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A Coach’s Journey
A Coach’s Journey: Butch Chaffin
Butch Chaffin Head Baseball Coach Cookeville High School For most nine year-olds, Little League means cracking jokes in the dugout, eating hot dogs at the concession stand, and dreaming of becoming the next Cody Bellinger. But, Butch Chaffin had a different...
A Coach’s Journey: C.J. Gillman
C.J. Gillman Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator United States Air Force Academy The guy C.J. Gillman most respects is his boss, Mike Kazlausky. The dude who’s been the biggest influence in life is his dad. And the best part of his journey has been getting...
A Coach’s Journey: An interview with Karen Bidwell
Karen Bidwell Head Softball Coach, Susquehanna Valley High School Conklin, NY 16U and 18U Club Coach 25 years of coaching What’s the best thing about being a coach? The best thing about coaching for me is being able to coach with my husband! Since 1999, I have been so...
Guest Speaker Posts
Hacking the Swing by Perry Husband
If you can’t explain it ‘simply’ then you don’t understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein This statement holds true in the world of hitting, more today than ever. New ways to measure virtually every aspect of the art of hitting a round ball with a round bat,...
The Playground Approach to Softball by Bill Edwards
There was a time when the local playground helped shape a generation. There was a freedom to those times, since we could leave our houses on a sunny summer day and meet at the playground for a day-long “game.” There was no adult supervision and the primary goal for...
Recruiting Myths and Truths by Kate Stake, as appeared in NFCA Top Recruit Magazine
MYTHS IF YOU DON’T PLAY DIVISION I, YOU HAVEN’T REALLY REACHED YOUR GOAL No. Stop. I am a Division I softball coach. It doesn’t mean I’m a better coach than my colleagues in Division II. It doesn’t mean that my wins and losses are more relevant than theirs, or that...
