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Monica Abbott in Hawaii 2012 – Mark Your Calendar!

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Don’t miss this! Save the date and make plans to see and work with Monica Abbott in Hawaii, December 2012. Let your friends know! Click image to enlarge. Right click to save to your computer.

Sports Parenting Truth: Bullies in the Stands

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Cheering FOR your team is one thing. Cheering AGAINST the opponent is another. Adults trying to verbally bully kids from the bleachers is NOT cool. Let the kids play!  Your presence should enhance their experience, not destroy it. That is all.

2012 Hawaii High School State Softball Tournament Bracket

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Tournament begins Wednesday, May 2nd.  The very first round showcases some great matchups!  Should be an amazing tournament, especially with THREE ILH teams in the mix for the first time that I can remember.  The Division II Bracket can be found the hhsaa.org. click on image to enlarge

Training a New Akadema Glove

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Slowly but surely my new softball glove is learning how to catch. No rush though since I don’t play competitively anymore. I love the way it’s breaking in so far! What’s your favorite trick for breaking in a new softball glove just right? One thing I do – NEVER let anyone’s hand in my glove [...]

How to Get What You Want in Softball

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Source: Uploaded by user via Stacie Mahoe on Pinterest ! How do you get what you want in softball? Simple: Do Work! Nothing’s going to be handed to you. Nothing’s going to be given to you. Do you think the champion you’re trying to take the crown from is going to just let you walk [...]

Striving to Be a Champion? Read This…

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Striving to be a champion. The last 6 words are KEY…

Wordless Wednesday – Bandits in Hawaii

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How to Avoid a Penn State Debacle

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If you’re a sports fan, you probably heard about the Penn State Scandal that got the late Joe Paterno and the University President, Graham Spanier, fired. The Penn State leaders in this situation took a lot of heat for the way they handled things and rightfully so in my opinion. However, it’s also been brought [...]

Softball Coaching: 5 Tips for Making the Tough Call

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Part of your ability to effectively lead your team as a softball coach depends on your ability to make quality, decisive choices in touch situations. The buck, as they say, stops with you. You are the leader of your team. You must be able to make the tough call. I understand that it’s not always [...]

Wanting to Be First: Motivated or Entitled?

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You ever see those players who just jump to the front of the line no matter what drill? The ones that don’t care if the drill is fun or boring, difficult or easy, well known or unfamiliar, it doesn’t matter, they just want to get in there and do it! I think most coaches love [...]

Softball Success Tips – Know Your Non-Negotiables

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I first heard about core values a few years back. Then I also heard other experts talk about non-Negotiables and things you do not compromise on as a softball coach. This made a lot of sense to me and I was glad to hear that having non-negotiable values in my mind was not unreasonable and [...]

Softball Success Tips – Don’t Do What Losers Do

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If you act, think, and talk like a loser, what do you think you’re going to be? Probably a loser. Now when I say loser, I’m not referring to teams or players that end up on the losing side of a competition, game, or tournament. I’m talking about people who never reach their full potential [...]

Awesome Talk by Coach Saban of Alabama Football

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This video was so good I couldn’t NOT post it.  There are so many little phrases, quotes, and concepts from this video that I love. Just about anyone can learn something from this video, softball player or not, athlete or not.  My favorites are listed below the video.  For now, press play and check it [...]

Day 1 is Done – What Did You Do?

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The beginning of a New Year is often time for new goals and resolutions. Personally, I didn’t wait for the New Year.

If you did, that’s okay. That’s what most people do. While I hope you’re not trying to be like most people (aka ordinary or average), the important thing is not when you start but that you DO get started!

That said, the first day of the year has come and gone. Did you DO anything to move yourself closer to your goals?

I know I did!

Think about it right now. What one thing can you do today that will get you moving in the right direction? It doesn’t have to be something big. Baby steps work!

Choose one thing and commit to getting it done today!

If you feel like sharing, please leave a comment and tell me what your one thing is. I’d love to hear from you.

Softball Shopping – Top 5 Softball Goodies at Amazon.com

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‘Tis the season to give and, therefore, shop and it looks like if you shop at Amazon.com, you can still get stuff in time for Christmas. I happened to be looking through some softball stuff at Amazon.com and if I could order any-softball-thing I wanted… Here are the Top 5 Softball Goodies that would be [...]