Herald-Progress

July 12, 2007

Teaching girls to pitch a softball the correct way is her job, her only job

Catching Up With Rita Lynn - Richmond Times Dispatch

       
  • My business is about my students, their development and their sucesses.  It's not about me and what I did as an athlete.  Some of my students are better than I ever was. If I've done my job, it should be that way.  Here's the obligatory bio...

  • Considered as the premiere pitching instructor in the Richmond, Virginia area, I have influenced the careers of many outstanding pitchers in over 22 years of instruction.  I am a full-time pitching instructor which has given me time to do a very detailed study of the pitching motion.

  • In Dec 2008, I worked the Michele Smith Holiday Gold Camp in Clearwater, Florida.  I worked alongside Michele, Cat Osterman and Kelly Kretshman! 

  • In March 2008,  was invited by the Chinese Taipei Amateur Softball Association to lead their National Pitching School.

  • I co-owned an indoor baseball/softball training center called Batter Up, Inc. from November 1998 - August 2004.  I opened up a new softball-only, pitching school on my farm in Hanover County Virginia, August 2004.

  • I began teaching pitchers on a whim the summer of ’87 when our batgirl asked me to show her how to pitch between games.  That first student, Natasha Johnson, won a Virginia AAA State High School championship for Manchester HS and received a scholarship to the top Division II school in the country:  Kennesaw State.  She transferred and completed her softball career at Marshall Univ. 

  • In the infancy of travel ball in Richmond, I led the first and only travel squad to two national ASA tournaments, pitching a no-hitter in the first game of the 1989 Sioux Falls, South Dakota ASA national.

  • A native of Hanover County, I have witnessed the evolution of fast-pitch softball in the central Virginia area both as a participant and an instructor.

  • Played Rockville and Mechanicsville Little League, Patrick Henry High School and Sports+Plus (now Richmond Diamonds) ASA travel softball (‘87-‘90).

  • 1988 graduate of Patrick Henry H.S. in Ashland, VA with over a 4.0 GPA.  I worked hard in the classroom as well as the ball field!

  • All-Region basketball player & softball pitcher 3 years.

  • 1988 Times-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Nice honor!!!

  • Played basketball at University of Richmond on scholarship!!  Yes, basketball not softball!  Life is timing!!!  Go Spiders!

  • 1992 University of Richmond graduate with BS in biology & commission in US Army as Second Lieutenant.

  • After ROTC in college, I spent 4 years active duty Army at Fort Lee, VA (1992 - 1996), as a Medical Service Corps Officer and obtained the rank of Captain.  I'm Airborne qualified...yes I jumped out of a perfectly good air plane!!  Pretty cool for a pitching instructor!!!!!

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