Train your coaches
The single most important action a youth sports organization can take to enhance its program is to train its volunteer coaches. Encourage your organization to train their coaches. A Parent Orientation Program and Criminal Background Checks are also available.

Decatur Sports
http://www.dprsports.com/softball_drills.htm
This site contains an extensive list of softball drills and topics for coaches and players. The drill categories in which you can click include: Base-Running, Catching, Coaching Strategy, Coaching Tips, Equipment, Fielding, Hitting, Motivational, Nutrition, Parents, Physical Fitness, Pitching, Throwing, Psychological, Warm-Up Exercises, and Miscellaneous topics.

Y-Coach.com
www.y-coach.com
We list this site on our general links page because it’s such a good informational site for youth coaches in many different sports. The softball coach should checkout drills for fielding, hitting, throwing and baserunning. There is information for beginning pitchers to learn the mechanics of pitching. Added 12/9/05

All About Fastpitch
www.allaboutfastpitch.com
All About Fastpitch is a great site for information on all aspects of the sport. There is plenty of helpful information and tips for coaches, parents, and players. The homepage also contains a variety of softball resources. Added 12/9/05

All About Softball Pitching
www.pitchsoftball.com
There is lot’s to read here! The home page contains several links to articles like using Body Lean and Increase the speed of your fastball Almost all of the information is tailored around pitching and this site covers it well. The Top Ten List will help you know what to do and how to get started with pitchers from 9 to 15. If you have an experienced pitcher, you can try the 1st and 2nd year pitchers with brief explanations to the most popular pitching topics. It has helpful drills like the power line.

Ohio Fastpitch Connection
www.game-ex.com/drills
Drills, drills, drills, an easy to understand page of links to drills like Four Corners or Mickey Mouse. The list looks a little overwhelming but it should have the drill you want.

Ehow.com
www.ehow.com
Ehow takes you thru some of the beginning steps to softball. Once you know how to buy a glove , throw or throw a fast pitch or just catch you are ready to begin. A good site for searching the “How to” on just about anything.

Softball Fastpitch Lessons
www.softballplayer.com/greaselightning
This site has several short articles, the key to finding the good one’s is to go from page to page looking at the top navigation and you can open some real jewels. Starting with Pitching info and Strategy which includes the Ten Steps to Pitching. Also check out Pitching Strategy Facts and Types of Pitches.

Youth Softball Coaches Tool Kit
http://softballman.homestead.com
This site sells a tool kit for youth softball coaches which intergrates ideas, forms and coaching philosophies. Visit his sample page to view some free resources from his tool kit. Added 1/18/06

Words and Verse for Softball
Never know what to say? Well here are many ways to encourage and inspire young athletes. Sometimes it helps to look the problems in the eye and bring attention to the things you don’t like and you do like. Remember the umpires are people too and don’t for get to have FUN!

Fastpitch Instructions
www.eteamz.com/fastpitch/instruction/tips
This eteamz site includes links to useful drills, tips, games and more for coaches, players and parents. The links include drills and games for fastpitch fundamentals such as Baserunning, Catching, Coaching Drills, Fielding, Games, Hitting, Pitching, Practice, Rules, Strength and Conditioning, Throwing, and Tryouts. This site can also be used to search for softball teams/clubs by zip code.

Tips for umpires
www.cloverdalesoftball.com
Are you a softball umpire? Well we have the site for you! This site has a page of pictures showing umpire mechanics and priorities to follow in game type situations that are very helpful for any umpire or even coach. Check out our page of Sports Officials links where this site is also listed. Added 12/9/05

North Texas Bees
www.eteamz.com/NorthTexasBees
This site is the website of the North Texas Bees Softball Club. Coaches can find indoor softball drills, softball articles and an outline of softball fundamentals. This site links to many resource sites for coaches, parents, players, and league administrators. Check out the Softball Rules Quiz, which contains situations in which you are asked to make the call.

Fast Sports
http://www.fastsports.com/tips/tip11
This site contains an easy to read pitcher/catcher call table. It displays the characteristics of the batter’s stance, identifies the weakness of this stance, and gives pitches that should be pitch for this stance.

Softball Player's Prayer
This page contains a nice little prayer called the “Softball Player’s Prayer”.

Drills and Tips for Catchers
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/7222/catch
This site has links to drills and tips for catchers. It includes topics such as blocking the ball, throwing, basic rules, and pitch selection.

Catcher's Pitch Call Chart
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/5977/waacat
This site is similar to Fast Sports in that it contains a catcher’s pitch call chart. It also contains a situational strategy chart for pitchers and catchers.

Wind Pitch
http://www.windpitch.com
This is a website for Wind Pitch which is an organization that provides Fast Pitch Softball Pitching Lessons. It is located in Liberty Hill, which is Northwest of Austin. The site also contains links to articles.

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