For softball players ages 10 to 13 and their parents
The season ends. Start with an honest review, then build a plan for next season.
Most girls either put the glove away until spring or get thrown into whatever everyone else is doing. This book gives your family one plan, built for this age, that the athlete and the parent work through together.
Inside the book
What's inside
Start with the After Season Review
Before any training, look back at the season you just finished and sort it into three lists: Keep, Build and Fix. Athlete and parent do it separately first, so the plan starts from what your player really needs.
Pick a path and an intensity
Standard or Extended, then Beginner, On-Par or Advanced. Choose how much room the offseason really has, and the plan adjusts to that.
Fall builds strength, without a weight room
Every strength exercise uses body weight. Nothing lifted, nothing loaded with plates.
Spring puts it together by position
Skill work for pitcher, catcher, infield and outfield, and hitting, bunting and slapping.
Travel ball counts too
Travel ball doesn't pause the plan. It gets written in the same weekly log, so the total load stays honest.
Before you buy
Is this book for you?
This is for you if
- Your player is 10 to 13 and wants to come back better next season
- She plays travel ball and you want to keep the total load in check
- You'd rather follow one plan than piece one together from videos
This is not for you if
- You're looking for a club or a coach. This book is the plan you follow at home.
- Your player is 14 or older. See the Ages 14 to 18 edition.
About the author
I've been the parent who didn't know what to ask
I'm Sam Duffey, founder of Prime Path Athletics. I'm a retired Army Chief Warrant Officer 3. I coached youth football and basketball for 15 years and helped start a youth athletics program. I played junior college basketball at Navarro College and Cisco Junior College before I left school to enlist after September 11th.
My oldest son wanted to keep playing past high school. He didn't get to, and at the time I didn't know how to help him. That's a big part of why Prime Path Athletics exists.
My measure of a good season was never the record. It was whether kids kept coming back and parents trusted what I told them.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Who is it written for?
Both of you. The athlete and the parent each have a part, and the book tells you which parts belong to whom.
Does my 11-year-old need to lift weights?
Not for this plan. The strength work in this book is bodyweight only.
The Offseason: Softball
Ages 10 to 13
- 103 pages, 16 chapters, 32 weeks
- A week-by-week plan with logs to track it
- Written for the athlete and the parent
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