Samantha M.

I have worked summer camps with Gardner-Webb University (my college), and with Providence School of Jacksonville. I have also volunteered as a coach for the Tim Callahan Foundation. I typically work with all ages of athletes starting at 8 years old through College.

2011- Big South Freshman of the Year, Big South Team All Conference, Big South All Tournament Team, and NCCSIA All State University Division.
2012-Big South All Conference First Team, National Fast-pitch Coaches Association Mid Atlantic All- Region Team. College Sports Madness Big South All Conference First team. NCCSIA Softball University Division Mid-Atlantic First Team. Played started in all 54 games. 74 hits on the season first in GWU record books. 21 multi hits games and 6 multi RBI’s.
2013- Big South All Conference First Team, College Madness Big South All-Conference, NCCSIA Softball University Division All State First team selection. Led GWU and Second in Big South with a .427 BA
2014-Big South All Conference First Team, College Sports Madness Big South All Conference First Team, NCCSIA Softball University Mid- Atlantic First Team.

Depending on what the child or teenager would like to center their lesson on, I do that because I want the child's full attention and in order to have that it must be in the areas they feel they need to work on.
IF we are focusing on defense, we will start with a light warm up, some stretching exercises along with throwing mechanics. Defense will run for about an 1 hour. We will break down throwing, fielding and strategic defense skills. The goal of defense would be for the athlete to become comfortable in their mechanics along with situations that come with the game.
IF we are focusing on offense, we will still start with a light warm up, and stretches. Again depending on the level of the athlete we will most likely start out on tee work to get a basic understand of their swing. We then use drills that allow the athlete to focus on power, timing, placement and the ability to acknowledge what pitch is being thrown before they swing.