Coach Jackie Huff
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Head Softball Coach at Converse University | Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence | #GoValks
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Surround yourself with people who fight for you in rooms you aren’t in.
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TRAVEL BALL COACHES:
PLEASE STOP PINCH RUNNING FOR PITCHERS/CATCHERS. If they are going to hit in college they have to learn to run bases.
I cannot put someone in my lineup that does not know softball IQ running bases. They learn by doing it! Keep them in!
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I cannot stress this enough to recruits:
COACHES LOOK AT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA!!
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Mad respect to the recruits that call coaches to decline their offers versus recruits that ghost and you find out about their commitment on social media
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You wanna play college softball? Are you just interested? Are you committed?
“There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results”
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Excited for D1’s to start their season grind but let me remind y’all that plenty of D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO programs have already started our seasons. All of the collegiate softball world has been training since August and deserve recognition, even if we aren’t on ESPN every week
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First weekend out recruiting and I’m reminded of the biggest part of the game not being taught in HS/Travel Ball:
BASE-RUNNING
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Travel Ball Coaches;
Please don’t pitch committed pitchers if you have the depth to not do so at showcases! Showcases are to get uncommitted kids seen and signed!
To me, the “WIN” in a showcase, is your kids getting visits and offers!
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Talent is what gets you noticed by a college coach. Your character, attitude, and energy are what keeps us coming back to watch you. Make sure the second is just as important as the first.
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“If you’re not a leader on the bench, you’re not a leader on the field. You’re either a leader everywhere, or nowhere.”
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Catchers: please please PLEASE give some love to your pitchers and work their low pitches UP into the zone and stop letting your wrist drag balls OUT of the zone. Work your thumb UNDER the ball!
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If I receive an email from some form of recruiting service rather than your personal email I will most likely forward this to my junk.
I want to know that you’re interested in MY school not just sending out mass emails. Make your email personal and make sure we have your major!
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When I recruit I’m looking for kids who love the game with everything inside of them
The game asks for so much & if you aren’t willing to give it 100% of you, it feels like you HAVE to play rather than GETTING to play
Appreciating the game > obligation to the game
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If you’re not starting, work harder. If you aren’t getting the amount of playing time you want, make yourself so marketable to the coach they can’t overlook you.
Competition forces 2 things
1) drives complacent athletes to quit
2) drives good athletes to become better athletes
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One of the things that I enjoyed most about this showcase this past weekend was seeing girls who just downright LOVED playing softball. They were having a blast on the field and it showed. That’s what it’s all about.
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“Coach I would love to come to your camp but we have a tournament that weekend”
Can we please normalize missing a day of tournaments to attend a camp at a school you’re interested in?
OR
Reply “thanks for the invite but I’m not interested in your school”
#justmythoughts
🫠
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Recruits: Please do research on my school before emailing me. If you say “I’m so eager to continue my education in your nursing program” I know you copied & pasted from other emails & this will go directly to my junk folder, regardless of your actual interest.
#NotAScienceSchool
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Facebook hits the nail on the head with this one
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Dear Catchers,
Stop trying to frame balls that are 6 balls off the plate. The umpire knows it’s 3 feet off the plate and it’s a ball, and now he/she thinks you will frame every pitch and is less likely to call a close pitch that you DO frame well a strike.
Sincerely,
Coach Huff
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Winning is hard.
Losing is hard.
Hitting .500 is hard.
Going 0-3 on the day is hard.
Being the best is hard.
Staying complacent with your talent is hard.
Everyday is a blessing to tackle the day and CHOOSE YOUR HARD. What are you going to choose?
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If you don’t take warm ups or practice as serious & as intense as games, then that tells me you’re the type of athlete that shows up when it’s convenient.
You’ll be the athlete in college that goes through the motions and doesn’t compete at practice.
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Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.
Get after it today!
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Dear catchers,
Work UP THROUGH the zone on low pitches such as change ups and drop balls. This eliminates dragging a strike out of the strike zone for your pitchers.
That’s it.
Sincerely,
Coach Huff
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Commitment is not a convenience.
Commitment is a sacrifice.
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The game does not care what you look like, what size you are, who you know, or what your personality is.
The game DOES care what you are willing to sacrifice, how much you pour into it, and your commitment.
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Is anyone surprised I’m spending my birthday on a ball field? 🎂
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Coaches: try to remember that competing is one of the athletes favorite part of the game/day. Make sure they leave the field feeling that same way.
I can assure you when they make a mistake/error, they know it before you yell at them.
Accountability does not equal degrading.
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I love recruiting SO much but man I can’t wait for my team to be back & get to work
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One of my favorite drills that I took from Tip Tuesday from the NFCA for my team (Hoosier Scramble from
@IndianaSB
).
Works on:
•secondary plays
•base running
•tag plays and proper receiving
•communication
•inducing pressure on your defense
•quick transfers
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Unpopular Opinion:
Every coach has their favorites—mine?
The kids that show up everyday with ruthless work ethic, gritty mentality, swagger, wanting to learn and improve every single day, the best dang attitude and the mentality “I GET to be here.”
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Game (scrimmage) Day and a W is a good reason to finally announce my new job!!
I accepted the Head Coach position at D2 Converse University in Spartanburg SC. I’m so excited for this opportunity and to hit the ground running with Team 7!
#GoValkyries
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If y’all thought I was competitive about softball, you haven’t seen me play cornhole before then
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I think this is what parents feel like on Christmas morning watching their kids open their presents 🥺😂
Team 7 was so excited for their locker room reveal today!
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My heart was not ready for this today 🥺
just witnessed an ice cream man’s funeral and all the ice cream vans came and followed in solidarity I AM SOBBING
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Waking up every day with a grateful heart and mindset will change your life.
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How excited I am about the 5 girls we have coming on campus for visits this week !!!!!!
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If you want to compete at a high level and be successful, you have to be intrinsically motivated. It cannot be extrinsic motivation that pushes you everyday. You have to find what inside you pushes you to make sacrifices and be truly dedicated to the success you seek.
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Excited to be back in the Buckeye state for my birthday weekend! Bouncing between Recruitfest and Stingrays! Share your schedule w me 🤪
Our Coaching Staff
@CoachJackieHuff
and
@CoachTCharlsy
are on the road this weekend!
#CUthere
#GoValkyries
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Youth Camp was a BLAST with this crew today! 28 days until our freshmen move in 🥳
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“Hey Coach, how was your Halloween practice?”
I’m just gonna leave this here
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Man what an amazing way to start Day 3 of the
@NFCAorg
Convention hearing from these amazing women
@GassoPatty
@CoachDot_LU
at the FCA Breakfast.
Thank you for your testimony, leadership and using our platform to glorify our Lord!
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We have 10!!!! commits for the 2022 class with a possible few more to add. Exciting things are happening in the development for the
@ValkyriesSB
program 🥳
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*scheduling visits with recruits while recruiting every weekend and having mid week camps*
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What a fun day at our Prospect Camp with this squad today! Missed my kiddos and can’t wait for Team 8 to get to work in the fall 💪🏻
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“Coach we wanna dress as minions so you have to dress as Gru”
Say less
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I love when I’m talking to people and refer to my team as “my kids” and they say “Oh, wow I didn’t know you had children?”
To which I always have to reply “Oh yeah. I have 20 basically”
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Opening twitter this morning and my heart is sad, it is broken, and it is aching for the friends and family of Sophie Mazgay. My sincerest thoughts and prayers are with all that love her, know her, and appreciate her 🧡🖤
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Bad weather means classroom practices. Mental practices are just as important as physical ones!
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Every time I ask my pitcher
@hilsss23
“How is your arm feeling?” she always gives me the same response. Last time I said “I need that on a T-shirt Hil”
Guess what was delivered to my office today 😂
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There’s no such thing as a “bad playing day.”
You have good days, and learning days.
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Rain rain please go away
Love, Softball Coaches Everywhere
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Can we just talk about this 5 year transformation picture of the OCUSB field?!
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My coaching staff and I decided to spoil our girls today. Who needs boys when you have sisters? Happy Early Galentine’s Day 👯♀️❤️
@OCUSB
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I GET TO SEE AND PRACTICE WITH TEAM 11 TOMORROW!!!!
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The girls print a quote for every game day. This is todays! Let’s get it 💪🏻
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Just out here at the
@NFCAorg
Convention meeting legends and learning SO much to take back to Team 7!
What an experience!
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While everyone is excited for Christmas, please remember those that have lost someone they love. Holidays are another reminder of them being gone, and the empty chair Christmas morning. Sending love to everyone spending the holidays without one of their loved ones ❤️
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I want kids who compete against their best and their teammates best
EVERY
SINGLE
PRACTICE.
Stop choosing complacency and choose HUNGER.
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If you ever wondered my favorite spot on campus: the Rose Garden by Montgomery 😍
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My favorite question I get asked when talking to people about my team (I refer to them as my kiddos or my girls) i.e “I gotta take the kiddos to dinner” and they ask “oh so you have kids?”
“Well I don’t but I kind of do have 15”
I know I’m not the only coach this happens to 😂
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#Team8
’s first day of team practice begins with our Mental Training! This year, we are working out of the book
#WinningtheMentalGame
by
@DrSelking
💪🏻
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10 hours of work at the field is worth it when your final project is new benches, new dugout look and starting to prepare for
#Team11
to come back!!!
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Move in day for our INCOMERS of Team 9 🥰 my heart is so so full
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Labor Day got a little better today with another 2023 commitment from FLORIDA 😍
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Heading into the holiday season super EXCITED for softball season and landing our first 2025 commit (and a huge one at that 😉)!!!!
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#Team8
got the sweep and two of my gals hit their first collegiate home run!!! Love what I GET to do 🤍
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While everyone is excited for Christmas, please remember those that have lost someone they love. Holidays are another reminder of who they have lost being gone & the empty chair on Christmas. Sending hugs to those spending the holidays w/out one of their loved ones this season 🎄
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Someone tell Mother Nature we have some softball to play next weekend.
All Ohioans right now playing the game of: “Where’s the road?”
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To all my fellow softball coaches:
DONT FORGET CHAPSTICK FOR SEASON! 🤗
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My heart gets so happy seeing all the young softball dreams come true with announcements of signing!!
HOWEVER: if you are not signing today, that’s okay too!! Take your recruiting at a pace that you feel comfortable with. Keep grinding and you will find your fit 😎
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So incredibly excited and honored this next opportunity. Let’s get to work
@ValkyriesSB
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Recruits: if a coach spends time coming to watch you, hosts you for a visit, & continually pursues you, have enough common courtesy to let them know you’ve committed somewhere so 1) they can move on with their recruiting
2) they don’t see it on social media and be blindsided
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YES 😂
When coach tells you “you’re on deck” and you can’t find your helmet or batting gloves.
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I say it all the time, “I love what I get to do every single day!” 💜
#GoValks
Team 8 had the privilege of being buddies for
@miracleleague12
League Opening Night! We had SO much fun & can’t wait to be back in October for Trunk or Treat with our dance moves 💃🏻💜
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Another 2024 STUD commit from Florida today has me feeling like this
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I know you touched my drum STICK because the left one has a chip in it. Happy Halloween!!
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Y’all this Florida humidity is insane but so is this talent at the
@BackwardsKJax
tournament in Newberry,
Florida! If you’re playing send me your schedule 🥎
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It is very difficult to experience success without first experiencing failure.
Do not let failure stop you. Let it fuel you.
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Yall , I’m ALL about being competitive during sports & chatter from fans/dugouts. I LOVE it—it’s what makes sports FUN. But, when fans start degrading & putting down my players I have a BIG issue with that
You can be supportive AND cheer for ur team w/out putting my girls down
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You already know the fish flops were making it to game day
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Finished our year the best way we know how: with our buddies from
@miracleleague12
. C U next year!
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Your daily reminder:
You are STRONG.
You are BEAUTIFUL.
You are SMART.
You are KIND.
You are IMPORTANT.
You are INSPIRING.
You are BRAVE.
You are SUCCESSFUL.
You are WORTHY.
You are ENOUGH.
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Some things I’ve learned in my first year of coaching a full college season (thx Covid):
My house feels more like a hotel than my home, my fridge is always empty, and my laundry is always full 😅
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You can have reasons or results. But you can’t have both. Choose wisely.
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Great night out in Greenville for Fall for Greenville with the staff before our first fall game tomorrow!
@tbullard71
@Ashlyn63955048
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This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen
@ErskineSoftball
Can you hit the griddy better than Coach Hawkins from Erskine College? I don’t think so!
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The 2 major reasons I’ve seen great swings result in poor performance in games:
1) pitch selection
2) timing
These 2 things are just as important (if not more important) to train as the mechanics of your swing.
Set yourself up for success!
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