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In softball, you need to be able to run quickly to get from one base to another. I understand if you think that that’s all you’ll ever need to get you past the basemen.

But the truth is that, softball isn’t just about running, or running fast for that matter. There are other things you need to consider when it comes to this part of the game.

Why am I telling you this? That’s because I know a lot of softball players who hire the wrong types of coaches to help them run faster than ever before. You want to perform better? Hire a coach. That’s alright. But make sure you’re spending your money on the right kind of coach.

What I recommend, then, is that you get a coach who specializes in softball, not in any other sport. A sprint coach can help you run faster, we all know that. But would the extra speed help you become a better softball player? I’m not so sure about that.

That’s because here’s what your coach should be teaching you to make the most of the drills for your softball game:

1. The Proper Timing – it’s not all about speed, as I mentioned earlier. The truth is that you don’t need to be Usain Bolt or some other world-class sprinter to run bases, only if you know how to run the bases smartly.

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The history of softball. Have you ever wondered where it all began.

I can tell you that softball originated from Chicago, on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. After a group of about twenty young men had gathered in a Boat Club, to hear the outcome of a football game. After the winner was announced,  a man picked up a boxing glove left on the side and threw it at someone…who then hit it away with a pole.

A man named George Hancock is known in the history of softball, as the man who shouted, “Let’s play ball!” He tied the boxing glove into a ball shape, drew out a diamond on the floor and found a broom handle to use as a bat.

That is how the idea of the game of softball was born. Now, how did this twisted version of baseball grow into the sport that it is today?

George Hancock, the man that almost single handedly invented the game of softball, created an over-sized ball and a slightly smaller bat with a rubber tip on the end. He also went and painted permanent white foul lines on the floor of the gym and wrote new rules to the game he called “indoor baseball”.

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