This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: His daughter has a choice to be a full time player on the JV team or a roll player on the varsity team. What do you think?  (@19:14)
• Paige's Power Play (@29:19)
• DR3Fastpitch Pitching Corner - What do you feel about the start back vs step back approach to pitching? (@35:17)
• Spending time looking for pitchers tipping off pitches. (@44:02)
• Observations from a softball parent whose daughter is at the end of her career. (@58:09)

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The coaches discuss helping to prepare players for that pressure situation of the last out of a game. It shouldn't be any different than any other out, but it is. It takes a collective effort of the player, parents, coaches and spectators to maintain a demeanor that makes it easier.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: How do you decide on which camps to attend? (@19:30)
• Paige's Power Play (@28:14)
• DR3Fastpitch Pitching Corner (@32:38)
• Tips for players going on college visits. Make it easier to compare them over an extended time. (@43:50)
• If playing college softball is in your future, an important consideration is your major at that school and can you major in that field and still play softball. At some schools is is almost impossible to play softball and have a major that has classes that conflict with practices and games. (@53:14)
• Action Coach (@1:04:43)

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Coaches all say they want motivated players. The discussion today revolves around the fact that motivation is not a constant. What we really want are disciplined players that practice and play at a constant level no matter their level of motivation on a particular day. It takes motivation to get started, but discipline to stay the course.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: My daughter is a left-handed catcher. Is that a negative? (@14:23)
• Paige's Power Play (@23:03)
• DR3 Fastpitch Pitching Corner (@26:44)
• Importance of Small Ball (@36:42)
• Understanding runner interference. A coach asked for some strategies for his base runners to avoid interfering with the fielder. (@45:39)
• Action Coach (@55:52)

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As Yogi Berra said, "You Can Observe A Lot By Watching". From birth we develop by imitating what we see. If we teach our players how to really "watch" good players, they will become better players. They should be watching all of the subtle things going  on with players not just following the ball. Seeing the total game is a skill that has to be learned and makes the game a classroom.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: My daughter was demoted to the outfield. What do I do?The coaches respond with reasons the outfield is not a demotion. (@21:04)
• Paige's Power Play (@30:07)
• Daniel Rubin and the DR3 Pitching Corner (@33:00)
• Exposing your players to different ways of doing things. (@44:41)
• Part 3 of the most influential women in softball. (@1:01:33)
• Action Coach (@1:10:33)

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Not every player on a team has aspirations to play in college. For a variety of reasons, college is just not in their future. They still are good players and enjoy playing the game. Accept that and make sure you are coaching them with the same enthusiasm as the potential college players. Your job is to make all of your players the best version of themselves no matter what is in their future.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: My daughter is very young and wants to be a catcher. I am having trouble finding catching gear that fits. Any suggestions? (@13:42)
• Paige's Power Play (@19:07)
• Do large organizations make sense for travel teams? (@22:30)
• Part 2 of ground breaking women (@33:40)
• Action Coach (@48:00)

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It happens frequently, a core group of 3 or 4 players want to start a new team. The coaches make a point for you not to jump into the pool before you have really thought this out. You should have more players as a core than what you are going to have to recruit.  And remember there are a lot of teams looking for pitchers and catchers especially.

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