COACH RESOURCES
Purpose of this page is to:
- Help coaches teach the various skills and fundamentals
- Provide ideas around building a practice plan and potential drills
- Provide templates for parent/player communications
- Help provide consistency among WHS coaches
- 2024 WHS Coach List
(For CMSA list, please contact fastpitch@calgaryminorsoftball.com) - 2024 WHS Coach Orientation Presentation
- 2023 WHS Coach Orientation Presentation & Recording
- WHS Coach Orientation - 2022
- Top 10 Reasons Children Play Sports
- Calgary Minor's Coach Reference Guide (Great resource!)
Section 1:
Becoming a Coach
Section 2:
Working with players & parents
- Softball Canada-Practice Plan Template
- Softball Canada-Timbits Practice Plan Template
- WHS Practice Plan Sample
- WHS Practice Plan Series Sample 1/5
- WHS Practice Plan Series Sample 2/5
- WHS Practice Plan Series Sample 3/5
- WHS Practice Plan Series Sample 4/5
- WHS Practice Plan Series Sample 5/5
- Softball Canada Coaches Guide w/ Practice Plan Samples - u13 / u15 / u17
Note: Working to add additional sample practice plans
Section 5:
Sample Practice Plans
Section 6:
Coach Resources
& Contacts
- Softball Canada -toolkit landing page
- Catching Coaches:
- Chris Robertson wvcoachchris@gmail.com
(2022-23 Winter Clinic Catching Coach)
- Chris Robertson wvcoachchris@gmail.com
- Pitching Coaches:
- Lance Block - coachlancewv@gmail.com
(2023-24 Winter Clinic Pitching Coach)
- Maddie Belden = maddiebelden@hotmail.com
(2023 Fall Clinic Pitching Coach/Current Dinos Pitcher) - Dwayne Singer - dewey15@shaw.ca
(did our offseason pitching clinics 2021) - Meghan Allan - hedgehogs-2@hotmail.com
(has done pitching clinics in offseason)
- Lance Block - coachlancewv@gmail.com
- Previous pitching coaches that may be available:
- Cayt Edge - Caytedge@gmail.com or 403-990-8481
- Caitlin Young - caitlin_young21@hotmail.com
HAVE A GREAT SEASON!
“Play, compete, learn, and have fun!”
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