A 10 Key Winning Season

There are lots of good game strategy tips out there. Most come from hard earned experience on the dirt. A lot can come from researching, reading, going to clinics and just watching the game every chance you get. So in my never ending search for more fastpitch knowledge I came across a really good article from Cindy Bristow that I want to share. Its called 10 Keys to a Winning Season, and here is an excerpt from it.
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Since this article is about winning I explored the 3 teams that won their respective divisions in the 2009 NCAA Softball National Championships; The University of Washington in Division I, Lock Haven University in Division II and Messiah College in Division III. I was particularly interested to find out how many 1 Run games they won over the course of last year’s championship season as that was initially my only point.

In addition to finding out how each of these three championship teams did in 1 run games I started seeing other really interesting patterns that I thought were important and they have resulted in the following 10 Keys to Having a Winning Season:

1. Win the Games You Should Win – While I can’t look through your schedule and know which games you should win, you sure can. I’m not talking about “should win” in the sense that all the stars have to line up and your team has to play perfect, that to me describes something closer to shouldn’t or might. I’m talking about those games where you are the better team, where you make and get more breaks, and where you “should” win. Winning those games will really make a difference in the overall success of your season, and yet, those games can be fairly easy to lose. Why’s that? Because we tend to overlook or underestimate them. We look beyond those games to the ones we think are “really big”, meanwhile losing the ones we should win. So what if we win the BIG games, how many of those do you have? And when was the last time you got rings for winning a really BIG game and finishing last in your conference? Focus on winning the games you should win and you’ll be amazed at how different your season turns out!

2. Win the 1 Run Games – A cousin to winning the games you should win is winning the 1 run games. This is where it gets real interesting and where my research really paid off. In looking at all three division NCAA Softball National Champions here’s what I found in regards to their records in 1 Run Games: ......>>>>>>>>>

You can read the rest of this really cool article Here.

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So keep researching and remember to Practice at Home so you don't waste time at practice!