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Cheri S., Guadalupe, AZ Softball Coach

Cheri S.

Softball

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SEC College Player coaching girls through the fundamentals in throwing, catching, fielding, hitting, and the mental part of the game! View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
  • Mississippi State University (MS)

  • 19 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Pitcher, Catcher, Outfield, Infield

  • Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, Baserunning

Credentials

  • Mississippi State University (MS)

  • 19 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Pitcher, Catcher, Outfield, Infield

  • Pitching, Hitting, Fielding, Baserunning

More About Coach Cheri

I started coaching after playing DI college softball. Shortly after graduating from Mississippi State, I coached as an assistant for a private high school in Oakland, California. I moved to Arizona and started my coaching career as the head coach at Williams Field High School in Higley, Arizona. After my seven year tenure, the Mountain Pointe High School Softball Head Coach position opened, I took the opportunity. I am Pride!!!!!! I have twenty years of experience coaching at the high school level. I have also coached a 16U club ball team for the Arizona Storm and the Arizona Hotshots over the period of four years. I work with various softball players all over the valley from 9-22 years old and I love it! I also have an NFCA certification and multiple NFHS certifications.

I attended Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona. I earned the starting role at third base on the varsity team all four years. I earned MVP, all city, all region, and all state awards. I played for the Arizona Storm from 12U-18 GOLD, earning a scholarship to play softball at Mississippi State University. I played in the SEC for four years graduating in Educational Psychology. I was a two time captain of my college team while starting all four years at first and third base. I lead the team in walks and fielding percentage while leading the team to an SEC championship game. I am currently playing in a fast pitch league at Kiwanis Park in Tempe.

A typical session with a player would focus on the fundamentals of the game. Teach the proper throwing and catching mechanics. Explain proper hitting and bunting fundamentals. I would focus my lessons based upon the current level of the player. Typically starting with warming up and throwing.

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Cheri was amazing. Great teacher & coach. My daughter definitely improved and was very happy . Thank you

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Cheri is great. My daughter loves her!

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Engaging, positive and knowledgeable. My daughter enjoyed her session very much.

Cheri is AWESOME. So grateful she is the coach I met first. We plan on training about once a week for the next few months, would absolutely recommend her to anybody at any skill-level. Thanks Cheri!

Cheri is awesome! Excellent coach.

Amazing coach and great with children

Hard to schedule with. Cancelled three trainings in a row

Coach Cheri is amazing! My daughter is very shy but she was very comfortable with her. She is tough but encouraging… just what girls that age need to learn but still feel good, and incredibly skilled and knowledgeable. We hope to work with her for a long time!

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Coach Cheri was great. Would recommend her to anyone.

Cheri has been fantastic with my daughter. She takes the time to break everything down and makes sure she understands the technique before adding skills.

Thank you coach for all the tips!

In Just one lesson my daughter improved on her throwing.

Outstanding coaching!!! Cheri has made my daughter really appreciate how practice makes perfect. She really enjoys going to coaching and says "its fun"!

We found Coach Cheri and couldn't be happier with her training our 13 year old daughter. Our daughter enjoys her sessions and looks forward to them every week.

If you have been matched with Coach Cheri, don't hesitate to book her. You won't be disappointed!

My daughter enjoyed and learned so much. Great coach.

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We have loved Cheri! She is very knowledgeable and great to work with! I saw my daughter understanding and improving after the first session!

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Coach Cheri was well prepared and welcoming of our daughter. She explained and gave very practical exercises for our daughter who is brand new to softball, to work on, all from the first practice. Very excited to our daughter.

Coach Cheri, was very communicative with the scheduling. That was great for me, the Dad. Her patience and training techniques with my daughter were outstanding, and I will definitely be booking more sessions with her.

Coach Cheri is an amazing Coach and mentor, you will not be disappointed! Our girls are new to the sport and Coach Cheri took time to teach them about the game and was extremely patient while assessing their current abilities. She made the training session fun and had our girls craving more. If you are looking for someone to educate you child on the fundamentals of the game while having a fun experience and maximizing their potential, then Coach Cheri is the Coach for you!

Coach Cheri is amazing my daughter felt comfortable right away she explains exactly what she will be doing with your daughter and meets her right where she is at. She has an amazing personality and is filled with great energy my daughter looks forward to her private lessons and her confidence has now increased After three lessons I can already see the improvements my daughter has made , Will be booking more sessions!

Coach Cheri is amazing!!! I’ve already improved with having done only one lesson so far.

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Coach Cheri was great! She listened well, kept the lesson focused and worked on fundamentals, everything we asked for and needed.

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My daughter has only had two sessions with coach cheri and my daughter loves her and we have no doubt our daughter will get better with coach cheri...would recommend her to everybody

This was my daughters first time having 1 on 1’s for ANY sport she plays so neither of us really knew what to expect. Coach Cheri was patient, knowledgeable and high energy. During a time when Covid has taken away a lot of our access to income to pay for these types of training sessions Coach Cheri provides outstanding quality lessons with an affordable price point for families really having to make every dollar count! Looking forward to future lessons.

Coach Cheri is great our daughter enjoys the time with her. Her coaching philosophy is great adapts to age and skill levels

Cheri is awesome! She is so knowledgeable, great at teaching and my daughter absolutely loves working with her. We plan on continuing to work with her as long as possible.

My daughter only had a short time with Coach Cheri whole on vacation in AZ. In just three weeks my daughter had improved her skills at first base. Wish we lived in AZ so she could have continued training with Coach because the results were amazing. Thanks Coach!!

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Coach Cheri Smith is Awesome!! She connected with my daughter right away. My daughter said she is very excited about being coached by Cheri. I love Cheri’s passion for the game and developing players. She’s extremely knowledgeable and a very nice person!

Just finished our first session with Coach Cheri. She did an amazing job from initial contact through the end of the session. We will definitely be booking another session in the future. Thanks Coach!!

My daughter enjoyed her Training

She is fantastic, can't say enough about how awesome she was. Great job building a connection with our daughter quickly and showing new things from day 1.

Cheri is awesome!

She is very knowledgeable and takes her time to teach and explain...... I'm impressed and my daughter is doing so well with her!

Good coach with Great knowledge!! My daughter will definitely continue to work with Coach Cheri...

Coach Cheri is great. She shows tremendous patience with my daughter who just started playin softball. She is learning soo much from her. She is showing progress just after 2 sessions. She is awesome.

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Coach Cheri is great. My daughter responds well to her coaching and feedback. She can't wait for another workout!

Coach Cheri made my daughter comfortable from the start. Professional and prepared. Cheri's softball knowledge is apparent and I'm confident my daughter's play will improve.

My 14-YO daughter loved her first session with Coach Cheri, and I could see a difference in her mechanics already. Can't wait to keep working with her.

Coach Cheri is great! My daughters and myself seen great improvement in our performances and confidence in our games. She’s thorough, explains things easily and makes sure you’re getting it. Thank you Cheri for helping make us better!

Coach Cheri is awesome! Instruction is detailed and easy to understand. My daughter has a new level of confidence since meeting Coach Cheri.

We loved meeting with Coach Cheri! She was so patient considering my daughter had never played. She was so explicit in her instruction and really evaluated my daughter well! We were so pleased! Thank you so much Coach Cheri!

Great session! Cheri knows her stuff and worked really well with my daughter. Highly recommended!

Coach Cheri did an excellent job. was our first session and we were very happy. abrianna left excited and ready for our next session. awesome job coach cheri

Coach Cheri, understands how to reach the kids! My 11y.o. Daughter just lives being able to learn from her! After the lessons Cheri is all she talks about for hours! It is refreshing to have a coach teach and instill the love for a sport into them!

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We saw improvement with Ocean within the first session... what’s more important is my granddaughter thinks coach is awsume.. and can’t wait to go back... thank you coach

We were very happy with the training received from Coach Cheri. On time and informative, couldn't ask for more.

We really like coach Sherri! She has helped my daughter learn key fundamentals that she was not getting from her school coaches. We intended to stay with coach Sherri for quite awhile as we believe she will help my daughter become the best athlete she can be!

With one session she took my daughter back to the basics and had her throwing the correct way and ten times faster than she could already throw. We are very excited to see the advanced skills coach Cheri will teach our daughter in the near future. My daughter connected with Cheri immediately!

Coach Cheri is Awesome. Our grand daughter is really enjoying her lessons and is improving each time!

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We have only had 2 sessions so far with Cheri but so far she is amazing! She is so good with my daughter and taught her so much already. Can't wait to see my daughters progress after all sessions are done! 😃

My daughter had her first session with coach Cheri today and what a great experience! As we walked to the car my daughter said, "That was fun! She's a good coach." She is looking forward to her next session and has excitedly shown me techniques from just one hour. Im so happy to have found coach Cheri!

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Coach Cheri was amazing to work with! I highly recommend her and I plan to book more sessions in the future.

Cheri was great she worked all aspects of throwing and catching. My daughter has already improved in her pitching delivery.

Coach Cheri is just wonderful! She really knows how to start with the basics and build on her skills.

My daughter loves the training and is learning much more than she was by just playing. If your child is as competitive as mine book some sessions it will greatly improve her game

Found Coach Smith and my daughter loves her. Cheri brings playing experience at the highest level with coaching experience and really relates to my daughter. My daughter previously pitched until recently for city leagues and middle school teams and really never played any other position. She started playing 2nd base in the last 6 months on a club team and high school and needed some infield mechanics corrected. We've seen Cheri 3 times now and my daughter is making the proper tweaks each week after her sessions with Coach Smith at high school practice and she as well as myself are already seeing the difference. Coach Cheri is professional, energetic and quite frankly knows what she's doing. As long as my daughter is putting in the effort and wants to continue to strive to get better individually I will gladly keep bringing her to see Coach Cheri.

Cheri is awesome. My daughter had made massive improvements in just 2 lessons! She can't wait for more!

We just finished up 5 sessions with Coach Cheri and our experience was outstanding. My daughter is 7 years old and I know teaching younger kids good fundamentals can be difficult and Cheri did great with my daughter. She was very patient with her and did an amazing job of explaining things in a way that she could understand. We will definitely be doing more sessions with Coach Cheri in the future.

Cheri is great!!!

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Coach Cheri a great coach. She has taught my daughter so much in her first 2 sessions! I would recommend her to anyone!

Coach Cheri is amazing. She made the lessons fun for my daughters and after one session I can already see much improvement in their performance. I would highly recommend coach Cheri.

She's awesome!!

We are seeing Coach Cheri for my daughter's throwing. Coach right away saw the incorrect way that she was throwing and suggested to make adjustments. After 2 sessions, we are seeing improvements already! The team coaches are seeing improvements as well. Coach Cheri is very personable and professional. Gives great encouragements and explains the mechanics (of throwing) very well for my daughter to understand. She's a 5-star coach!!!

I had the opportunity to coach with Coach Smith from 2014-2016 for Mountain Pointe High School (Arizona Division 1). She had extensive knowledge of ALL aspects of the game. She inspired her players, and because of her personal college playing experience and her down to earth attitude created an amazing environment to bring out "the very best" in everyone she coached!
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