Choosing the Right Coach or Travel Program Matters

Choosing the Right Coach or Travel Program Matters

When you’re picking a pitching coach, hitting coach, or travel organization, don’t just look for one success story. Look for a track record of consistently developing athletes and helping them reach the next level.

Anyone can post a highlight. Anyone can luck into one standout player. That doesn’t prove a system works.

If the goal is college softball, real development, and long-term success, ask yourself:

“Do they have one athlete who made it?”

“How many have they helped—year after year?”

Because real development leaves a trail: multiple athletes, multiple classes, multiple commitments, multiple levels.

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Look at What Happens in the Lesson

Too many coaches run players through endless drills with minimal instruction:

Drill ➜ Drill ➜ Drill ➜ See you next week.

That’s not development—that’s supervision.

Drills don’t create growth. Feedback does.

Athletes need:

A clear purpose behind every rep

Real-time adjustments and corrections

Individualized teaching, not templates

A plan built for their body, their movement, and their goals

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And yes—it’s a numbers game. If a coach cycles 3–4 athletes through every hour, they might claim more “successes” just from volume alone. But volume is not development.

I choose the harder road—true 1-on-1 coaching with intentional feedback, accountability, and growth you can measure. Not a factory. Not a conveyor belt.

Because:

It’s not about how many athletes a coach collects