Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

This week's lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Suggestions for a pitching mat. (@12:35)
• Paige's Power Play: One little thing to help your daughter gain confidence. (@20:16)
• Some questions about recruiting. (@24:18)
• Is trying to play softball during the College World Series a good idea? (@34:04)
• Can I switch and become a slapper. Slapping is hard. (@41:34)

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 We continue our series on coaching defense for each of the positions with second base this week. 

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This week's lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Should we be concerned with issues related to sanctioning bodies? (@15:25)
• Paige's Power Play: You don't have to be perfect. (@22:25)
• Questions from a parent of a freshman college player (@25:51)
• Study on pitching injuries (@40:48)
• We need to develop more pitchers (@51:46)

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We continue our series on coaching defense for each of the positions with first base this week.

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This week's lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: How to deal with extreme heat. (@10:48)
• Paige's Power Play: Visualization can create confidence. (@16:46)
• Review of softball injuries. (@19:25)
• NIL creating havoc in college athletics. (@30:37)
• Coaching is hard (@42:20)

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We continue our series on coaching defense for each position. This week we cover the catcher.

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This week's lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question:  Is a pitching machine a good investment? (@11:11)
• Paige's Power Play: The car ride home. (@18:35)
• DR3 Fastpitch Pitching Question: Should I be concerned about my pitching daughter being overused? (@21:58)
• Interview with Jordan Dail(former collegiate player, professional player and college coach) This is a great interview for players to listen to as she tracks her career from rec ball through playing pro ball with the Texas Smoke. (@32:48)
• Helping players with timing pitches (@1:07:22)
• Action Coach Tip: (@1:23:10)

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This week we start a series on coaching defense for the individual positions. The first position we cover is the pitcher.

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This week's lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question : Quality of play at the Little League Softball World Series (@08:09)
• Paige's Power Play: Is your daughter playing for the wrong reasons? (@13:57)
• Should we limit how much a pitcher throws? (@17:36)
• Frustration with different styles of recruiting players. (@27:58)
• Handling players with questionable attitudes. (@40:06)

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Improving our skills is not just working harder. We also must work smart and sometimes we have to take a different approach. If we find ourselves working harder and harder but not improving we need to step back and take a look. We may need to do things differently to reach a new level. The coaches discuss these concepts in further detail.

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