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...
chance might outside
I think there is an outside chance it might happen,
throw workouts
She's pretty much week-to-week. She's still able to throw and do workouts right now.
fight softball
I was devastated, obviously. I was very disappointed. There is not much more we can do right now but strategize and try to fight to get softball back into the games.
cleared ready uniform
She's been cleared to play. She'll be in uniform and ready to go for us.
hold
I don't have any doubts. Lisa can hold her own right now.
balance great hero impressed nice seemed top
It's only a start, but I was very, very, very impressed with the way we competed. We got great balance and contributions from top to bottom, and that is always nice to see. It seemed like we had a different hero every game.
call good
It was a good wake-up call for us.
ball good puts
When she puts the ball in play, good things happen.
kids giving trying
I don't want to deal with problems, and so you want to make sure that you don't give yourself problems by not doing your homework and maybe trying to take a kid that's got great ability but isn't going to get it done in the classroom.
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.
softball sports motivation
I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.
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.
softball weather play
It's not the most conducive weather to play softball in, but you've got to come out and play it.
definitely gets picking start
When you start picking a roster of 17, it gets very competitive. They are definitely in the mix, though.