Coach’s Corner Mindset MAtters

This is tough, but essential. Going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm or hope has to be because you are correcting your mistakes and getting better with every opportunity. Extra Inning Softball is running a series of articles with record-setting...

DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH: the Biblical story of David & Goliath is probably the most well-known underdog story in the world. Goliath is a giant warrior of the Philistine army who calls out the Israelite, David, who is a shepherd boy. “Come to me that I might feed your...

Extra Inning Softball is running a series of articles with record-setting college softball coach Mike Lotief who—after 17 years of coaching Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns softball— reveals the training program that propelled his team to the NCAA tournament, the...

Samantha Walsh hits a home run for Louisiana in the 2014 Super Regionals. Have you ever been to a circus? The elephants are restrained by a small rope that is tied to the ankle of their front leg. No chains, no cages. It is obvious that the elephants could break away...

Outstanding softball players not only have the physical side down, they also excel in the Mental Swing Attractors that result in excellence through devotion and discipline to their craft! As we chronicle the SWING ATTRACTORS, it seems appropriate to give context and...