Building a Successful Softball Program

• Learn coaching philosophies and insights for building a successful softball program for the long haul from back-to-back SEC Coach of the Year
• Pick up ideas for building the foundation of your program, out-of-season training, in-season training, and the evolution of your coaching skills and philosophy
• Get insight from Coach Walton’s coaching experiences; what’s worked and what hasn’t

The Short Game Encyclopedia

• Get extensive defensive strategies for covering bunts and slaps with 2x SEC Coach of the Year Tim Walton
• Learn the best spot to place a bunt no matter what defense you are facing
• Get two of the hottest topics in softball-short game offense and defense-in one great package!

Developing a Power Hitter

• Learn 20 drills that Tim Walton has used to produce teams that rank in the Top 10 nationally in hitting
• Find the power potential in all your hitters
• Learn the necessary fundamentals for developing bat speed and power
• Understand and develop the five elements of a great power hitter

Dominating the Base Paths

• Learn to efficiently practice baserunning in a team setting with 2x SEC Coach of the Year Tim Walton
• Take advantage of any baserunning situation
• Pick up drills you can use in every practice to perfect your baserunning skills and strategies

The Encyclopedia of Hitting

• Learn to recognize bunting and slapping situations.
• Create more confident hitters.
• Play to your hitter’s strengths.

Infield and Outfield Skills & Drills

• Get every player involved in your practice!
• Work on a variety of situations every day.
• Add Tim Walton’s extensive list of drills to your library today!

Preparing Your Team for Perfect Practice

• Learn to create well-balanced practices.
• Effectively practice hitting, pitching, baserunning, fielding and more!
• Uncover secrets to better defensive practices.

The Complete Pitching Workout

• Uncover a great five day workout program for your pitchers.
• Improve your pitchers’ fundamentals, spins, pitch location and more!
• Learn proven drills from 2X NFCA Southeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year.

San Diego State (Steve Miner)

Oklahoma (Patty Gasso)

Arizona (Mike Candrea)

DePaul (Eugene Lenti)

UCLA (Kelly Inouye-Perez)

Florida (Tim Walton)

Winning Softball Drills – 4th Edition

This book fulfills a need of many softball coaches for a working manual to help them produce drills quickly for all aspects of the the game. The goals of the book are twofold: First, to help coaches get the most from their athletes during practice through the use of specific drills; Secondly, to help coaches produce organized and time-efficient practices. The book is now wire bound, which is designed to be rugged enough to be taken to practice each day and handy enough for you to have drills at your fingertips.

The Softball Drill Book

Packed with 175 drills straight from the practice sessions of the game’s most successful programs, The Softball Drill Book will add variety to your practices and precision to your game-day performances.

CoachDeck – Softball

The Softball CoachDeck will provide you with 52 color-coded drills to improve your infield, outfield, hitting and baserunning. The nearly infinite number of drill combinations you can create means your players will never get tired of the same old practice. Nearly every drill contains a unique, “Make it a Game” feature that will ensure your players want practice to go on forever. Each deck also contains two double-sided instructional cards on Safety, Terminology, Practice and How to Use CoachDeck.

More Drill DVDs to Improve Your Team:

Mega Softball Drills: Hitting

Mega Softball Drills: Pitching

Mega Softball Drills: Fielding

Advanced Team Defense Drills for Softball

Infield and Outfield Skills & Drills

The Softball Pitching Factory: The “Daily Dozen” Pitching Drills

Competitive Games & Drills for Softball Practice

Hitting Drills and Mechanics

The Gators are 29-21 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, and 24-9 under fifth-year head coach Tim Walton.  UF has made trips to the Women’s College World Series the past two seasons, including to the championship series last year.

View the following softball DVDs to learn how Tim Walton has developed a perennial power at the University of Florida:

Building a Successful Softball Program
Developing a Power Hitter
Dominating the Base Paths
The Short Game Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia of Hitting
Preparing Your Team for Perfect Practice
Infield and Outfield Skills & Drills
The Complete Pitching Workout

Developing a Championship Program
Championship Practice Organization
Preparing Your Team for Perfect Practice
The Encyclopedia of Hitting
Infield and Outfield Skills & Drills
The Complete Pitching Workout

Mike Candrea is the Head Softball Coach at the University of Arizona who is currently ranked #2 in the USA Today/ NFCA Top 25. Candrea has guided the Wildcats to 8 NCAA Championships and was the 2004 and 2008 US Olympic Softball Coach.

Tim Walton is the Head Softball Coach at the University of Florida who is currently ranked #3 in the USA Today / NFCA Top 25. Walton has guided the Gators to the 2008 and 2009 Women’s College World Series where his teams advanced to the semifinals and finals.

1. Washington
2. Arizona (Coached by Mike Candrea)
3. Florida (Coached by Tim Walton)
4. Missouri
5. UCLA
6. Georgia
7. Michigan
8. Alabama
9. Arizona State
10. Stanford
11. Oklahoma (Coached by Patty Gasso)
12. Georgia Tech
13. California
14. Louisville (Coached by Carol Bruggeman)
15. Texas
16. LSU
17. Ohio State
18. Florida State
19. Louisiana Lafayette
20. Tennessee
21. Illinois
22. Fresno State
23. Texas A & M
24. Massachusetts
25. Oklahoma State

Florida (Coached by Tim Walton)
Arizona (Coached by Mike Candrea and Larry Ray)
Oklahoma (Coached by Patty Gasso)
Depaul (Coached by Eugene Lenti)
San Diego State (Coached by Steve Miner)
Texas State (Coached by Ricci Woodard)
Louisville (Coached by Carol Bruggeman)