Book Private Softball Lessons with Coach Sydney
Train with me to elevate your softball skills and dominate the field
Train with me to elevate your softball skills and dominate the field
As a former Division I athlete and Division III coach, I'm able to create individualized plans for athletes that will focus on specific strengths and areas of improvement. I’ll help you master the fundamentals, enhance your skills, and boost your confidence on the field. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your technique, we can work together to help unlock your full potential!
Philadelphia, PA
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Get to know Coach Sydney
About Me:
NKU's first, and only, player in the Division I era to earn NFCA All-Region honors after being named to the All-Midwest Third Team
All Horizon League First Team in 2018
Finished career ranked third in NKU laurels in career doubles (44), fifth in career sacrifices (29), sixth in career home runs (17), eighth in career runs (95) and ninth in career total bases (262).
Led Horizon League in doubles in 2017
Led the team in doubles, hits and runs scored in 2017
A-Sun All-Freshmen team in 2015
How I can help you improve your game:
A piece of the game of softball is being able to deal with failure. If you get a hit 3 out of 10 times, you're a very good hitter, but you're still failing 7 out of 10 times. So how can we take these "failures" and learn from them? While it can be frustrating, we have to have a short memory in this sport. Taking an all-encompassing approach helps me improve other's skills. All of the drills that we do are for a reason, even our tee drills! Being able to look at the full picture of an athlete has always been how I work with athletes.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
A typical training session (for hitting) with me would look like the following:
Warm up - stretch out your body
Tee Warm up - get ready to work on specific drills
Athlete specific drills - what's something that we need to work on? This is where we'll focus on our areas of improvement
Front toss drills - incorporating tracking the ball into our routine
Front toss swings - how can we adjust to balls thrown in different areas of the strike zone
Abs - your core is the most important part of being a great hitter - you can't be a great hitter without a strong core!
Career summary and accomplishments:
I have coached at several different levels. I have coached 12U, 16U, and 18U teams from Connecticut during my summers in college. After I graduated, I become the Graduate Assistant Coach as St. Lawrence University, a NCAA Division III institution in upstate New York. I had the great opportunity to learn a lot during my time at SLU because it was just myself and the head coach on staff. Since it was just the two of us, I was able to work with all hitters and specialized in infield defense with our infielders. I was also responsible for creating our teams strength and conditioning plans to get our athletes ready for competition.
Best coach I ever had:
Coach VK was the best coach I ever had! Even though I was only 13 when she coached me, she gave me the confidence to set my goals high. I would not have gone on to play softball in college if it were not for her. She was in college at the time and learning about the student athlete experience at the Division I level was my motivation to work hard. She held me accountable during my recruiting process and helped me set realistic goals to be able to be successful.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
My goal is to help athletes achieve their goals, whatever they may be! I'm a big proponent of the idea 'hard work beats talent', and like to reinforce that as much as I can. The sport of softball has continued to grow during my lifetime and I'm very excited to see how far it will go!
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