Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Saw top 25 list, what do you think about the SEC dominating the list? (@11:42)
• Interview with Valerie Alston, mental coach, speaker, author and podcaster (@19:29)
• Pitch calling guidance (@49:07)

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The more efficient we are the less likely we get picked off a base and more likely to be able to advance a base. Baserunning practice has to drill down to the small details of footwork to be the more efficient. It's not just take your lead and turn around to come back, but how.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: What's more important, what my team does well or what my opponent might do? (@15:31)
• Sorting out the process of trying out for a team (@20:40)
• Most unhittable pitcher in softball (@30:53)
• Importance of coaching at a young age (@38:13)

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How a quote from Catherine the Great can be applied to coaching softball.

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This week's lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: What impact will the change allowing Junior College players 4 years of NCAA eligibility have? (@11:36)
• Advice for players and teams for playing in cold weather (@21:50)
• Discussion on the number of social media posts from teams needing pitchers (@31:05)
• Advice for a former baseball player in coaching softball (@44:39)

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We tell players to wipe off mistakes, mishaps or other negative events to perform at their optimum. Today we challenge coaches to wipe the slate clean and start the new year with no preconceived thoughts and evaluate our team and players with a fresh attitude. 

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Team folded and need advice on finding a new team that is more stable (@12:46)
• When a player has to give up the game (@22:03)
• Feedback from Managers vs Coaches (@30:56)
• Improving Speed (@40:48)

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Things happen. Players get hurt, sick or for other reasons miss games or have to be substituted for in a game. Coaches shouldn't scramble to get a player ready to step in and fill a position, but have a philosophy to stay ready by having players adept at that position already. 

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Will we see colleges players transferring during the season?(@15:16)
• Response to importance of pitcher/catcher relationship (@23:09)
• Paying to get players (@33:49)
• Master one pitch before adding another one (@43:40)

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You can't have confidence and anxiety. The job of coaches and parents is to reduce anxiety and open the door to confidence.  

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