Strike 3- Softball Facility

09/10/2026

UNCOMMITTED 2028.
RHP (low 60s) with a strong bat.

09/09/2026

We’ve been battling this back leg for quite some time.
One cue for her that fits with her motor preferences and boom. It instantly improved her rise ball as well 👏🏼
So grateful to be a part of Kerri Foster Nelson / Founder Foster Fastpitch and continue my education as a coach so I can better help my athletes.

09/05/2026

As a coach this is tough too! I want so badly to shake drills up and make things exciting but reality is, you have to master the little things and sometimes that means doing the same drill over and over and over. And if you don’t do it outside of lessons..we are going to continue to do it in lessons over and over until it’s perfected 🫶🏼

Parents, your kid doesn’t need another team, another trainer or another shiny opportunity every time they get bored. Sometimes they need to learn how to do boring 💩 really well.

I had to have this conversation with my own kid the other day.

You say you want to be elite? Then you better learn to love being bored.

Elite isn’t sexy.

It’s the same 💩 . Over and over and over again.

Same drills. Same lifts. Same throws. Same corrections. Same days where you wonder if you’re even getting better.

When I came back to train for the 2020 Olympics, people saw the Olympics. The jersey. The lights. The big stage.

They didn’t see how dam boring it was to get there.

And as parents, we have to be careful that we aren’t constantly trying to remove that boredom for our kids.

They don’t always need something NEW.

Sometimes they need to stay in it.

Stop trying to make every workout exciting. Stop rescuing them when the grind gets monotonous. Stop confusing boredom with burnout.

There’s value in showing up when nothing feels exciting.

That’s what I told my kid.

You don’t get to say you want something different while being unwilling to do the same boring 💩 every damn day.

Some days you’ll feel incredible. Some days you’ll feel stagnant. Some days you’ll wonder what the hell the point is.

DO IT ANYWAY.

Nobody promised you a scholarship. A starting spot. A medal. A trophy.

But if you want to chase elite, this is part of the price.

Fall in love with the boring.Fall in love with the hard. Fall in love with doing the 💩 nobody claps for.

Parents, quit trying to make the road easier. Teach them how to stay on it when it gets boring.

09/05/2026

So proud of these girls.
They both have been so patient with what is needed out of them before we move on & the results are showing!
Mechanics are looking better and better each time!

09/03/2026

I like to find the ROOT cause of what girls tend to struggle with. A lot of it starts in the beginning of the pitch and is a chain reaction.
So proud of these littles who are coming in after their first long week or two of school starting and putting in the work!

09/03/2026

Catching Clinics with Coach Avery 12 and up have been moved to Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm !
Snag your spots!!

09/01/2026

Looking back at these initial assessment videos of Layla working with TPT and wow, she is a completely different athlete now.
‼️prioritize girls training ‼️
What I see as a coach working with athletes every day is not that these kids need more coaching, they need to strength train, learn how to move their bodies efficiently.
So pumped for this next session of strength/speed/agility training with Thoroughbred Performance.
If you know, you know how amazing and intentional these coaches are.
Highly recommend getting your girls in.

4th/5th sign up here:
https://app.upperhand.io/customers/2722-strike-3/events/204947-thoroughbread-performance-training-advanced-4th-and-all-5th-grade

6th grade & up sign up here:
https://app.upperhand.io/customers/2722-strike-3/events/204934-thoroughbread-performance-training-6th-grade-and-up

If your daughter has been active in training and you think she may be advanced, send me a message and we can get her in an advanced group.

08/30/2026

Sucks to be a coaches kid. I use her as an example..A LOT. But this scenario is what happens with a lot of kids so I thought I would chat about it.
Everyone wants to skip the little things, move to the fun stuff. I get it. I do.
But we are talking about creating muscle memory..muscle memory that is needed to perform under high pressure situations when tired.
10-15 reps is not going to change your body motion permanently. Pitching is a craft and requires so much time and so many reps. Yes, we teach these kids to pitch but we also teach them HOW to be great and to be honest, a lot of kids don’t want to hear that they have to do the same drill over and over and over. This video was a learning situation for her….that she already knows but here we are again chatting about it and reminding. Are you going to be great by doing 15 reps and calling it a day simply bc you did 15? No.
Will you be great if you work at it until it’s good? Until it’s done correctly?? Yes.
Development isn’t the same for everyone. I may spend months working one motion with a kid because it isn’t clicking yet for them..others get it on day 1 and can perform it correctly. This is why I stress tunnel vision. Don’t look at the person next to you. Focus on what YOU need to focus on. A lot of times these little things are the ROOT causes of other little problems that show up throughout your whole pitch.

08/27/2026

Everyone is always in a rush to learn new pitches & hit a higher speed. Those who have been there and done that will tell you to make sure your mechanics are sound first. Trust me, as a coach I want to teach new things and work on fun things but we cannot build if our foundation is cracked. I would rather you have one or two REALLY good pitches that you can control than 5 mediocre ones that you don’t know where they’re going. And that is a hill I will die on.

Madi here is heading to her first year of college as a pitcher and we didn’t go full at all during her lesson. Strictly focused mechanics. She knows how important it is.

August, September are great months to rebuild. After months and months of nothing but games and tournaments, sometimes things get sloppy and we need to get them in check again before we add new things and that’s OKAY!

08/23/2026

Changing the start date of TPT to accommodate for everyone getting their fall schedules in order.
Comment below if you’re interested in strength training/speed and agility and I’ll reach out once we have an official start date!