"KC"
2009 SPARK pitcher
LFA 14u Pitcher of the Year
LFA 12u"Pitcher of the Year"
Never give up attitude and hard work pays off for Megan Carver and and undefeated Fall season for her school team at Cascade Auburn Middle School.
LFA Assistant Coach Camile Depew2008 High School Player of the Year
2009 College All Conference Player/2nd year with SCC
2010 LFA assistant camp coach, Kelli Bornander,R/P NSU
2009-10 NSU Starting Pitcher
2009 NSU Athlete of the Week
2007 League MVP Pitcher
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Parent Comments
2011
Thank you so much for working with Mackenzie tonight and the training was awesome! She was so excited on the drive home from pitching practice having an opportunity to train with you and was talking about one day would she ever throw a 66 mph fastball like the pitchers you have trained before her?
We both realized how important the "total body" pitching philosophy is that you aspouse at LFA pitching academy.
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Mandie Olsen, Chehalis,WA
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Parent Comments/Archives
2009-2010
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"Thank you Adam for all your support and training our daughter Angie with the 2010 Sidewinders 12u Team. We are very satisfied with her improved pitching mechanics and overall speed and location.
We will highly recommend you to others in our area."
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Tren and Mark Harter, Tacoma,WA
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Congratulations to Kendall Walker for Student of the Quarter in 2009 for World Language Studies and maintaining a 3.8 GPA in 2010. - coach Adam
"Thank you Adam for training Kendall. She enjoys training at LFA and is trying out for Kentlake Fastpitch. Kendall has improved her conditioning and hitting. Kendall's goals are to make the Varsity team at Kentlake and one day play for Seattle University. You have been an answer to our prayers Adam."
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Kim and Joel Walker,Black Diamond,WA
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"Thank you Adam for helping Brenna in 2009-10 with pitching. Her pitches have more speed and movement. I like the conditioning program exercises at LFA and that has been key to her athletic strength for pitching. Brenna is looking forward to trying out with confidence for Auburn Riverside High School in 2010. "
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Brian and Tammy Fujikawa,Auburn,WA
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Hey Adam:
Just wanted to report that Sylvie made the Holy Names Academy varsity fastpitch team yesterday. We’ve come a long way, and a new journey begins. You have been an important part of this process and we would not be here if not for you.
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Regards, Jeff
Jeffrey M. Thomas
Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP
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Megan Carver, Cascade Auburn Middle School
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LFA 12u
"Pitcher of the Year"
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Never give up attitude and hard work pays off for Megan Carver and and undefeated Fall season for her school team at Cascade Auburn Middle School.
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"Megan tried pitching last year and had some results but was not totally satisfied. She took some time off from LFA Academy and played mostly infield spots with Acers Kasner 12u for 2009 regular season. Adam has brought her speed up and cleaned-up her mechanics. He also worked on her 'mental game' and put her on a high calorie diet which included peanut butter and jelly sandwitches. Megan goes hard for 3 hour practices with Acers then another 2 hours per week with Coach Adam. It was the middle of Summer and Megan wanted back on the mound. I took her to LFA Pitching Camps and Adam kicked her butt in shape, made her arm much stronger and Megan did the rest, I asked her if she can make the committment and she said alright. "
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LFA 12u
"Pitcher of the Year"
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Never give up attitude and hard work pays off for Megan Carver and and undefeated Fall season for her school team at Cascade Auburn Middle School.
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"Megan tried pitching last year and had some results but was not totally satisfied. She took some time off from LFA Academy and played mostly infield spots with Acers Kasner 12u for 2009 regular season. Adam has brought her speed up and cleaned-up her mechanics. He also worked on her 'mental game' and put her on a high calorie diet which included peanut butter and jelly sandwitches. Megan goes hard for 3 hour practices with Acers then another 2 hours per week with Coach Adam. It was the middle of Summer and Megan wanted back on the mound. I took her to LFA Pitching Camps and Adam kicked her butt in shape, made her arm much stronger and Megan did the rest, I asked her if she can make the committment and she said alright. "
dad, Chuck Carver
"I know Megan works hard at what she wants in everything she puts her mind to. We appreciated her efforts with Adam."
"I know Megan works hard at what she wants in everything she puts her mind to. We appreciated her efforts with Adam."
mom, Jen Carver
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"This time with a new attitude and hard work paid off big time. I only know of one other team this year that went undefeated and it was a high school team I was a pitching coach for, 4a Emerald Ridge. You ask anyone two years prior if that team could go all the way and you would have laughed. Pitching is everything when it comes to going all the way. Someone strong and with a never give up attitude has to be on the mound leading the charge to such a goal. It sounds far fetched I know... but for me and my pitchers we have a mind-set. Our minds are on the same page and intensity level...go hard to win or go home crying after losing. Winning is not everything to a development recreational team. Try telling that to someone at LFA training camp where winning is everything to a pitcher. These young ladies work harder than any team or club or academy out there. I don't know how to go soft or train for average. Why would you train someone to have a chance of losing. This is not my style and it is not what my pitchers want. The parents go for it!! Once they see a change in their daughter's new attitude, then new player-new person, they just love that about training at LFA. The LFA Pitcher works hard and knows this to be part of a winning philosophy or success recipe."
Congratulations Megan, I am very proud of your major accomplishment at Cascade Middle School and your personal dedication as a person!!
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Coach Adam La Serna, LFA
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"This time with a new attitude and hard work paid off big time. I only know of one other team this year that went undefeated and it was a high school team I was a pitching coach for, 4a Emerald Ridge. You ask anyone two years prior if that team could go all the way and you would have laughed. Pitching is everything when it comes to going all the way. Someone strong and with a never give up attitude has to be on the mound leading the charge to such a goal. It sounds far fetched I know... but for me and my pitchers we have a mind-set. Our minds are on the same page and intensity level...go hard to win or go home crying after losing. Winning is not everything to a development recreational team. Try telling that to someone at LFA training camp where winning is everything to a pitcher. These young ladies work harder than any team or club or academy out there. I don't know how to go soft or train for average. Why would you train someone to have a chance of losing. This is not my style and it is not what my pitchers want. The parents go for it!! Once they see a change in their daughter's new attitude, then new player-new person, they just love that about training at LFA. The LFA Pitcher works hard and knows this to be part of a winning philosophy or success recipe."
Congratulations Megan, I am very proud of your major accomplishment at Cascade Middle School and your personal dedication as a person!!
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Coach Adam La Serna, LFA
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14U LFA Pitcher of the Year
"KC" Cearley
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"Pitcher of the Year "
south puget sound
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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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coach Adam: 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. 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.
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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coach Adam: 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. 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.
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"At only 108 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." coach Adam
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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!-
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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!-
dad, Terry Cearley
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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 AdamSlap Hitting is Strategic and versatile.
Here is a strategy that can be used when the front of the box line is not visible.
In the video, this slapper gets away with an illegal front foot placement and gets on base.
In the video, this slapper gets away with an illegal front foot placement and gets on base.
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Camile Depew an All Conference Player, leads SCC
to 2nd Place with 3 homeruns against PCC in a double header
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to 2nd Place with 3 homeruns against PCC in a double header
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The Lady Dolphin Softball Team pounded Peninsula Community College on Tuesday in a doubleheader at Port Angeles 18-1 and 15-1. The SCC squad pounded out 32 hits in the two games with 8 homeruns. Brittanie Thibodeaux and Camille Depew lead the Shoreline team with three home runs each and Athea Surface picked up two pitching wins. Camille Depew, All State pitcher/catcher for Seattle Lutheran in 2008, hit three homeruns for Shoreline!
Depew finishes season with a 0.465 batting average and All Conference Player Award Congratulations on the All Conference Player Award. Wow, 9 homeruns on the season too.depew: I am happy I got the award and already looking forward to next season. serna:Where do you see yourself after CC. depew:I definitely want to go D-1. No idea though where. By the way how is your Academy doing? serna: Well, I have an Indoor Fastpitch Center in Tacoma and run 4 Pitching and Hitting Clinics and several Club Team and High School Team Camps per week. depew: I would like to see the new Tacoma Facility sometime. serna: I could use your assistance again this Summer if you can help with pitching and hitting?depew: I'm excited! I will be pitching alot next season at SCC. Can you brush me up again? serna: How about this weekend, I can arrange the D-1 catcher from Rutgers U to catch for you, remember Kylee, she was Kelli Bornander's catcher, they may be playing 23u together this summer? depew:Regarding D-1, what position do you think I should try out for? serna: You have cannon for an arm, any outfield position. depew: You know I played Center Field this season? I loved it! serna: Yes, as one of your biggest fans, I know you did. And you did well enough to make All Conference. depew:I won’t forget that. See you this weekend.-coach Adam
Depew finishes season with a 0.465 batting average and All Conference Player Award Congratulations on the All Conference Player Award. Wow, 9 homeruns on the season too.depew: I am happy I got the award and already looking forward to next season. serna:Where do you see yourself after CC. depew:I definitely want to go D-1. No idea though where. By the way how is your Academy doing? serna: Well, I have an Indoor Fastpitch Center in Tacoma and run 4 Pitching and Hitting Clinics and several Club Team and High School Team Camps per week. depew: I would like to see the new Tacoma Facility sometime. serna: I could use your assistance again this Summer if you can help with pitching and hitting?depew: I'm excited! I will be pitching alot next season at SCC. Can you brush me up again? serna: How about this weekend, I can arrange the D-1 catcher from Rutgers U to catch for you, remember Kylee, she was Kelli Bornander's catcher, they may be playing 23u together this summer? depew:Regarding D-1, what position do you think I should try out for? serna: You have cannon for an arm, any outfield position. depew: You know I played Center Field this season? I loved it! serna: Yes, as one of your biggest fans, I know you did. And you did well enough to make All Conference. depew:I won’t forget that. See you this weekend.-coach Adam
