See vivid explanation and demonstration that allows hitting to become a controlled explosion. Learn how champions use the entire body to hit the ball hard more often. Understand what hitting is really all about and the parts of the process that really make a difference. Solid explanations of bat selection, grip, stance, stride, the vital delay, vision, lower body, and upper body will let you understand and use the principles of hitting that develop championship teams.

Over 40 drills to improve stance, stride, swing, visual, and mental skills. Individual, partner, and group drills for all ages.

Learn to execute the sacrifice, squeeze, and base hit bunts. Use cardboard, grass, water, free falls, and the limbo to make sliding techniques fun and easily

Sue discusses and demonstrates the grip, stance, stride, and swing and puts it all together with a mental approach in a way that led UCLA to national success.

Learn the drills (approximately 25) that allow you to use proper mechanics when the game begins.

Become a true doctor of hittology and get your sick hitters well with both physical and mental cures. See how hitters learn and how to teach so you get positive results.

Coach Miller gives you a tour around the bases, letting you see all the teaching points for leaving the box, getting to first more quickly, making sharper turns, and the fine points for leadoffs and returns. See unique speed development drills and baserunning strategy.

Your team will certainly benefit from this thorough analysis of the slap, on offense and defense. Learn the progression for teaching it, strategy for using it, and special defenses against it.

You will understand balance, bat selection, grip, upper and lower body attack, use of the eyes and other aspects of hitting as never before. See methods used to help Tony Gwynn and other major league hitters and how that applies to softball.

See how to get better with no fancy equipment, as well as innovative ways to use tees, soft toss, machines, mirrors, colored balls, and other equipment to improve the hitter's ability to see the ball better and hit it harder more often.

Learn from UCLA's Sue Enquist what the top teams do to practice hitting, bunting, baserunning, and team offense. Develop a system for breaking down offensive skills and team offense so that it all gets done with excellence. See individual, partner, small group, and team drills and learn how to put them all together for a productive offensive session. Explore station work and how it produces effective practice time for a powerful offense.

Hitting is much more than just a physical activity and Bobby Simpson, founder of Higher Ground and the former Head Coach of the British Women's National Team, covers the critical mental component all the way from the parking lot to home plate. You will learn how to improve hitting while on the way to the field, during warm-up, in the dugout, in the on deck circle, and while in or around the batter's box. Simpson will provide physical drills to develop the mental skills that help hitters enter the box with confidence and show them how to maintain that confidence between pitches. You will have an opportunity to learn innovative, proven mental techniques and creative, practical physical drills to practice these mental skills. The hitter will learn to practice reality-based mental skills and to effectively apply them in game conditions.

Take an in-depth look at stance, grip, stride, arm action, line of force, and proper use of hips so you understand. Develop a checklist so you can evaluate and master proper mechanics.

Van Wyk, the 1982 Broderick Award winner as the USA's top player and former pitching coach for the Dutch National Team, is widely known for her ability to teach elite pitchers the advanced pitches.

The video features detailed instruction for throwing the rise, drop, curve, and change up and utilizes terrific camera work from various angles. It employs regular speed and slow motion footage as Kathy and several college pitchers demonstrate various methods for learning and improving each of these four pitches.

Journey with Kathy into the routines winning pitchers use to practice before the season, during the season, before the game, during the game, and in the off season. Get into the mental side of pitching - learn to pitch, not just throw.

Kathy teaches you to help your pitchers avoid bad habits and correct them when they have problems. Learn to analyze the pitching motion and help any pitcher get better.

Carie illustrates grip, foot placement, pre-motion, power line, stride, lower body action, and the arm whip and wrist snap, with slow motion and graphics so you can really see and understand. She shows thorough analysis of eight different girls so you really see how to teach.

Over 30 drills that will allow pitchers to learn to do with the body what they have learned with their brain. Practice balance, drive and stride, body rotation, arm circle, wrist snap, and putting it all together.

See how to throw the pitches that change planes and create problems for hitters. Learn the mechanical principles to throw each pitch and drills that enable the pitcher to gain success quickly. Learn tips for solving problems that prevent success with these pitches. See how grip and wrist snap can maximize rotation, which maximizes movement. Learn to fully utilize the lower body so that the pitches give you that little extra that makes a big difference.

Hitting is timing and Carie shows the pitcher how to upset that timing by changing speeds. See various methods for throwing the change-up and how to use different grips to get the effect that works best for individual pitchers. Learn about horizontal movement and grips, wrist snap, and lower body mechanics for the curve and screwball. See how to solve common problems and use drills to get better quickly.

Learn the basic fundamentals for defense so that you play more consistently and avoid costly errors. Basics of throwing, infield and outfield skills.

This video will allow you to develop basic fundamentals and advanced techniques. Catching is a vital part of solid pitching and this item helps the catcher develop the techniques that help improve her and the pitchers.

Learn how to get ready, approach the ball, communicate with other fielders, and make the plays that win games. Lots of great drills for the last line of defense.

Diane shows you options for defenses related to bunts, steals, pickoffs, slaps, and other situations. See hi-tech diagrams for almost every situation you'll face.

This video shows you the system and specific movements needed for all those situations when the ball gets to the outfield and runners are flying around the bases.

You'll yield fewer runs as your team develops a sound defense through drills to sharpen individual, small group (middle infield, corners, infield-outfield, and others), and total team skills. Sue Enquist shows you how UCLA and championship teams make the most of practices and have everyone developing individually, while also coordinating group techniques, team play, and game situations. Vivid footage and high-tech graphics help you see just how to implement it with your team.

This outstanding item is just what the title says. Jay Miller, a member of the USA National Team Staff, has put together a very detailed study of the physical mechanics for developing top-flight infielders. From basics to advanced skills, he uses various camera angles and techniques to show the footwork and glove work needed for consistency on the routine plays and also how to make the difficult plays more often. One of the strengths of the footage is the large number of innovative and practical drills that allow the player to develop the necessary skills to be successful in the middle infield or on the corners.

How many games have you seen lost because of a bad throw, or one that never should have been made? Softball defense is a game of throw and catch, but we must understand just what that means and realize that the throw and catch must be made under game conditions, which are quite different than the structured practice sessions so often seen. Simpson, founder of Higher Ground and the former Head Coach of the British Women's National Team, will lead you step by step to a quality understanding of what is really involved in effective throwing, from basic youth level skills to Olympic level skills. You will see the skills and drills that are necessary for success at every level, from development of the basic overhand throw to the concept of almost never using an overhand throw. You will learn to practice and use throws from odd, yet controlled, body positions and arm angles. You will learn numerous drills that can be used in practice, before the game, and during the game so that throws under game conditions can help your team win more games.

Make decisions properly and win more games. You have to constantly make decisions; this tape puts it all in a logical pattern.

Learn to organize, customize, and prioritize so that you have practices that are interesting and effective. To win, you must have more than the will to win. You must prepare to win, and practice is where you do that.

Greg deals with making out the line up, use of technology, value of videos, and how to glean valuable information while you watch the other team take batting practice and infield. This DVD contains especially strong sections on coaching bases and signal systems.

A hands-on view of practical uses of the whole-part method of teaching. Greg breaks down parts of throwing, fielding, hitting, and pitching and helps you teach so that your team gets better every day.

Become stronger and more explosive so you hit the ball more often, harder, and farther by doing these exercises at home, the gym, or the field.

See over 25 exercises used to develop strength in a way specially designed to create better performances on offense and defense.

This video shares the principles, exercises, and programs used with beginner and advanced pitchers, enabling them to develop greater speed, strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Speed. Many people believe that genetics alone determines whether you're fast, slow, or somewhere in between. But speed can be learned and improved. See how drills designed by Stacy Winsberg and demonstrated by Olympic Gold Medalist Sheila Cornell-Douty can help you get quicker and faster on the basepaths and in the field. Watch drill after drill that will help you or your team develop speed so you can run faster to score more runs and play better defensively. Stacy and Sheila demonstrate how to warm up, how to properly use your arms and legs, and other coordinated movements to improve your speed.

Improve your agility on the basepaths and in the field. Stacy Winsberg has designed easy to use drills that will help you improve your ability to change direction quickly and explosively without losing any speed, strength, or balance. Olympic Gold Medalist Sheila Cornell-Douty demonstrates these drills so that you'll reach more balls on defense, move better on the bases on offense, and improve a major skill that is used in every facet of the game. See how champions get better and how you can use the same methods as part of your practice routine.