Finished her college softball career on one day.
Announced sheās having a baby the next.
Thatās not an offseasonāthatās a whole new season. ā¤ļøš¶š„ God is Good!
Congratulations @jordybahl#wcws#ncaasoftball
Letās talk about āadversity.āThereās a difference between teaching adversity⦠and being the adversity.
Real coaches:
They study.
They evolve.
They learn their athletes.
They build them up and challenge them.
They communicate whyānot just what.
Bad coaches?
They hide behind āold school.ā
They tear athletes down and call it ātoughness.ā
They manipulate by saying, āyouāre a high-level playerāyou should expect thisā⦠without ever teaching or explaining.
They take credit for athletes they didnāt actually develop.
And they hide comfortably inside the āgood old boys club.ā
You donāt get to demand growth from your players
while refusing to grow yourself.
Thatās not coaching. Thatās ego.
And athletes deserve better.
#CoachingMatters
#CoachDevelopment
#LeadershipMatters
#AthleteDevelopment
#LevelUp #dobetter
Got a hit⦠then walked to her position.
Thatās a problem.
You never earn the right to not hustleā
not when youāre failing, not when youāre succeeding.
Coaches: hold the standard. Every player. Every time.
#coachingstandards#hustle#fastpitchsoftball#arizonafastpitch #dobetter
šCongratulations to KVS Pitcher-Cailee Culwell @CaileeCulw62574
for her recent commitment to play at the next level @ Yavapai Community College
and even MORE so why she turned down other offers and chose to go the JUCO route!
@AZinthecircle
Class of 2026
Flagstaff HS
Arizona
#kallyvsoftball #pitchingcoach #collegecommit #fastpitchsoftball #classof2026
š¤ÆCollege Coaches want pitchers that want to grow and choose to grow even when itās hard while continuing to get better.
What they donāt want is a know it all and someone who thinks they are as good as they are going to be.
I donāt know about you⦠but I could watch this video over and over again šš„
šHuge kudos to the amazing softball parent who captured these photos of one of my pitchers this weekend at the Surf City Tournament š
This is McKenzie Latvaaho
š„ LHP/Hits Left
š„ Class of 2027
š„ Uncommitted
š„ Competing with her 18U team Arizona Storm Mendez
⨠Fun fact about Kenzie: she considers herself to have started pitching late ā proof that growth isnāt about when you start, itās about how committed you are to the processā-to YOUR PROCESS!
Keep showing up.
Keep developing.
One pitch at a time.
@MLatvaaho2027@AZinthecircle
#kallyvsoftball #fastpitchsoftball #softballpitcher #pitchingcoach #uncommitted2027 #collegerecruiting
My biggest takeaway from the NFCA convention wasnāt a new drill or a magic fix ā it was confirmation.
Confirmation that the best coaches in the room are all saying the same thing I already live by:
š Velocity, movement, and consistency are built from the ground up ā not chased.
Across sessions, conversations, and high-level discussions, the common thread was clear:
ā¢Arm health comes before arm speed
ā¢Mechanics, sequencing, and recovery matter more than radar numbers
ā¢Strength, efficiency, and intent create sustainable velocity
ā¢Burnout and injury happen when speed is prioritized over foundation
What likely stood out most is that elite coaches are doubling down on quality reps, micro-adjustments, and long-term development, not shortcuts. That aligns perfectly with how I already train my pitchers ā managing the small details so the big results can show up.
In short, the convention reinforced this truth:
The pitchers who last the longest and throw the hardest arenāt chasing speed ā theyāre building bodies and mechanics that allow speed to show up naturally.
And that validation?
Thatās powerful ā because it means my process at Kally V Softball works.
#kallyvsoftball #pitchingcoach #mentor #kvsmentorship #fastpitchsoftball