How to Play First Base in Softball [By a Former All-Star Pro Player]

Learn how to play first base as a softball player. Guest coach Nicole Trimboli, 9-year pro player and 3x All-Star in the National Pro Fastpitch league (NPF), joins us to teach you how to improve your game at first, slow pitch or fast pitch. 👉Follow Nicole on IG at   / ntathleticsllc   or here on YouTube    / @nicoletrimboli   -- 0:00 Intro 0:30 Stretching - the basics 1:02 Tagging batter on a bad throw 1:49 Reading throws 2:31 Why players struggle to pick balls 3:25 Picking short-hops 3:44 Getting long hops 4:12 Improving at picking balls 4:37 Slow pitch advice 5:09 Footwork + positioning on the base 5:40 Positioning - foul line 6:27 Positioning - depth 6:56 Range vs covering 7:30 Cutoff and relay duties 8:29 Fastpitch bunt and slapper defense 9:19 Final word — 🥎 Join my channel membership and unlock 100s of unseen training videos 👉    / @snapsoftball   -- ✅ Grab a copy of my NEW Mental Skills book: https://amzn.to/4aYX2F9 🚨 Enroll in my softball instructional courses here: https://danblewett.com/courses -- Dan’s IG:   / coachdanblewett   Dan’s Tik tok:   / coachdanblewett