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From Little League All-Star to College Head Coach, Heather Tarr Learned to Respect the Game at an Early Age
 In only her
second
season as
head
softball
coach at the
University
of
Washington,
Heather Tarr
has the
Huskies
nationally-ranked,
and has
garnered the
admiration
of her
players, and
peers in the
coaching
fraternity,
for the
respect she
has for the
game.
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Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Goal Coaching Tip: The Mistake Ritual
This regular
feature in
Little League
publications
draws from
training
presented in
partnership with
Little League
Baseball and
Softball by
Positive
Coaching
Alliance (PCA),
a Stanford
University-based
non-profit
dedicated to
ensuring a
positive,
character-building
experience for
all youth
athletes. A
Double-Goal
Coach has two
goals: to Win
(goal #1) and
the more
important goal
(#2) of using
baseball to
teach positive
life lessons.
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“Bubba Throwing” – A Fantastic Way to Teach
Young Players How to Throw!
by al and AL
(Al Herback and
Al Price)
Throwing is by
far the most
important skill
to develop in
baseball or
softball. We
need to find a
fun and
effective way to
teach throwing
at this age
level.
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Drop and Rise Ball
Grips for Softball Pitchers
By
Michele Smith
Last
month we
talked about
the grips of
the fastball
and
change-up.
Pitchers use one
of two ways to
fool batters.
One way is with
timing-as with
the change-up
and mixing
speeds and the
second is with
movement of
pitches through
the strike zone.
The Drop and the
Rise are
examples of
movement pitches
through the
strike zone to
fool batters.
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Base Running and Odd Plays...
They Could Happen
By
Andy Konyar
This month's
scenarios
feature base
running and some
odd things that
could happen.
Let's take a
look for
you can be
better prepared
for the call.
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Chairman of USA Baseball Medical and Safety Advisory Committee Answers Questions
By Nicholas Caringi
Recently, Dr.
Barry Goldberg
was available to
the Little
League community
to answer
questions
regarding the
health and
safety in
sports. Dr.
Goldberg is
Director of
Sports Medicine
at Yale
University
Health Services,
chairman of the
USA Baseball
Medical and
Safety Advisory
Committee, and
member of the
Little League
International
Board of
Directors.
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