SMSBA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, Ca that has been in existence since 2018. Our goal is to prepare each level of our players with proper fundamentals, developing them into great softball players and leaders on and. We prepare our players' s focus on high school and collegiate level
Once again we are joining the CREST program to bring the joys and fundamentals of Baseball and Softball!
Learn to Play The Game The Right Way! SMBA has top coaches for our SMBA CREST Fall program! Our after school program is for beginners, intermediate and advanced players for ALL LEVELS of baseball. After school, players will get individual attention, knowledge, and skills at their level of development for strong confident softball players.
Our Fall program is designed to teach proper fundamentals, learn proper techniques and advance each player's skill-set so they are ready for Spring baseball 2026! Players will practice proper throwing mechanics, pitching, catching, hitting, fielding and base running. This developmental program is designed with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay the foundation for elite play in softball. Our coaches know how to work with your player so they can be the best that they can be!
Hitting Instruction: Players will train with SMBA hitting coaches! Coaches will break down their swing mechanics, stance and power! We will work on their hit game after school with our coaches and get better today for their game in 2025! Players will do skill work in hitting, tee work, strength training, increasing velocity, balance, swing and identifying pitches. Players must have a solid foundation with hitting for this session! For grades 4-5 only.
Pitching Instruction: Players will train with SMBA pitching coaches with pitching fundamentals and techniques. We train players on pitching fundamentals, pitching grips, pitch selections, preventative arm care, velocity, Pick-offs location pitching and how to achieve more power in their game! Each week, players work on advanced pitching dynamics after school! Players must have a solid foundation with pitching for this session! For grades 4-5 only.
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Coach Mariela is an accomplished plnd instructor! She leads our pitching camps, skills clinics and gives one on one pitching instructions to numerous players in and around LA!
Coach Ilene has coached many of our SMSBA camp as well as our skills clinics! A former D1 players, she brings a ton of softball knowledge to all of our programs!
Coach Aileen is curently playing college softball and was named Defensive player of the year in 2024! She coaches our SMSBA Club Teams, Camps, clinics and trains players privately with infielding and hitting!
Professional softball player May 2005 to October 2019
After her division 1 all American college softball career, she went on to play the highest level professional softball in various countries and locations around the world. Including the US , the Netherlands. Italy, and Asia. She was a pitcher, hitter and first baseman, and accomplished in all positions at high statistical performance levels, and would start in every line up at either position and as a hitter.
She is currently the Marymount High School assistant varsity coach and pitching coach.
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Mariela played at Los Angeles Harbor College and then took her talents to Graceland University in Iowa. Still playing! She now pitches for an all-women’s U-trip team. Mariela has coached all ages and all levels of softball as a private pitching instructor and high school coach for over 8 years. She is the pitching coach for the SMSBA 10u and 12U Club teams!
SMSBA welcomes Coach Ilene to the team! A former varsity player, she started her collegiate softball career at Pasadena City College. She then received a Division 1 scholarship to play at Alcorn State University! After her playing career, she remained at Alcorn as the Graduate Assistant Coach for 3 years. During her time as a Graduate Assistant, Coach Ilene coached at clinics/camps and now brings her talent to SMSBA!
She was the starting center fielder on varsity all four years of High School and and played travel ball at an elite level! She now plays softball at Alderson Broaddus University, leads her team with a .348 batting average and the highest fielding percentage! She coached with us all summer and is a top coach with SMSBA!
A standout varsity high school player, Coach Aileen is currently playing middle infield at Santa Monica College! She is one of the coaches for our SMSBA 10U and 12U teams. She loves coaching the younger players at our camps and clinics!
Working one on one with fielding and throwing at SMSB
Learning how to pitch one on one at SMSBA!
Advancing your fielding skills one on one with SMSBA
Improve your throwing and fielding with SM
Learn better base running and how to slide and dive back!
Improve your throwing and fielding with SMSBA!
Improve your hitting skills with one on one training!
Learn proper fielding techniques one on one with SMSBA!
While there are no games on the off days you train! SMSBA coaches will use social distancing training with hand sanitizers to keep you on your game! Player and coach wear masks and work as a team to social distance train!
Our instructional youth softball pitching program & Catching program introduces the fundamentals of pitching or catching and we have intermediate and advance training. This developmental program is designed for 6-17 year old participants, with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in pitching or catching for softball.
Each week players came to our pitching clinic to learn the fundamentals of pitching.
Each week players built upon what they had learned previously to get a strong foundation of learning!
SMGFP players trained with our coaches each week on the proper footwork and mechanics for pitching!
Each week, beginner catchers, intermediate and advanced players worked on proper footwork and mechanics for the catching position!
Players learned how to properly play the catcher position and be better defensively on the field.
The Santa Monica Girls Fastpitch Weekly clinics were vital in preparing players for the pitching and catching position during the 2021 season! Thank you SMGFP foe making your players and league better with these weekly clinics!
Santa Monica Softball Academy is a professional developmental softball camp. This is a progressive instructional youth softball program with real professional softball coaches. Our goal is to teach you how to play the game of softball the RIGHT way the first time at all levels of athletic ability. We teach all aspects of softball; the e
Santa Monica Softball Academy is a professional developmental softball camp. This is a progressive instructional youth softball program with real professional softball coaches. Our goal is to teach you how to play the game of softball the RIGHT way the first time at all levels of athletic ability. We teach all aspects of softball; the equipment, the game, umpires, and opponents. This developmental program is designed with a direct emphasis on learning the primary fundamentals that lay down the foundation for elite play in softball.
Our softball camps and our home field in Santa Monica will be at Memorial Park for top softball instruction in Pitching, Catching, Hitting and Fielding! Whether you are trying to up your game, coming off Allstars, getting ready for Fall Ball or high school, we are the place for getting BETTER! STRONGER! FASTER! with your softball game!
SMSBA is part of the City of Santa Monica Community Classes and Camp organization. Our athletic directors, coaches, team leaders are all their for the players and their parents every step of the way! We are place of learning, development and we think the sport of softball is serious fun for everyone that participates. Our goal is to dev
SMSBA is part of the City of Santa Monica Community Classes and Camp organization. Our athletic directors, coaches, team leaders are all their for the players and their parents every step of the way! We are place of learning, development and we think the sport of softball is serious fun for everyone that participates. Our goal is to develop our young athletes into capable and accomplished players who enjoy the game and enjoy the camp even more! Please feel free to contact us at anytime for questions about our camps, private lessons or just plain softball!
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