Softball
Bringin’ It
Our varsity football team has a meal every Thursday, the night before the game. If it is a Saturday morning game, we have the meal on Friday night. A group of [...]
Directional Drill With Northwestern Softball
Incredible defensive plays helped the Northwestern University softball team compile a sick record [50-15] and take home the runner-up trophy in the 2006 College World Series. According to Jason [...]
How Georgia Softball Rests During Agility Drills
If you train in a fatigued state, you won’t learn or improve movement skills. Since agility drills consist of high-intensity efforts through rapid changes of direction and complex movements [...]
Stair Routine with Cal Softball
Quick feet, explosive legs and a bit of conditioning are just three of the many benefits that result from Scott O’Dell’s stadium stair routine. “We can do so many things [...]
Stretching with Southern Methodist Soccer, Michigan Wrestling and Alabama Softball
By Lindsey Lelak According to Jeff Mattis, assistant athletic trainer for men’s soccer at Southern Methodist University, lower body flexibility is crucial in soccer. “It’s extremely important,” he says, “because [...]
Conditioning with UCLA Softball
Let's play a little game of test-your-collegiate-softball knowledge. What team won the first-ever NCAA softball championship (bonus points if you know the year)? What team has appeared in the most [...]
Quickness Drills with Michigan Softball
A hard-hit softball can cover the 84 feet from home to second base in a fraction of a second. Learn how middle infielders for the National Champion University of Michigan [...]
How Cal Softball boosts explosiveness
By: Chad Zimmerman How the California Golden Bears softball team uses light plyometric exercises to boost explosiveness and roll over competition. Coaches have long prescribed static stretching as a way [...]
Quickness Drills with Tennessee Softball
Simply put, softball games are won in the late innings. Recognizing this, Collin Schlosser, C.S.C.S., strength and conditioning coach for University of Tennessee softball, considers keeping his athletes well conditioned [...]
Speed Drills with Northwestern Softball
Find out how to force your opponents to make errors by being lightning-fast By: Josh Staph Burning down the basepaths propelled the 2005 Northwestern University softball team to the second [...]