Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

We have a listener question about having a pitching rubber they can take with them to practice at locations where there isn't one. Our usual Corona update on the effects and changes that are being required. We discuss camps and showcases if the college coaches are not going to be allowed to attend. Create a system to keep your dugout from looking like an episode of Hoarders.

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We will have far more rules and guidelines that we will have to follow now that we are starting to play again. This week we focus on meetings or the lack of them. Team gatherings that routinely occur during the course of a game are going to be curtailed or eliminated. We have to adapt.

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A listener asks about taking over a team when the existing coaches have to leave due to changes brought about because of COVID-19. Again this week we discuss the latest changes to the softball community and the latest collegiate news brought about by the shut downs. What is your opinion about stalling in time limit game?. And finally we give you suggestions about building you game schedule.

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When we get to start playing again, there are going to be restrictions that are going to be inconvenient for all of us. Coaches you have to lead the way of not harping on them, but staying positive.

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Today we discuss a listener question of how to assist players who have been impacted financially by the pandemic. We have an interview with a mental game coach and our normal COVID-19 updates from youth softball through collegiate softball. Our coaching tip is how to best use the initial practices when we start back up.

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College coaches may not be able to watch any games this summer. We know this to be true at least through June 30th. If we have established a connection with a coach we have to be able to give them something that can be a substitute. This year coaches may have to make decisions without any face-to-face opportunities. We go through the processes that coaches and parent of recruited players must do to give the college coach everything they can to help them make a decision in our favor. 

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Of course COVID-19 guidelines are still the dominate issue with getting to play. We update with the latest news we have collected. Are Showcases really showcases if the college coaches can't attend. We discuss ways for players to still interface with college coaches to get their name out there. Teams are having to fold because they are not going to have enough players that can come back when things open up. How do we handle that? Advice for coaches to come back stronger and more open minded than before with the downtime.

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Starting practices back up will take some discipline. Bottom line is that the team that shows up for the first practice will not be the same team you saw the last time you were together, They will be at different levels of conditioning and muscle readiness. We discuss suggestions for starting back up and advice on following the rules and guidelines so that the option of playing is not taken from you.

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This week we start out with a "Did You Know" about the origin of softball. We give our equipment tip of the week. In response to a listener question we discuss the issues around whether college coaches will be conducting or attending camps this summer along with some of their "can do's" and "can't do's". When softball starts back up, it will not be the same and we have to be prepared for the changes and be positive in accepting them. If we don't follow the guidelines, that more than likely we won't like, games could be shut down again. Our second primary topic is helping players loss of confidence. As we move up the chain of competitive softball our success rate will go down. Players, parents and coaches have to recognize this and be prepared to work through it. And finally we talk about an insane pitching drill that is gaining some notoriety. Check out our web site www.fastpitchprep.com and check us out on facebook.

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This week on Coach Prep we go over the Communication Pyramid we have created. Team and player to player communication starts from nothing in the beginning years and develops to something very sophisticated in older great teams. We equate the process of learning to communicate with different levels of schooling in our pyramid. Communication has to be practiced and coached to perfect and is a requirement to move up the ladder to greatness,

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