Bringing Top-Notch Fastpitch Softball to
New Hampshire and New England Fastpitch Softball Players!
WELCOME TO PAWS FASTPITCH SOFTBALL!
YOUR HOSTS: COACHES PAUL & WENDY SPENCE
- Our website offers many different fastpitch related
topics! MORE TO COME - WE'RE ALWAYS IMPROVING!
- CLIPBOARD PAGE UPDATED!
How to break in and care for your glove AND why softball conditioning is vital to success.
- IT'S
OFFICIAL: the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association will move the pitching rubber
back three feet for the 2011 softball season. See our PITCHING page for details.
- Is your bat legal? Click on our approved bats page - LAST UPDATE 10-13-09
- Ask
professional advice from the coaches!
- Learn how
to keep score!
- We offer fastpitch softball clinics
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter* - for all aspects of the game!
- See our Fastpitch Softball Drills Page for some great drills!
- Check Out Our Links Page! Several links on getting recruited for college.
Great for Student-Athletes, Parents, and Coaches!
- Hitting Page
Updated! How to be a Successful Hitter and what to avoid!
We offer professional coaching utilizing proven techniques in order to
encourage a positive and fun learning environment. Our players look forward to their lessons with us because
they know they are going to have fun and learn a lot about the game and themselves; they understand that in order to
be truly successful it takes a great work ethic and a great attitude, and in order to achieve success it takes personal sacrifice
and commitment. We would like to stress that we believe to be truly effective as instructors, it is critical
to allow the students to be individual athletes. We believe this will allow them to use their own individual strengths to
develop character, self-esteem, and their skills at a greater rate. Softball instruction does not have to be full of
dread, anger, frustration and tears. No yelling, no screaming, no demoralizing comments or humiliation. We believe
these negative instructional techniques are all too common in fastpitch softball. It's all about the girls
and the game of fastpitch softball!
Thank you for visiting our site, and....oh yeah....
JUST BRING IT!
BRING YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!
2010 WINTER
PITCHING CLINICS ARE HERE!
DOMINATE
IN 2010!
SUNDAYS JANUARY
17 THRU MARCH 24
NO CLINIC FEBRUARY 14
2 SESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR AGES 8 TO 18:
8:30-9:30 OR 9:30-10:30
MUST HAVE OWN CATCHER!!
$100 FOR 8 WEEKS!
REGISTER NOW! SPACE IS LIMITED!
RAYMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTIONS:
Take the RT-125 S or N. Continue to follow NH-125
S or N.
Merge onto NH-101 towards Exit 5.
Take
the RT-107 exit, EXIT 5,
toward RT-156/RAYMOND.
Turn
SLIGHT RIGHT onto FREETOWN
RD/NH-102/NH-107.
Turn LEFT onto EPPING RD/NH-101 BR/NH-107/NH-27.
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto EPPING ST
at Cumberland Farms.
Turn RIGHT onto STEVEN K BATCHELDER PKWY.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THIS YEARS FALL CLINICS!
AMAZING JOB!!
BECOME
AN AMAZING HITTER!
SIGN
UP FOR HITTING CLINICS NOW AND WATCH YOUR BATTING AVERAGE RISE!
RIP IT!
5 REASONS THE "FALL BACK SWING" DOESN'T
WORK FOR FASTPITCH SOFTBALL!
SEE OUR HITTING PAGE FOR DETAILS!
(THIS IS
IMPORTANT!!)
SUPPORT SOFTBALL FOR THE 2016 OLYMPICS
The International
Softball Federations (ISF) is heading the drive to prove that softball is
an asset to the world Olympics, and to
help the International Olympic Committee to vote on reinstating softball in the Olympics in 2016.
Here is a link to
the ISF's "Back Softball" website:
I BACK 2016 OLYMPIC SOFTBALL!
MAKE NEXT YEARS STARTING TEAM!
BRING YOUR
GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL TODAY!
SIGN UP FOR CLINICS NOW!
PLEASE SEE OUR CLINICS PAGE FOR DETAILS
IN SOFTBALL - ATTITUDE
IS EVERYTHING!
2008-Central
Washington softball players Liz Wallace and Mallory Holtman carry Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky around the bases after
she blew out her knee after hitting a home run Saturday in Washington.
HITTING
PAGE UPDATED - DISCOVER THE MENTAL ASPECTS OF HITTING AND WHY THE "FALL BACK SWING" DOESN'T WORK FOR FASTPITCH
SOFTBALL! (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)MAKE SOME NOISE!! CHECK OUT OUR CHEERS PAGE!
LINKS PAGE UPDATED! INFORMATION REGARDING
RECRUITMENT FOR COLLEGE SPORTS - GREAT RESOURCE!
BERLIN
BOBCATS DEFEND TITLE!
2009 RYAA INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
MORE 2009 TOURNEY PICS ON
THE PHOTO ARCHIVES
PAGE!
SEND US YOUR PICS TO ADD TO THE WEBSITE!___________________________________________
2009
U16 RAYMOND THUNDER
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT 9-3 SEASON!
WAY TO GO THUNDER!
2009 LAMPREY RIVER LIGHTNING
CONGRATULATIONS
LIGHTNING ON PLAYING A GREAT STATE TOURNAMENT!
PAWS RIVER RATS
2009 U14 FALL SOFTBALL
2009 RIVER RATS
ACTION PHOTOS OF 2009 RATS ON THE RIVER RATS PAGE!
PRACTICE
TIMES
5:00 - PITCHERS AND CATCHERS
5:30 FOR THE REST OF THE RATS
THANKS TO ALL THE 2009
RIVER RATS AND THEIR FAMILIES!
IT WAS A GREAT SEASON!
CONGRATS TO MELISSA - NO HITTER
ON 8/30/09!!
SEE THE RIVER RATS PAGE FOR TEAM
INFORMATION
NO BRAINERS THAT'LL BEAT
YOU EVERYTIME!
1. GETTING PICKED OFF A BASE
2. NOT SLIDING
3. NOT
KNOWING HOW MANY OUTS THERE ARE
4. MISSING A SIGN
5. NOT EXECUTING AT ADVANCING
THE RUNNER
6. THROWING BEHIND THE ADVANCING RUNNER
7. NOT HITTING YOUR CUT OFF
8. NOT GETTING THE SACRIFICE BUNT DOWN
9. NOT BACKING UP THE PLAY
10. NOT
CALLING FOR A FLY BALL
11. TAKING A CALLED THIRD STRIKE
12. NOT GETTING THE SURE OUT
13.
NOT HUSTLING 100% OF THE TIME
14. NOT BEING MENTALLY PREPARED TO PLAY
WEBMASTER: COACH PAUL
WEBSITE LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 14, 2009
