Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Stance and Launch Position

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Stance and Launch Position

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dipping the Back Shoulder

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dipping the Back Shoulder

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Muscling the Ball

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Muscling the Ball

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Focus

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Focus

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Vision Skills

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Vision Skills

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Casting

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Casting

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dropping the Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dropping the Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Timing

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Timing

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dead Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dead Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Stays on Backside or Collapses

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Stays on Backside or Collapses

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Confidence

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Confidence

Softball Skills - Introduction to Basic Fast Pitch

Softball Skills - Introduction to Basic Fast Pitch

Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball - Common Flaws and Fixes

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Stance and Launch Position

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Stance and Launch Position

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dipping the Back Shoulder

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dipping the Back Shoulder

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Muscling the Ball

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Muscling the Ball

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Focus

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Focus

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Vision Skills

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Vision Skills

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Casting

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Casting

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dropping the Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dropping the Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Timing

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Timing

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dead Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Dead Hands

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Stays on Backside or Collapses

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Stays on Backside or Collapses

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Confidence

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Lack of Confidence

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Suzy Willemssen

www.suzywillemssen.org  

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Suzy grew up in Waterloo, Iowa where she was the first female to play in the boys baseball program. She was a 4 sport athlete in high school and was an all-state player in volleyball, basketball and softball. She played softball at the University of Iowa, where she also earned a B.S. in Physical Education. Suzy is currently the head coach of 18u Glory Gold, an ASA junior olympic gold team. She has been the head varsity coach at Episcopal and Chantilly High School and an assistant varsity softball coach at West Springfield High School. She has over 38 years of experience either as a player, coach or teaching professional. In addition to her private lessons, she has run or been an instructor for numerous youth, high school and college softball camps and clinics. Suzy gives instruction on all facets of the sport and is known for her knowledge, passion and enthusiasm for the game.  

Softball Flaws and Fixes - Poor Stance and Launch Position

This video will discuss softball flaws and fixes specifically poor stance and launch position.

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Suzy Willemssen: Hi, I am Suzy Willemssen and I am Head Coach for the 18 under Blue Jays Gold, 18 and under ASA Junior Olympic Fast Pitch softball Team and right now we are going to discuss poor stance that is essential to setting everything for your hitting mechanics and that's what we are talking today is common hitting flaws and some fixes. So I have got Megan here. What we want to make sure is that you have a good leverage with your base and by that you can see if Megan and this is very common, a lot of players they will start too far back. So we almost have like a 90 degree angle from her head to her back foot. What you can do with your players to make sure they have a good, firm base is to come up in front of them and if you can push them over, they are not going to have a good, stable base. Just get everything set so when they want to start their swing, they are going to have power and quickness. So what we want to check is to make sure and we are using Megan again here that we have almost like 70 degree angle from her head to her foot and you are just going to get in front of your softball player and right there when Megan starts her swing, she is going to have a good base, she is going to get power and she is going to have some quickness.

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