Softball Recruiting - What Predicts Future Success

Last week, I was having a very interesting discussion with some coaches about what predicts future success in our sport.

In some sports, predicting future success is a lot easier than in softball.

For example, predicting future success in track and field is a lot easier. Just by looking at times or distances, you can a pretty good idea about it.

However, in softball, there are so many factors and variables to consider than predicting future success is very difficult.

You can look at size, speed, power, athletic abilities, and just about any stats you want.

Are there some factors or measures that better predicts future success on the field than others?

According to some baseball specialists who did study the matter, yes, there is.

Of all the various factors and measures you can look at, there are 2 that tend consistently predict future success well in baseball:

1) Arm strength

2) On-Base Percentage

Of all the stats and athletic abilities you can measure, these two measures are the ones that best predicts future success on a baseball field.

I would assume that it holds true for softball.

I thought you would like to know!

Now, we could spend a lot of time discussing why but it is beyond the scope what I wanted to share with you today.

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Marc
"Your Softball Peak Performance Coach"