Natalie Vollandt, Gold Medal Tournament Pitcher 2010

CONGRATULATIONS !!

MS Federal Way12u

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Natalie Vollandt

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Federal Way MS

2010

12u Starting Pitcher

Vollandt pitches and throws down...

making game winning double play in extra innings/tie breaker

to secure Gold Medal Division Championship 2010 May Tournament

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LFA's Natalie Vollandt is enjoying the weekends...winning championship gold!

Natalie plays serious fastpitch and has worked very hard at La Serna Fastpitch Academy in Tacoma.

" I think Natalie did not realize what she was getting into at LFA a few months ago. When she first joined LFA she only wanted to pitch a little better to help her struggling 12u Little League team. Later, after a couple of lessons with me, we talked about her potential and how she needed to tap into it and find a way to get herself to the next level. She worked out a plan with me and set a course for success. Natalie never quit when the going got tough. LFA is not day-care for little league players or high school JV stars. LFA unlocks hidden potential and builds on pitcher's character and attitude and sends pitchers out on the weekends to win championships. That's what Natalie learned from her hard work and intelligent choices she has made with her training. I am very proud of her.

coach Adam

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LFA

2009-2010

Little League Pitcher/Utility/3rd Base

Pre-season training has begun and new faces are welcomed at LFA Fastpitch Indoor and Outdoor Team Camps and Fastpitch Pitching Clinics. One person on the rise is Natalie from Buckley,WA. Natalie has been training for several weeks and has shown improvement and that really comes from the desire to get better.

"Nobody in our 10 year history at LFA learned the Drop Ball so quickly and demonstrated the live pitching sets with 100% accuracy , a 12u pitcher throwing the drop ball to 3 locations at 3 pitches each. I was amazed!!"
- coach Adam

" Natalie has worked very hard at LFA with coach Adam. We are very pleased with his progress with her and she is thrilled with learning new skills and pitching abilities. The conditioning program is new to Natalie and she is motivated to keep that going on her own as well. Her dad Jeff and I are really impressed with the total package, Pitching,Throwing and Hitting Mechanics Training. We are all very happy with coach Adam and the results is showing with Natalie and preparing her for Club Fastpitch and her Chinook Little League Thunder 12u Team."

parents -Jeff and Kellee and Vollandt

Buckley,Washington

Chinook Fastpitch Little League

Thunder 12u Team

Enumclaw's Payton Agnew focused on the strike zone at the

2009 State Championships

2-18-2010

For Little League players,parents and coaches sometimes winning is everything.

"We want the players to grow personally and have fun doing it. If we can win most of our regular games during the regular season then we can have an opportunity to win a State Championship where the real fun and excitement is for everyone involved."

- coach Adam

"Payton really has stepped up her pitching game training at LFA Academy with professional pitching coach Adam la Serna. We did not expect her to do this well so fast! Payton's speed has improved and her location on her movement pitches are very good. After a couple weeks of instruction and working out some "bad habits" Payton really took off! I like the training journal approach Adam uses in his training camps. Payton is able to translate on her own what she is learning by writing down her instructions and using the notebook to create a vision and setting goals for what she wants to accomplish..."

-dad-coach Paul Agnew

"Payton has literally knocked my socks off! That doesn't happen all the time at LFA, maybe most of the time with someone coming in with natural talent and is self motivated like Payton. She works harder than most pitchers her age and older. I think she enjoys the learning process and knows when she's had enough of me pushing her...yes, she knows she is not going to improve without some motivation to get her to the next level every time she steps into the LFA Training Cage. After fine tuning her wind-up and release work, Payton has become a technician of sorts. She seems to me she understands more and more of LFA expectations not just her own. Payton has some big shoes to fill training at LFA. She sees all the great pitchers on the wall of fame here and respects the hard work they put in to be the best; payton- " I am really enjoying the training at LFA and what Adam has done with my pitching. WE work hard and always learning something new about pitches and what to do with every one. I want to be on the WALL someday as one of the best LFA pitchers."

" Every LFA pitcher gets a little anxious,nervous and excited stepping into the LFA CAGE. The intensity and focus Adam provides there is nothing we have experienced before! They know coach Adam is not going to waste their time on boring stuff. The girls actually pitch to each other in the cage and put the "game-face-on" so it is pretty amazing to see that. They go right to work and work harder and smarter than any other training academy in Washington!"

-Parents and Players

Fastpitch and High School Sports an Agnew Family Tradition

Helps to have a dedicated mom and dad as the Agnews. They are a family of rich sports tradition in the family that goes way back to the 1980's growing up in Renton,Washington. Paul and Corrie played high school sports and had an impact on their community then. If you don't know the history behind the Agnew sports family you may be in for a surprise? They were then and now today some of the most talented athletes as a family history and now it's tradition is making an impact on their community today in 2010!

"I remember becoming friends with Paul when I went to Renton High and we would meet and chat about wrestling and goals at wrestling meets and districts. I also played football against his older brother Dennis, boy did we punish each other on the field for four years, ha ha. Sports families like the Agnews and others made for some exciting competition! " coach Adam

Enumclaw Little League and Tournament Club Fastpitch will grow with some new training and development as LFA Academy enters the Enumclaw Ballparks in the Spring!!

Fastpitch News and Links: Go to See My Profile under coach Adam's bio.