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Recommendations and Information for Girl Fastpitch Softball Pitchers, their Coaches, and their Parents

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Pitch Softball is a free website by Colorado Pitching Coach
GERALD WARNER to help girl and women softball pitchers improve their skills... whether you are an experienced college-level pitcher or are just beginning.   Here you will find dozens of pages of recommendations on how to pitch faster with more accuracy, and improve your change-up, drop ball, curve, screwball, and rise.  Call or e-mail us with specific questions.



THIS MONTH'S FEATURED TOPICS

An Off-Season Drill to Increase Your Pitching Speed

Your Fastest Pitch Does NOT Have to be a Breaking Pitch

Is It Wise to Use the Rollover Drop as Your Fastest Pitch?

What Makes a Rise Ball Rise?

Three Essentials for Fast Pitches

What Pitch to Throw...and When

Best Location - High or Low?

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ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU WILL FIND MORE THAN 50 PAGES of information for pitchers, coaches, and parents.
Click on your area of interest on any of the buttons

in the left column, OR select any of the topics below
 

(in blue type)
for more about fastpitch softball pitching.


A FEW of the articles for EXPERIENCED pitchers:

Better Speed off the Rubber - The Body Lean

Make Your Breaking Pitches Break Better

Throwing the Screw Ball - the "Intimidator"

For Breaking Pitches - Use a Striped Ball

MORE ARTICLES FOR EXPERIENCED PITCHERS



Some selected topics for INTERMEDIATE pitchers:

11-Years Old - With a Rise Ball?

Increase the Speed of Your Fastball

Avoid Pitching Injuries - 10 Things NOT to Do

Toe Drag...How to Correct the Leaping Problem

MORE ARTICLES FOR 1st AND 2nd YEAR PITCHERS



A few of the recommendations for younger, BEGINNER pitchers:


The Basics...Grip, Stride, Arm Rotation, Release

How to Stop the "Leaning Forward" Problem

How to Correct Low Pitches

How to Correct High Pitches

What is an "Average" Pitching Speed?

MORE ARTICLES FOR YOUNGER, BEGINNING PITCHERS

 

For ALL pitchers:

Recent Questions from Visitors to the Site,  & Our Recommendations

Click here for articles for the  Coaches and Parents of female softball pitchers.

 

New pitching distance - 43-feet for 16u, 18u, & high schools !
Most national softball sanctioning organizations (ASA, USSSA, NAFA, etc.) and the National Federation of High School Associations are moving the softball pitching rubber in 2010 from the current 40 up to 43-feet for ages 15 & over
Check for rules applying to your games and tournaments.


Click here for more information on the rule change for high schools by the NFHS

 

If you are a softball pitcher, parent, or coach, we would like to hear from you.  If you have questions, ideas, or special topics that you want to have discussed, click here to e-mail us or call us in Colorado at (720) 200-4575.

From time to time, pitchers from outside of Colorado have requested to meet with Gerald and have a one-on-one pitching evaluation when they visit Colorado.  For more information and details about a personal diagnostic pitching evaluation session in the Denver area, CLICK HERE

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Check other articles on these topics:

The Best Change-Up

Recommended Training Products for Pitchers

Every Pitch...Even a Fastball...Has an Arc

Where to Correctly Put Your Feet on the Pitching Rubber

Recent Questions from Visitors to the Site,  & Our Recommendations

 

We recommend that you re-visit this site regularly.  Our pitching information and topics are changed and updated periodically with new hints and recommendations based on your e-mails and phone inquiries.

Click on the appropriate box on the left to see the list of topics and information that might be of interest to you currently.  Look for topics for softball pitchers relating to pitching mechanics, increasing fastball speed & control, arm whip & wrist snap, the importance of stepping on the "power line", developing a deceptive change-up, peel vs. rollover drop, rise ball techniques, avoiding the crow hop, leaping vs. stepping-style pitching, selecting a pitching coach, determining your real earned run average, and much more!

 

Players, Coaches, and Parents:
We invite your input and contributed articles on specific subjects relating to fastpitch softball.
E-mail us or call Pitching Instructor Gerald Warner in Colorado at (720) 200-4575.

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