Mike Candrea
Mike Candrea
Mike Candreais the head softball coach at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He was the head coach of the United States women's national softball team in 2004, when Team USA won a gold medal, and in 2008, bringing home silver...
games happened
Probably 2,000 games and that's never happened to me.
arizona game hard help hopefully kids played turn uniform weekend
It's very disheartening. I'm used to kids in an Arizona uniform that play the game hard and play the game as a front-runner. This weekend they played like they were in awe. Hopefully it's a weekend that will help us turn it around.
again enjoying game good looks matter offense playing third time
It looks like she is enjoying the game again and playing with confidence. We know how good she is defensively at third base. It's just a matter of time to get the offense to come around.
games hopefully hoping peter present putting sure
I'm hoping right now, with (former USOC president) Peter Ueberroth strategizing and putting everything in order, that they will try and present the case. Hopefully it will come up for a re-vote or for sure get us back in the games for 2012.
against balls buy game goes good great hard hat hit needed people played southern threw tomorrow tough
In the first game, Osterman threw a great game and we did what we needed to win. Against Japan, we played a good game and Southern was tough for us, but we just couldn't buy a break. We hit a lot of hard balls right at people and my hat goes off to Japan. They look good, but tomorrow is a different day and we have to go right back at them.
games trying break-out
That's the thing about this game -- you get a little monkey on your back. You go 0-for-3, you go 0-for-6, pretty soon you start pressing. You keep trying a little harder, and the harder you try, the worse it gets. So, anytime you can break out of it by getting a base hit, it feeds confidence.
play practice games
Practice like it's a game; play the game like it's practice.
softball running games
It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and playing good defense.
kids thinking games
I want kids who are going to go out there and compete, lay it all on the table. I think the big thing about this game is you have to care a lot about it.
aggressive compete competing five gave good innings job nice
Offensively we gave away five innings and did not do a good job competing at the plate. We're just not aggressive enough and we're a little too nice to compete at this level.
good group numbers overall playing proud stepped team
I think overall this weekend, this team has stepped it up and done a good job. We're playing pretty good right now, and obviously, offensively we put some numbers on the board, which is a good thing. I'm proud of this group right now.
good played ready schedule team
I think if there is any team ready for it, it's us. We played a very good schedule and we know what we need to do.
good teams
We jumped on teams early, which is a good trait.
good situation struggling
We were struggling offensively and were in a good situation with a good bunter. It was a no-brainer.