Matthew Scalese - Windmill Softball Pitching Coach

03/17/2026

02/18/2021

Great lesson tonight with super kids and super parents!!

02/04/2021

It was a pleasure working with Emily, Lila, and Greta tonight! And their parents are awesome as well. Seems like yesterday when my daughter Mia was in the same shoes as these girls. The joy is the journey !! I am available for lessons on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings and am flexible on weekends. Text me or call 570-877-9996 if you have any questions. Think Spring !!!!!

01/27/2021

I have shown a lot of videos so far emphasizing power and explosiveness. Both are very important aspects to being a top notch softball pitcher. But in this drill, the emphasis is on timing and sequencing of movements - 2 crucial yet very often overlooked elements for any particular sporting activity. Who cares if you can bench press the entire gym but you can’t sequence the movements properly to execute the desired sporting skill....... ie. hit a pitched ball, smash an overhead serve, or in the softball pitcher’s world ....... throw serious heat !!!!

01/25/2021

Hips, core, glutes, back ....... strong core and lower half = pitch all day long !!

01/22/2021

Ways to measure progress as a parent of a softball pitcher:
1. Retrieve 8 out of 10 balls from picker bush in back yard as daughter initially learns how to perform windmill pitching
2. Retrieve 4 out of 10 balls as daughter shows progress
3. Daughter allows only 4 out of the maximum of 5 mercy runs allowed per inning
4. Daughter hits back to back batters only 3 x a game
5. Daughter only walks 8 batters in a 3 inning masterpiece
6. Able to sit on bucket and catch daughter without needing to get up and retrieve ball from picker bush 80% of time
7. Daughter pitches a scoreless inning
8. Daughter pitches a complete game
9. Daughter pitches a shutout
10. Daughter pitches multiple games in a day cause the coach wants to win
...... the joy is the journey ..... enjoy the journey!!

Kaitlyn, Lila, Greta, and Emily ...... I am looking forward to helping you along the journey!!

01/20/2021

Enough of the exercises!! Let’s start throwing some heat!! Excited to start working with 3 new students tonight. The joy is the journey and the journey starts tonight!

01/18/2021

Don’t do this if over 40!! Having FAST hips that quickly get under the rest of your body is important! It helps you create a “stacked” body positioning - in other words a balanced body that optimizes throwing hard and accurate.