Save time, work with a proven system, and get the most from your players with this season’s softball practices.
If you’ve never had formal softball coaching training or want to improve your chances at a great softball season for your players and their families, this is your solution.
Think of it as a road map for beginning coaches and a time‐saver for expert coaches. With the “heavy lifting” done, you can review the practice plan minutes before your scheduled time and be set to go. With the stress removed, you’ll be well-prepared and have more fun.
This ebook includes agendas and teaching points for twenty‐five 90‐minute practices and twenty‐five 10‐minute pre‐practice meetings. Don’t wing it — be ready for every softball practice & pre-practice meeting.
The Well-Prepared Coach — 25 Youth Softball Practice Plans — $29.97
When you purchase this ebook, you’ll immediately receive a link to download the PDF. The PDF file, which you’ll save to your computer, works on PCs and Macs.
NOTE FROM AUTHOR JOHN BLISSENBACH
Softball practices can be boring for players. For many teams, they consist of warm-up catch and batting practice followed by a round of infield. Players spend a lot of time standing around watching other players hit and occasionally field a ball hit to them. Most coaches have little time to think about or prepare a plan for each practice.
If, as a youth softball coach, you would rather have fun, structured, fast‐moving practices loaded with fundamentals, then this book is for you. As you enter a new softball season, four things are certain: your players will be diverse in their skills and understanding of the game, there is a great deal your players will need to learn, and finally, you will have a limited amount of time to prepare for each practice, as well as a limited amount of time during practice.
How your players spend their time during practice will determine the success of your team’s season. What your players do during practice and when they do it is entirely up to you. Your players are counting on you to be prepared so they can be prepared.
Makes Coaching Easier
This guide is intended to make your coaching job a lot easier. If you’re new to coaching, use this guide as your road map. If you’ve coached before, this guide will remove much of the work of mapping out each practice. You can supplement the practice plans with your own concepts that have worked for you in the past.
Using this guide, your players will learn, have fun, and pick up on the key softball concepts at the right time. As a coach, you’ll look experienced, knowledgeable, and well-prepared. Plus, with some heavy lifting removed from our schedule, you’ll have more time to appreciate the season. Enjoy!
By John Blissenbach
25 Practices – Youth Softball Practice Plans
The book comes with an overview of the 25 practices. Here’s what the first 10 practices look like:
Here’s a sample practice plan grid. Coaches can print the sheet and bring it to practice. With these plans, you can be ready for practice in 5 minutes.
NOTE: Actual size is 8.5″ by 11″
Take the plans with you on your smartphone.
Additional appendix diagrams are included to make it easy for even the newest of coaches.
About the Author
John Blissenbach has coached all levels of youth softball. He has coached and managed championship youth & American Legion baseball teams. John began coaching baseball in 1979 at the age of 20. He started as a high school assistant varsity/JV head coach, working with varsity head coach Hank Mauer (Great uncle of Minnesota Twins All‐Star Catcher Joe Mauer).
In addition to coaching softball, John has also been a coach for his 4 children’s baseball, football, basketball, track & soccer teams. During the past 20 years, he has had the great pleasure of coaching more than 50 youth (boys & girls) teams.
The Well-Prepared Coach — 25 Youth Softball Practice Plans — $29.97