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Todd Starowitz, Wheaton, IL Softball Coach

Todd Starowitz

Softball

SILVER

Catching and hitting instructor for youth softball with four years of head varsity softball coaching experience, including instructing multiple all-state and DI athletes. View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
Training Locations
  • Indiana University--Bloomington (IN)

  • 15 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

  • Kids, Teenagers

  • Catcher

  • Hitting

Credentials

  • Indiana University--Bloomington (IN)

  • 15 years

  • Qualified Private Coach
    Passed Coach Course

Services

  • Kids, Teenagers

  • Catcher

  • Hitting

More About Coach Todd

I worked for nearly a decade with the football, swimming, basketball, volleyball, baseball, and softball programs at Indiana University where I was exposed to collegiate athletics at the very highest level. My coaching experience is high school varsity softball where I coached for three years prior to stepping away. At Wheaton Academy, I inherited a program in 2009 that had eight players in the entire program and next year Wheaton Academy will have three softball players playing Division I softball. While I have primarily worked with high school age athletes, I also enjoy instructing youth softball players.

I worked in the NFL and at Indiana University for more than a decade. I played club lacrosse for three seasons Indiana University and was a seven-time high school letterwinner in football, baseball, and swimming.

My specialty is teaching high-level hitting and catching techniques. I have helped develop multiple catchers who have earned all-state and all-league honors. With catchers, we begin with things as simple as how to properly wear equipment and progress to stance (signal, primary, secondary), receiving, blocking, and throwing. In addition, we coach the mental approach for top-flight catchers, including leadership, signal calling, and handling pitchers. I have attended many different catching clinics (online and in person) and subscribe most closely to the methods of Jerry Weinstein and NLCA (Justin Duarte). As a hitter instructor, I do not believe there is a difference between high-level baseball and fastpitch swings. My hitting instruction starts with mental approach, to stance, and comprehensive high-level hitting concepts. We spend most of our time with a variety of "T" work, front toss, and live pitching. I also work closely with legendary throwing coach Tom House.

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Client Reviews

Coach Todd was very knowledgeable with lots of tips and tricks to help elevate the way a catcher plays. I will definitely book another session with him and would like to utilize his help with hitting as well.

Excellent very knowledgeable and patient

Coach Todd was very in depth with the fundamentals of hitting and various ways to improve ones batting mechanics using both hands on and video concepts to communicate the desired approach and process. We even ran significantly late to our first session and he was patient enough to wait and flexible enough to extend our initial time, so we could still get in our full hour.

Super fun coach! My daughter looks forward to practice...

Coach Todd is an excellent trainer. He takes the time to examine and analyze a player. My daughter walked away with more confidence than she has had in months. He makes great suggestions and provides solid workouts to help an athlete grow and develop their skills. I'd recommend him, so happy to have been matched by CoachUp with this level of experience.

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He was awesome! My daughter loved working with him.

Todd really knows the approach to teach hitting. He is very personable and makes the lesson fun.

Coach Todd is a great coach!! He is patient, positive and breaks down the concepts and makes them very simplistic and easy to learn. Very thankful!

Coach Todd did a great job with my daughter in her first session. We are looking forward to more sessions.

Coach Todd just had first session with our daughter yesterday evening. We will surely book another date with him. Our 16 year old daughter was very excited on the technique and changeups applied for her swing. He has great knowledge and is very patient. We will definitely use him again!

Coach Todd was awesome! My girls learned alot in just the first session and look forward to continuing with him!

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Coach Todd was amazing. He taught my daughter how to bat so that the ball will go to the outfield. She had a game after meeting with coach Todd and hit her first outfield hit. He taught her how to position her arms, hands and upper body. He was amazing and he also help me understand a little more about the sport. We are very happy and I will be booking more sessions with him as soon as my daughter’s injury is better.

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Todd did great with my daughter. What I liked best was his talking to her about the mental approach to each at bat, not just the physical aspect.

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Coach Todd was AMAZING and after one session my daughter has completely evolved. We had to wait before rescheduling due to moving but now that we are all settled we are definitely ready for Coach Todd to take her to a whole new level of playing.

We were apprehensive at first about CoachUp. But when we meet with Coach Todd about coaching our daughter in batting he made us, as parents, feel very comfortable. He was very informative, friendly, and took his time instructing our daughter. We actually saw an improvement in her stance and swing almost instantly. We were very pleased with our experience and will definitely continue.

Coach Todd is a fantastic coach. In just one lesson he helped correct my daughters swing and start hitting the ball with power. She loves his techniques and how he really focuses on her without criticism. She can't wait for her next session and to continue to work with him.

Very knowledgeable and helpful

Coach Todd was great! He took the time to explain everything he was teaching Maggie and ensure she understands it. I think his coaching will help her dramatically improve her softball skills

After just a few sessions I have noticed a drastic improvement in my daughter’s approach and confidence at the plate. Todd has also started tapping into power that she didn’t know she had. Most importantly, she LOVES working with him. I would (and already have) highly recommend Todd as a hitting coach-it’s been an excellent experience so far and I am sure we will continue to rely on his expertise.

We are so thrilled with the time and attention Todd has spent with our daughter. He has only worked with her twice but has such insight already about her as a player and the best style of coaching for her. We look forward to continue working with him!

Very impressed with his swing knowledge and his ability to articulate his knowledge with my 13 year old.

Would definitely use him again and recommend him.

We are very pleased with the results we see in our daughter from her working with Coach Todd.

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Coach Todd was great on the first session with our daughter. He right away addressed some hitting techniques we had always wanted her to work on. We are looking forward to more session and can't wait to see our daughter improve.

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I am so glad that we chose Coach Todd to work with. He individualizes the instruction so that he gets his point across to my daughter (a HS sophomore). She has had several sessions over the winter and I have seen tremendous improvement, not just in her batting, but in her confidence. She has always been a good hitter, but Coach Todd is taking her to the next level to be a great hitter. Today the high school started working in the batting cages to get ready for tryouts and the Varsity Coach said to my daughter, "Wow, our first varsity game isn't for 2 months and you are hitting like that already?".

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Todd is excellent at coaching. Especially in regards to hitting. My daughter has become more confident after working with Todd. I would definitely recommend him!
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My daughter has had only 2 sessions with Coach Todd, but already she had learned some new skills and has been able to apply them in her middle school games. Also the lessons have helped her gain CONFIDENCE. We have scheduled her lessons right after games, and even though shes tired she looks forward to them.

Coach Todd is very thorough, attentative and caring. Provides great feedback. We're already seeing improvements and could not be happier!

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Coach Todd takes much care with the kids. I am very happy with his work.

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Claire got in the car after the first session and said (with a huge smile on her face), "That was so much fun! Coach Todd is awesome!"

Coach Todd has provided excellent instruction for my daughter. He took the time to break down he swing and build a strong foundation, as well as made sure she understood the importance of each part. Results were seen in her game performance after only a few lessons. Her confidence has improved, as well as her hitting.

So far my daughter has had two hitting lessons with Coach Todd and both my daughter and I are very happy. He is very knowledgeable about hitting and has an ability to explain the concepts in a way that is easy to understand and put in to practice. I would highly recommend Todd.

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Coach Todd has gone above and beyond our expectations. Sam in just a short time has greatly improved both her mental and physical game play. She loves softball and is excited to work with Coach Todd each week. His knowledge of the game is exceptional.

My daughter has had many coaches in her six years of playing travel softball. However, none of them have shown the selfless attention that she’s experienced with Coach Starowitz. My daughter’s hitting and catching skills have grown immeasurably due to his instruction, and her confidence has improved equally. And while his coaching expertise alone would be enough for me to promote his coaching, his behind-the-scenes advocacy for my daughter has been the amazing icing on the cake. I highly recommend Coach Starowitz to any family looking for individual coaching.
As an athlete at Indiana I worked with Todd nearly every day for five years. I trust him and I know his heart for young people.
I've known Todd for nearly two decades since we worked together at Indiana University. He will make every effort to ensure that parents are receiving the service that they desire, and that young people will be the ultimate beneficiaries.
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