0-CAROLINA FASTPITCH OVERVIEW

Carolina Fastpitch is a pitching , hitting and fielding instructional service for girls fastpitch. . Bill Fowler, a former high school baseball and softball coach, began CF in 1990, after 14 years of instructional experience.

Currently I teach nearly 100 girls per week, on a year round bases. Over 100 former players and memebers have scholar shipped and currently there are approximately 15 members in college, on scholarship. There are over 30 high school starting, number 1 pitchers and about 20 travel ball teams that regularly start our pitchers from the South Carolina region that I left in 2006. In 2005 Cf pitchers led their teams to 7 state championships form the highs school and travel ball levels to the recreational. Now in North Carolina, just starting out iI am teaching girls from Pamlico, Craven, Carteret, Onslow ,Duplin and Pender counties.

CF pitchers learn the most productive style of pitching and the most advanced pitches. Generally, our most applied style of pitching is similar to the western , or California style that nearly all major college pitchers use. Our form allows for the development of advanced pitches second to none and it is relatively safe to use. Pitchers who stay in the program for several years will usually master , or mostly master each of the following pitches: peel drop, snap over drop, curve, drop curve, slow curve, turnaround or backhand change, shove change, knuckle shove change, horse shoe change, curve change, slop or Texas change, screwball, drop and rise screws, and if they are capable, the killer rise. All of these pitches are true movement pitches. Our curves and screws can be mastered to the point where a pitcher can throw a pitch down the middle the plate, pass by a post after going 20-25 feet and then break it to the corner, or further if desired. Our drops can go toward the catcher at18-224 inches high and break down to the ground at the plate -in the last 8-12 feet of travel. Our rise is capable of going in just above a batters belt and breaking hard across the letters, or shoulders, as needed. Not only can these pitches be learned but dozens of our girls have learned to do so.

Much like the pitching, CF hitting instruction is based on the techniques and mechanics of Team USA: our Olympic team, basically. We do have a strong dose of other influences from the major college and professional ranks, as well. Many of our players hit over .400 in college.

Fielding mechanics and tactics are again, based on the most up to date research from the highest levels. Age and skill levels are considered during instruction. Players are introduced to fun and challenging fielding ,that will give them an upper edge in getting to the higher levels of the game.