"KC" Cearley.
"Pitcher of the Year "
south puget sound
A Rising Star In Graham Washington
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Congratulations to Kelsey Cearley for her LFA Award for outstanding achievements in 2008-2009 Season, MVP. "KC" played school ball and for ASA/NSA level and organization Sudden Impact 14 u. Winning games in both areas and championships. "KC" has trained very hard with coach Adam and assistant camp coach Terry Cearley and it shows. Coach Terry: "She really works hard at being the best she can be. We have her on a high protein diet and complex carbs, no wheat gluten diet. KC is very lean and with that has turned into a top athletic utility player, not just a pitcher. She also slaps and gets on base and gets home any way she can. Adam and her Sudden Impact coaches have done well with her."
Congratulations to Kelsey Cearley for her LFA Award for outstanding achievements in 2008-2009 Season, MVP. "KC" played school ball and for ASA/NSA level and organization Sudden Impact 14 u. Winning games in both areas and championships. "KC" has trained very hard with coach Adam and assistant camp coach Terry Cearley and it shows. Coach Terry: "She really works hard at being the best she can be. We have her on a high protein diet and complex carbs, no wheat gluten diet. KC is very lean and with that has turned into a top athletic utility player, not just a pitcher. She also slaps and gets on base and gets home any way she can. Adam and her Sudden Impact coaches have done well with her."
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Graham, Washington is known for it's spectacular views of Mt Rainier and spectacular fastpitch softball players. I had the pleasure of training some very good players in the Graham and Puyallup area over the past 5 years. One of it's legends, Taylor Thompson "The Slapper" will be leaving soon and making room for the next, possible High School greats and the next legend. What makes a legend? Ask any big college recruiter or coach and they will tell you someone with dedication to fastpitch and growing in their position, with determination to win and being a dependable person. A player that can be counted on time and time again in all areas of fastpitch on and off the field. Kelsey Cearley is a rising star in Graham,WA. Now pitching for Spark 14u out of Federal Way,Washington for the 2010 season.
Graham, Washington is known for it's spectacular views of Mt Rainier and spectacular fastpitch softball players. I had the pleasure of training some very good players in the Graham and Puyallup area over the past 5 years. One of it's legends, Taylor Thompson "The Slapper" will be leaving soon and making room for the next, possible High School greats and the next legend. What makes a legend? Ask any big college recruiter or coach and they will tell you someone with dedication to fastpitch and growing in their position, with determination to win and being a dependable person. A player that can be counted on time and time again in all areas of fastpitch on and off the field. Kelsey Cearley is a rising star in Graham,WA. Now pitching for Spark 14u out of Federal Way,Washington for the 2010 season.
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Coach Adam: I really did not know what to expect from day 1 training Kelsey as a pitcher 2 years ago. Let's just say she was unassuming. Very small in size for her age group, 11 at the time. KC had a work ethic you're not used to seeing in a beginning pitcher back then. In less than 6 months she went from learning how to throw a fastball for location, "spot", to winning several championships with her team Sudden Impact 12u. That's not supposed to happen, its rare. Sudden Impact became a dominant force overnight. The parents started with 2 players and built the team from there, holding tryouts and recruiting local fastpitch trainers to send their top players their way.
Coach Adam: I really did not know what to expect from day 1 training Kelsey as a pitcher 2 years ago. Let's just say she was unassuming. Very small in size for her age group, 11 at the time. KC had a work ethic you're not used to seeing in a beginning pitcher back then. In less than 6 months she went from learning how to throw a fastball for location, "spot", to winning several championships with her team Sudden Impact 12u. That's not supposed to happen, its rare. Sudden Impact became a dominant force overnight. The parents started with 2 players and built the team from there, holding tryouts and recruiting local fastpitch trainers to send their top players their way.
Dad Terry: " I think she likes it? One thing she is good at is learning new things. KC likes to be active and wants to be the one in the spotlight, especially at home challenging her older sister Kayla and everyone in the house at everything. Kayla was the first to play softball then KC.
She did pretty well at Western Worlds and had quite a few strike outs and slap hits. At Summer camp she has improved her speed on her riseball and perfecting her change up. Really it comes down to practice-practice-practice."
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KC has performed excellent in the spotlight for Sudden Impact the last two seasons. What I am enjoying the most as her Pitching Coach is KC's ability to learn new grips and pitches or "tweek" an existing pitch to make it better. Not every pitcher has that ability at her age and level."
Now in 2009 KC is doing it all again...pitching,hitting,slap-hitting.
Now in 2009 KC is doing it all again...pitching,hitting,slap-hitting.
Coach Adam: Fall Season Training has started and KC is doubling-up on her pitching training for the 2009-2010 Season. Her goal is to increase her location and overall speed and power. At only 80 pounds.
" KC is one of the strongest pound for pound pitchers I have ever trained. An inspirational athlete. Sometimes you don't know if the next season will be there for her as a pitcher? She is just so compact as an athlete and you wonder if she is going to grow physically? The key to her success, KC is an athlete, dedicated to her diet,training program and brings the attitude that she can do anything with a softball!! I like that about KC. She never gives up no matter what. I have pitchers twice her sized observing KC's pitching bio-mechanical dynamics, otherwise known as her style and technique. It's different than the fundamental application to pitching basics. KC has trained to use physics, not pitching basics, to give her the edge at 80+ pounds. If KC get her arm to move faster as a whip instead of just a big strong arm that moves slow compared to most heavier pitchers, she will continue to improve and reach her next potential. With several championships under her belt, that kind of quantum momentum can give an 80 pound pitcher a huge psychological advantage over her beefier competition."
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"If I can use my muscles efficiently, gain leverage with the front foot landing, combine my forward movement with more momentum my pitches will be faster...all of them." KC.
At the 2009 Ice Breaker Tournament, KC pitched a no-hitter, beat the #1 Team in the Tournament from Seattle and drove in RBI's as a slap hitter winning 15-1 in her first game!
Slap Hitting does 3 important things for your offense; 1. Creates RBI's when runners in scoring position. 2. Puts pressure on the Defense, 3. Put runners on 1st base that have speed.
- Coach Adam
Slap Hitting is Strategic and versatile. Here is a strategy that can be used when the front of the box line is not visible.
Slap Hitting does 3 important things for your offense; 1. Creates RBI's when runners in scoring position. 2. Puts pressure on the Defense, 3. Put runners on 1st base that have speed.
- Coach Adam
Slap Hitting is Strategic and versatile. Here is a strategy that can be used when the front of the box line is not visible.
Here in the video, this slapper gets away with an illegal front foot placement and gets on base. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp1JVE6KgMY
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