It all starts at H⚾️ME-PLATE! MindBody Pitching + Cooking hours: See right side column of the booking page ---> Please contact me if you are a new family!
☄️Unable to schedule a lesson? Please text me for off-Setmore booking availability. ☄️CANCELLATION POLICY: Please let me know ASAP so I can adjust my schedule, and I will do the same for you. You or I can cancel at anytime - Life is crazy!
WHY COME TRAIN WITH ME?
There are the 3 basic reasons to come see me in my "Diamond Dugout":
1. To break bad habits and understand WHY we have them.
2. To improve speed/accuracy/spins.
3. To build mental and physical resilience+confidence on and off the mound.
"IT ALL STARTS AT HOME PLATE" refers to my enthusiasm for pitching + real food education. In addition to my 20 years pitching coach experience, I am a MindBody Chef (MindBody Nutrition & Dynamic Eating Psychology Certification- Institute for the Psychology of Eating: Boulder, CO 2018 www.psychologyofeating.com). You can find my cooking and food education shenanigans on Instagram @moregutsmoreglory, where I share updates on my pitching instruction and athlete success, along with fun "real food" recipes. MINDBODY PITCHING is the connection of correct & consistent form + force to prevent injury, to increase speed, to improve accuracy, to develop new pitches, and to improve mental resilience & confidence. My coaching style utilizes video feedback, live mirror work, and demonstration pitching (on my part) to help pitchers break bad habits and establish a stronger foundation for increased power and control. In addition to the physical aspect to pitching, the mental aspect to pitching is an extremely important - if not the MOST integral element - in your daughter's development as a pitcher. It takes some strong “roots” to grow more guts for more glory on and off the mound. PRACTICE
I advise my softball athletes to be practicing AT LEAST 3-5x's PER WEEK OR MORE. If regular practice is NOT happening outside of lessons, development will be slow. And nothing should be slow except for the change up. Does your pitcher WANT to practice? If not, you must have the conversation about stopping lessons. This is a tough conversation to have and when the warning signs occur (i.e. you are frustrated for always being the one to remind/push her and there is guilt tripping going on for the financial investment...) please be open to this important communication with your daughter. Listen. She may just need a nudge out of some growing pains or fear of failure. But it could also be that life is calling her to develop another passion! Please let me know, and I will do my best to discuss this in our next lesson. Growth mindset, passion, and a little "obsession" are prerequisites for elite pitching. It is important that money+time is not being wasted on lessons if her interests lie somewhere else. Listen and observe. The pitcher is in the driver’s seat; Our feet may step on the gas + breaks at times BUT if she isn’t steering, she is NOT in control and will not be able to take full credit for what she is accomplishing on the mound. Therefore, if there is "pitching-practice-tug-of-war" going on between you and your pitcher, LET GO... We can schedule when she is practicing again and ready to WORK on setting and meeting her goals.
MY BACKGROUND
I graduated from Mundelein High School in '95 (3 sport athlete - 11 varsity letters in Volleyball, Basketball and Softball). I received an athletic scholarship to play Varsity Softball at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Pathology. I was recruited as a "utility player" for Northwestern Softball due to my fielding versatility. After 28 mound appearances, I traded my starting pitcher "hat" for that of dual role my Sophomore year: The starting right fielder and team bullpen pitcher. 1995 Chicago Tribune First Team All-State 1995 Chicago Sun-Times Female Player of the Year (Male: Kevin Garnett, Basketball) “Top 10” IHSA records: -2nd for most shutouts in a season (26) -3rd for most consecutive perfect games (3) -3rd for most consecutive strike outs (27…NOTE: I fanned all 21 batters in a 7 inning game against Cary Grove) -6th for most perfect games in a season (4) -8th for most perfect games in a season (4… 3 of which were in a row) -9th for most consecutive shutouts (11) -9th for most consecutive no-hitters (3) Academic All Big Ten Honors: 1997, 1998, 1999 All Big Ten: 1998 (2nd team) Avg .319, slugging % .435 Senior year: -Co-Captain -Slugging % .400 & led team in .978 fielding average in right field. -Recipient of two Athletic Endowed Scholarships: The Sydney Warshauer and Joseph Stein Athletic Scholarship & The Waldo Fisher Memorial Scholarship. -Recipient of the N Club's "Lisa Ishikawa Award" in 1999 for "Outstanding leadership ability and self-less dedication to team goals. Ishikawa's determination and positive attitude led her to perform above and beyond the expected."

More guts MORE glory - It all starts at H⚾️ME PLATE!
See you soon in the Diamond Dugout & Kitchen,
Coach Lindsey