Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

Don't confuse the player because the adults have different opinions

Coaches, Instructors and Parents need to be consistent in the message they are sending to the...

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Catchers - Backup First Base / Don't Lose Games / Correct it, don't apologize

This week's Lineup Catchers must back up first base (@0:39) More games are lost than won...

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• 3 días

The Comfort Zone, Stretch Zone and Panic Zone

 Players need to advance their skills by practicing skills that are out of their comfort zone but...

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• 8 días

How to manage bullying / Reaction time for hitters

A listener asks for some advice for bullying on a team whether this be physical, mental or...

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• 10 días

Teaching hitting through the ball

Hitting through the ball is a concept that a lot of players have trouble grasping. The coaches...

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• 14 días

Coaches who yell / Too many travel teams / Look Good, Play Good

This weeks lineup: Coaches who yell. Some advice to coaches and parents who scream and yell...

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• 16 días

Why communication is more critical for softball than baseball

This week we help coaches whose primary experience is in the baseball world understand the...

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• 22 días

Batting entire lineup vs. nine / Mental work helps confidence / Moving young players vs. specializing / College...

This week's lineup: Warmup Segment Listener Question: Strengths of batting the entire...

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• 24 días

Basic skills have to come first

We have all seen it, players cannot execute the very basics of playing catch but they are...

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• 29 días

Hitting stations for practice / Getting Past Perfection / Advertising national, premier, gold, etc teams / Lack of...

This week's Lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: What are ways to set up hitting...

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Practice with the same effort as in the game

We see this too often. In a game we are hitting with 100% effort, but in our training we...

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Superstitions - good or bad / What visualization is like / Non-softball training / Slow pitching - not an excuse / Be...

This week's lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: Are softball superstitions good or...

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It is our responsibility to help athletes from hurting themselves

Our game has many different ways that a player can injure themselves. As coaches we can't...

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Footwork for right handed first basemen / We can be too humble / Why have we gotten so combative / Helping catchers...

This week's lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: Footwork for right handed first...

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Defensive Ready Steps

Newton's first law of motion states that “an object at rest stays at rest and an object in...

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• 2 meses

Obligations of Runner and Catcher on a dropped 3rd strike / Why taking a break is bad is a myth / Message from a...

This week's lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: Batter/Runner and Catcher's...

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• 2 meses

Has new equipment changed the game?

The coaches discuss the impact of equipment on the game of softball. Their decades of experience...

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• 2 meses

How much warm up for a pitcher / Part 2 of interview with Justin McLeod of D1Softball / Observations from early...

This week's lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: How much should my daughter warm up...

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• 2 meses

Rethink any set philosophy you have for all players to follow

We often hear from students and former students that their coach wants everyone on the team to do...

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• 2 meses

Clarification on being hit by batted ball / Interview with Justin McLeod of D1 Softball / Infield Fly Rule / Story...

This week's lineup Warmup Segment Listener Question: My daughter was called out after...

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• 2 meses