California Lady Bulldogs Development

The longer our Bulldog softball teams exist the better they get. We focus on player development, working with the players to enhance their all around capabilties in their early years of development. Introducing them to new positions and continually assessing their progress with our softball trainers. Once their basic skills are established natural tendencies start to show and we work on guiding those tendancies and placing the players in the position that they can succeed in.

You don't have to be the best ball player when joining us, you just need to have the ability to learn and show a clear appetite for the sport. We will take that and foster the enthusiasm working with the player to grow their skills. We offer various programs that focus on hitting, defense and pitching, all designed to enhance the players skill while still cultivating their love of the game.

  Softball is a mental game. The pitcher tries to out think the batter, the batter tries to predict the next pitch, and the fielders anticipate where the ball is going to go based on the pitch location. All of these can quickly become information overload for the young player. The stresses of trying to understand the complexities of the game can be overwhelming together with often being the focus of attention. We spend time to educate our players as they grow through the system, bringing in external speakers to explain how to deal with and compartmentalize such stresses. This helps accelerate the maturity of the softball mind, helping the young player to stay in the game by understanding what is going on beyond the visceral pitch and swing.  

Our Academy program focuses on the advanced development of players and facilitates their exposure to college scouts. Our teams will attend national tournaments to give the players maximum exposure and all scouts to track their progress during their high school years. Each team will attend multiple showcases and tournament a year and have the opportunity to compete at the highest levels.