • Fielding Practice
  • The First Game Isn’t the Championship
  • Sample Pre-Season Workout Schedule
• Chapter 8 – In-Season Practice
  • Charting Your Progress
  • Opponent Practice Day
  • Live Hitter’s Practice
  • Rest and Ice
  • Sample In-Season Workout Schedule
• Chapter 9 – Pitching Games
  • Runs & Outs
  • Walks for Poles
  • 7 Innings
  • 3 Points