Diane Ninemire
Diane Ninemire
Diane Ninemireis an American softball coach. She has been the head coach of the California Golden Bears softball team since 1988. As of the end of April 2015, she ranked ninth all-time in wins in college softball history with a career record of 1,213-578...
entire errors four goal good hoping practice softball team three week
Our team is way too good to be having two or three errors in a game. We should have just three or four for an entire tournament. Our goal is always to play errorless softball and I'm hoping that the things we did this week in practice will make that happen.
challenged future leads sure team
I've challenged the team to make sure in the future when we have leads that we don't let another team back in the game.
effort focused games stay talked week whatever
We should have been out of there in five. We just weren't focused and I was disappointed by the effort. We talked about how important it was to stay focused for games during the week and we just didn't get that kind of effort for whatever reason.
against days good matched morning national nice seven sign six team top trains
That was nice to see how we matched up against a top national team that trains from seven in the morning to 11 at night, six days a week. For us to play the way we did is a good sign of how things are going.
four games
We need (Lauren) going down the stretch, especially with the four games this weekend.
ashamed battle gave incredible teams
We have nothing to be ashamed of. That was an incredible battle between two teams who didn't want to go home, and we gave it everything we had.
coach home player seen three
Three home runs. I've never seen that as a coach or player in my career.
aggressive came felt occasions offense pitches putting swinging
I felt like we came out much more aggressive than we have been at the plate. We were swinging at first pitches in occasions and I thought our offense really started putting it together.
against chance great kids match national opportunity top unique
This was a great opportunity for our kids to get a new kind of exposure. Some of our kids won't get to play in the Olympics, so it was a really unique chance for us to see how we match up against a top national team.
bring definitely difference game ranked teams
We've definitely got to bring our 'A' game this weekend. There's not much difference in the teams we're going to play from here on out. Most of them are ranked in the top-10.
believe flashy learning offense roles roll sound speed stick
It's going to be a learning curve. We've got to roll with the punches. We are going to get better and learn from our mistakes, but I think our offense is really sound and we have speed and power. We don't have a lot of flashy players, but we've got a lot of workhorses, and now they have to believe in their roles and stick to our plan.
attitude focused games stay talked
We've talked about how important it is to stay focused for games during the week. We're going to have to have the same kind of attitude like we did (at the UNLV tournament).
ball good headed hitting percent playing
We're playing pretty good ball right now. We're fielding around 98 percent and hitting really well. Overall, we're headed in the right direction.
against alive attitude bats game jump
We're going to have to get our bats alive like we did against UNLV. We've got to have the same kind of attitude we did in that game and jump on (Sacramento State) early.