Spirits Coaches & Development

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• All Coaches are required to participate in ACE certifications and training.
• All Spirits Coaching Staff are required to have a background check completed each year.

The Spirits provide Proven and Successful National Training Programs as a foundation for development including:

Conditioning / Speed / Agility / Strength Instruction:

1. Nike SPARQ
2. Nutrition / Conditioning / Speed / Agility ONEeighty Athletics
3. Twice the Speed
4. NCAA Softball

Hitting:

1. The Hitting Vault
2. Baseball Rebellion
3. Stack Velocity Sports
4. The Hitting Academy

Throwing and Arm Care:

1. Crossover Symmetry

Pitching Instruction:

1. Brittney Murray - Barton College Pitching Coach (Wilson, NC)
2. Kim Vardy - The Athletic Zone (Wendell, NC)
3. Leigh Ann Genetti - empower Pitching (Raleigh, NC)
4. 3X Top Velocity Pitching
5. Coach-at-a-Click & Engineered Performance Lab

• Our Coaches are 100% volunteers with years of experience including pro-level, college-level and high school level former players and coaches.  The Spirits Coaching Staff has a combined 75+ years of Coaching Experience.

Owner of Spirits Fastpitch, Inc., Director of Recruiting and Head of Coaching:

Pete Rose, MBA, DM:

• Head Softball Coach Wake Tech Community College
• (NFHS Certified Interscholastic Coach -  National Certification)
• Assistant Coach Varsity /Head Coach JV - Leesville Road High School - Raleigh, NC
• NFCA Certified Coach
• USA Softball Certified Coach
• MLB Academy Coaching Certification

Spirits Youth Player Development and Transition:

Doug Ireland:

• USA Softball Certified Coach
• Assitant Coach Softball Wake Tech Community College
• Transition from Rec-Ball to Travel Ball
• Transition from 10U to 12U A-Bracket and Gold
• Fundamentals and Skills Building
• Swift Creek Middle School Softball Assitant Coach

Spirits Prospect Team:

• Head Coach: Pete Rose
• Assistant Coach: John Sabatini
• Assistant Coach: Robert Aycock

16U Spirits Team:

• Head Coach: Doug Ireland
• Assistant Coach: Greg Messer
• Assistant Coach: Shane Shird
• Assistant Coach: Scott Matthieu

14U Team:

Head Coach: Dan Santarsiero

Assistant Coach: Kevin Petty

Assistant Coach: Kim Vardy

Assistant Coach: Butch Petty

12U Team:

Head Coach: Susan Locklear

Assistant Coach: Matt Wooten

Assistant Coach: Jay Kuykendall

Assistant Coach: Hearbert Locklear