Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

Unfortunately most games that are played have a time limit. In those games there is a lot of time wasted, that if eliminated, would result in the players getting a lot more playing time.  Too much money is being spent on softball teams not to optimize the amount of time in a game to play more innings. Coaches, streamline your game procedures to get rid of non-playing time. If you are playing in a showcase tournament this is extremely important because the objective is to showcase players, not teams or coaches.

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This Weeks Lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question:  My daughter hits well in the cage in practice and in the cages, but struggles in a game.(@9:47)
• Paige's Power Play (@16:23)
• Be realistic in your expectations of training.(@18:40)
• Old School vs New School Coaching Styles (@32:30)
• There are drastic differences between the levels of talent on a team. How do you coach and set up practices to develop everyone? (@44:51)

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To teach the skills of playing which include fielding, throwing, batting, bunting, etc we can't just teach the major skills. We have to break it down to all of the little skills that make up the big skill. For example, fielding starts with getting the glove open. We have to get our body in the correct position. We can't just go hit ground balls and expect the player to figure it out. We have to teach the simple skills one at a time and then combine them to accomplish the end result.

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This Weeks Lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: How many players generally switch positions when they go to college? (@11:40)
• Paige's Power Play (@18:44)
• Various topics to bring everyone up to date. (@23:33)
• Someone posts a question on Facebook, probably 75% of responses were negative. (@36:37)
• Kids don't learn from people they don't like. (@45:48)

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Your team is allowing too many runs. What is the cause? First you have to analyze what part of being a good defensive team is going wrong. It could be a skill issue, focus issue, softball IQ, etc. Then develop a practice plan to address the problems. Don't forget that depending upon your mix of players, it could be multiple issues.

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This Weeks Lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Should players learn multiple positions? (@12:20)
• Paige's Power Play (@20:38)
• Rule Changes Updates (@25:08)
• Players getting involved in the community in times of need. (@42:30)
• Coaches should have at least basic pitching knowledge. (@50:02)

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Every team experiences this at some point. A top player goes down. How you handle this as a coach with the team is extremely important. You don't have a team "pity party", you reorganize your lineup and coach the rest of the players up and get each one to contribute a little more. You can't replace that player with one player but you can replace them with what many players can do.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: How do you handle the post game meeting when you lose? (@11:15)
• Paige's Power Play (@20:28)
• Interview with Billy Cooper who just had a great experience with his daughter. (@24:11)
• Listener Question: I am coaching very young players. How do I judge my expectations for them? (@40:49)
• Players are being over coached in games and it needs to stop. (@52:21)

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Coach Tory says is we want to play amazing we have to practice amazing. Special plays don't just happen in a game. Amazing players are out there trying to make the impossible play in practice so that it could happen in a game.

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This weeks lineup:

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: How do you know which bats are legit? (@09:13)
• Help for beginning coaches. Coach Tory just did a coaches clinic and several things came out that he wants to pass on. (@17:13)
• Coach Dan has several parents on his team that feels like their daughters are just not trying hard enough. (@42:12)
• A skill that is not being practice nearly enough. That is sliding. (@56:16)

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