Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

This Weeks Lineup:

• Shoutout Segment (@ 3:10)
• Listener Question: What is you opinion of one handed hitting drills? (@ 9:13)
• Paige's Power Play (@ 13:24)
• Hitting coach has to be a psychologist, therapist and counselor. (@ 19:25)
• 10 things that can kill team culture. (@ 34:14)
• The same level of accountability has to be applied to everyone connected with the team. (@ 59:00)

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Discussion of how the relationship between umpires and coaches and players and umpires. 

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This weeks episode:

• Shoutout Segment 
• Listener Question - The worst things that a prospective athlete can do that can derail recruiting. (@ 8:07)
• Paige's Power Play (@ 13:25)
• Lists and rankings. Making sense of them. ( 20:13)
• Where should I take my team for a end of season tournament? (@ 37:47)
•  How coaches should handle criticism. (@ 47:55)

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Every player deserves to have a consistent dialog with their coach as to their strengths and weaknesses. They need to have a clear understanding of what they specifically need to work on to become the best that they can become. As we are heading into the off-season, a conversation with each player should be mandatory to give them goals and objectives to work on.

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This weeks lineup:

• Shoutout
• Paige's Power Play (@ 9:00)
• Discussion of the difference between a "ball player" and someone who just wants to play ball. (@ 17:45)
• A listener asks - What am I paying for when I pay my travel ball dues/payments? We discuss the basics and the types of things that could be in the costs. (@ 35:03)
• Another listener question - I have coached 3 sons through their baseball careers and now going to coach my daughter's softball team. What differences can I expect? (@ 51:50)

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Catching is a very important position. What are you doing in practice to make your catchers better? What drills are you giving them? How much of practice time is designed to make them better? We often see catchers spend most of their time catching balls thrown in and then tossing them to the coach to hit another one to the infield. Your catcher will handle many more balls in a game than the infielder, they need practice as much as the infielders. Coach them UP!

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This weeks lineup:

• Shoutout Segment
• Paige's Power Play
• How long should pitcher's warm-up?
• Discussion of coaching styles
• Coachable and un-coachable players
• Why do teams play better behind some pitchers?

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All players are not the same athletically and as they grow and get older their bodies are continuously changing. Your practices shouldn't be a one size fits all, but drills and stations need to be individualized to the capabilities of each player. Your goal is for each one of them to become the best that they can become.

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This weeks lineup:

• Shoutout segment
• Paige's Power Play
• Listener Question: Why does my daughter hit so much better in practice than in a game?
• Interview with Danielle Rubin a pitching instructor that not only does in person lessons but has mastered giving instruction online.
• Discussion on why players should consider junior colleges.
• Coaches set the tone for the team. As the coach goes so does the team.

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Most games are lost because we do little things poorly. What are little things? Listen as the coaches talk about just a fraction of the little things and you realize there is no end to the little things that a player can do to improve the odds of winning. 

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