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Softball Skills - Basic Fast Pitch

Softball Skills - Introduction to Basic Fast Pitch

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Suzy Willemssen
http://www.eteamz.com/GloryGold  
703-978-3166

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 and has just been named the head coach for Episcopal High School. Prior to the EHS position Suzy was the head coach at Chantilly HS and an assistant varsity softball coach at West Springfield High School. She has over 35 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 Skills - Introduction to Basic Fast Pitch

In this video series, professional softball instructor and coach Suzy Willemssen describes a number of basic skills required to play fastpitch softball. The videos are designed for the beginning softball player, but include a variety of tips and techniques that would be useful to players of any skill level. This video series includes an overview of the basic equipment and the basic skills involved when throwing, fielding, pitching and hitting a ball.

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Hi. Im Suzy Willemssen. I coach the Blue Jays Gold which is an 18 and under Golds ASA fastpitch team. I'm also the head coach at Chantilly High School and a professional hitting instructor and it's my pleasure to offer you some tips, insights regarding some basic fastpitch softball skills. In particular, we will be reviewing throwing, fielding ground balls, bunting, hitting, pitching and just kind of touch upon how important the mental aspect is of the game and it's my sincere honor and pleasure to have a two of the areas premium softball players, helping me demonstrate some of the skills, Chrissy (ph) who will be attending Broward College, in Florida and Erin (ph) who will be attending Notre Dame. So, lets get going.

As with any sport particularly be a baseball and softball that we are talking today safety is first. So, if you are doing any type of hitting, we have got to make sure you have that helmet on, and preferably with a mask that's the rules for today. You need to have a helmet with the face mask. When you are throwing, make sure you are warmed up. Again, we will talk a little bit about injury prevention when we talk about our throwing skills, and by all means, whoever you are throwing the ball to theyd better be looking at you. I don't know how many times I have seen people throwing the ball around and they throw it to a person and their heads turned away. So, make sure you are warmed up, make sure the person you are playing catch with is watching you and if you are in the batter's box, make sure you have got that helmet on and preferable with the face mask.

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