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Staff

Denise Davis

Founder and Chief Instructor

Planet Fastpitch

Denise Davis is the Founder and Chief Instructor at Planet Fastpitch (PFP).  PFP offers innovative instruction in all softball skills in a supportive environment and it is revolutionizing training for the 360 degree player.

Instructors

All Elaine Sortino Softball School instructors are current and former collegiate players, as well as college and high school coaches, National Professional Fastpitch players and Olympians, all of which are hand picked to ensure the highest quality of professional softball instruction. In choosing this softball school, athletes benefit from learning from a team of coaches who are current with cutting-edge techniques and who have competed at the elite level.

Teach And Encourage: A Look Inside UMass' Summer Sports Camps :  

At UMass sports camps, young athletes learn from the best and get a taste of campus life.  Most students may have left the UMass Amherst classrooms for the summer, but campus gymnasiums, playing fields, swimming pools and ice rinks are hustling and bustling. Summer time is camp time in Amherst, and young campers have many opportunities to build their skills in baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, swimming or hockey. Read the entire article here.

Schools

Elaine Sortino

Head Coach

University of Massachusetts Softball

Elaine Sortino has made winning a habit at UMASS.  In her 34 years at the helm of the Minutewoman Softball Team, Sortino has established herself as one of the nation’s most successful collegiate softball coaches and helped to put UMASS softball on the map.  Coach Sortino has over 1,100 wins an is the fourth winningest active NCAA Division 1 Coach.

In 2004, Sortino was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  The NFCA also names UMASS Softball the 34th best softball program all-time.

• This session provides instructions on the specific softball skills needed to make players ‘elite’. It focuses on all positions.
• Training sessions will be similar to those of a college pre-season. Players will be instructed twice a day in infield, outfield, catching or pitching. Instruction includes hitting, bunting, base running, sliding and positional defensive play.
• Mental training and team-building sessions are provided.
• Softball games played on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
• Limited to 100 players.

TOTAL SKILLS SCHOOL

June 30th - July 3rd, 2013

PITCHER/CATCHER SCHOOL

July14th - July 17th, 2013

• This session is designed for athletes who desire intensive and in-depth instruction in the skills and psychology of pitching and catching.
• Pitching instruction includes all components of speed and power through quality mechanics. Moving pitches (rise, drop, curve, off-speed) are also taught. Pitchers receive personalized instruction with great attention to detail.
• Catching instruction includes stance, pick-offs, receiving, framing, blocking, passed balls, tag plays, bunts, and pop-ups.
• Pitchers and catchers learn how to call and pitch a game, how to read a hitter and about the importance of mental and physical strength and fitness.
• Hitting and fielding instruction is also provided at each session.
• Limited to 90 pitchers, 50 catchers.