Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

We again present a piece of equipment that we use in our training. Click here to see the products that we like. A listener asked us to discuss "How long to warm up". We give a Corona impact update and the effects it is having in cancelled events and how college coaches are being affected and what this means for the summer recruiting season. Many ideas are floating around about what changes would have to be made for the games to resume and still maintain social distancing. We finish up with our coach's tip of when should we not catch a foul fly ball.

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A listener wants to know our opinion on who is the greatest player. We answer that question which leads into a discussion of what are the characteristics of great players and the things that coaches can do to help develop those traits. Great players don't start out great they become great players.

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We have a very interesting Did You Know and an old school equipment tip. We continue to update you on the latest affects of the Corona Virus. We discuss whether the big summer tournaments will get played and a lighthearted look a team names. We finish up with a discussion of letting players learn from their mistakes and the difference between being told something and actually learning.

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When individual players on your team receive an award, whether it be internal or from an external organization you have to handle it. Individual awards are great but they can have an impact on your team. Hurt feelings, discontent, etc. Coaches you must be prepared to handle this and be consistent. This episode will help you out.

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We start off with our normal segments of “Did You Know”, “Products We Like” and great listener questions with a general topic of what should we expect from our players at various ages. The impact of the national shutdown on the NCAA is a continuing topic. This week we update on schools dropping sports, the financial impact, requests to relax regulations and eliminate some sports. We then discuss some more fastpitch related movies that we can watch while staying at home. Books that can help the players, coaches and parents are recommended. That leads us into our coaching tip of the week. The topics today are “Building team chemistry” and “Creating competitiveness on a team”. As always stay positive and be sure to visit us on fastpitchprep.com.

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In this episode we go over two of the tools we have available via our web site. First of all we have a YouTube Channel with dozens of short drills covering all aspects of the game. And we have about 550 posts in our blog that covers everything from soup to nuts about softball. These are tools that we are offering the community at no cost to further the sport. Especially now that whatever practice that's taking place, is at home. We go over how you can use these tools to create some type of structured practice rather than telling your player to go take 50 swings. Please take advantage of them.

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Well -- maybe not spectacular but this weeks the coaches are talking favorite movies and recommendations during this quarantine.  We're also talking equipment, more on the NCAA ruling, and more remote training.

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This week Coach Tory and Coach Don talk effective strategies for communicating with players during remote training and workout sessions.

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In this week's episode the coaches take a deep dive in to the affects the NCAA decision to extend eligibility will have.  We also look at how recruiting is being affected, home training, and helicopter coaches.

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This week the coaches talk strategies for effectively communicating to your team.

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