| Sunday |
December 5th |
| Noon |
NFCC Course 403 - through Noon Tuesday |
| Noon |
NFCC Course 404 - through Noon Tuesday |
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| Tuesday |
December 7th |
| 10 a.m. |
Tennis Tournament |
| 11 a.m. |
Golf Scramble Shotgun Start |
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| Wednesday |
December 8th |
| 8:30 a.m. |
"Peak Performance Softball - Making Masters of the Mental Game" Pre-Convention Seminar - Brian Cain, Peak Performance Expert |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Committee Meetings |
| 4 p.m. |
General Session - Keynote Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus on "Create a Culture of Greatness" |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Louisville Slugger Reception |
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| Thursday |
December 9th |
| 7 a.m. |
Adams USA Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
General Session: Bat Testing |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Caucus/Business Meetings by Group |
| 11 a.m. |
Exhibit Hall Open Until 6:30 p.m. |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Easton Victory Club Luncheon |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Softball Summit - A Look at Issues Facing the Sport |
| 3:30 p.m. |
"Team Chemistry: An Important Part of The Winning Formula" - Kelly Inouye-Perez, Head Coach, UCLA |
| 4:35 p.m. |
"Teaching Pure Throwing Skills That Last a Lifetime" - Tony Abbatine, Founder and International Director, Frozen Ropes Training Center |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Mizuno Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall |
| 6 p.m. |
Division I Conference Meetings |
| 7 p.m. |
Mentoring Workshop |
| 9 p.m. |
Diamond Sports Hospitality |
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| Friday |
December 10th |
| 7 a.m. |
Schutt Sports Continental Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. |
Continuation of Business Meetings |
| 9 a.m. |
Exhibit Hall Open Until 1 p.m. |
| 9 a.m. |
"Techniques and Strategies for the Left-Handed Short Game" - Tony Rico, Owner & Instructor, Softball Connection and Head Coach of the Worth Firecrackers |
| 10 a.m. |
"Strength and Conditioning for Softball" -Teena Murray, Diretor Olympic Sports Performance, University of Louisville |
| 11:45 a.m. |
Exhibit Hall Drawings - Exhibit Hall Closes at 1 p.m. |
| 1:15 p.m. |
"See a Fast Game in Slow Motion" - Ryan Harrison, Slow the Game Down Visual Performance Training |
| 2:15 p.m. |
"How and When We Adjust to Speeds and Locations" - Don Slaught, President, RightView Pro |
| 3:15 p.m. |
"The Most Critical Success Factor to any Sports Program: The Coach-Athlete Relationship" - Bo Hanson, Four-Time Olympian and Coaching Consultant |
| 4:15 p.m. |
"Knee Injuries, Prevention and the ACL Prep Program" - Kate Grace, RPT, OPA-C, founder of Kate Grace Physical Therapy |
| 6:30 p.m. |
NFCA Hall of Fame Banquet |
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| Saturday |
December 11th |
| 8 a.m. |
Texas Woman's University - Master's Info Session |
| 9 a.m. |
NFCA Coaching Staff of the Year Brunch |
| 10:30 a.m. |
"Hot Topics for Softball Coaches: Contracts in Today's Economy; Competing to Keep your Job; Claims by Student-Athletes; Claims by Coaches" - Tracy Warren, Seltzer/Caplan/McMahon/Vitek Attorneys |
| 10:30 a.m. |
"Creating Scoring Opportunities When Running Bases" - Linda Garza, Head Coach, Wright State University |
| 10:30 a.m. |
"NCAA Rules Discussion" - Dee Abrahamson, NCAA Secretary-Rules Editor |
| 11:30 a.m. |
"Key Elements of the Rise Ball" - Mike White, Head Coach, University of Oregon |
| 11:30 a.m. |
"Outfield: Developing the Last Line of Defense" - Mike Larrabee, Head Coach, University of Arkansas |
| 11:30 a.m. |
"Athletic Sports Testing" - Frank Spaniol, Professor, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
12:30 p.m. (box lunch) |
"Drills, Drills, Drills" - Connie Clark, Head Coach, University of Texas (pitching); Carol Bruggeman, Associate Head Coach, University of Louisville (team defense); Michelle Venturella, Head Coach, University of Illinois at Chicago (catching) |
| 2 p.m. |
"Drop the Lecture and Teach the Drop: A Guide to Teaching the Drop Ball with Drills" - Beth McClendon, Head Coach, Florida International University |
| 3 p.m. |
"Mental Skills & Toughness Training" - Spencer Wood, President, Icebox Athlete |
| 4 p.m. |
"Hitting Lessons for the 21st Century" - Martin Rubinoff, Lead hitting instructor at the Texas Baseball Ranch |
| 6 p.m. |
NFCC 405 - through noon Monday |
| 6 p.m. |
NFCC 406 - through noon Monday |
