SARAH ANDERSEN
SOFTBALL INSTRUCTOR

Coaching Position:

• Head Softball Coach - New Hampton Prep School

Softball Background:

• Member of Stanford University Softball Team, 1998-2002
• Member of USA Elite Team, 2002
• Softball Instructor, FCA Sports Camp, 2002
• Hitting Instructor, St. Louis, MO, 2003
• Hitting Coach, Washington University in St. Louis, 2002-2004
• Played professionally for New England Riptide

Honors :

• Arizona All-State High School Team 1997, 1998
• 3rd place Women's College World Series, 2001
• Academic All-American 2001
• All-Pac 10 Team 2000, 2001, 2002
• All-American Team, 2000, 2001, 2002
• All-Star player, National Professional Fastpitch League

Coaching Philosophy:

• I believe that the most successful players and teams execute the small details. When you have practiced the fundamentals, then in the game you can simply react without thinking. This allows you to relax and the game slows down, enabling you to perform the more complicated skills. As a coach, my responsibility is not only to teach players the proper technique, it is also to help them develop body awareness, or the ability to know what the proper technique feels like. Once a player has this body awareness and a good understanding of what they want to do, they can become their own coach and fix problems even when the coach is not around