This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Go watch some fall ball (@2:55)
• Listener Question: Why are men's and women's pitching styles so different? (@12:02)
• Review of Recruiting Calendar (@18:15)
• Daddy Ball (@22:34)
• Slow pitching is not a valid excuse to not hitting (@35:25)

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We discussed in the last Everything Fastpitch podcast that a great number of teams continue advertising that they need pitchers. One of the solutions to this problem is for sanctioning bodies to implement pitching restrictions. This would require teams to develop more pitchers and they could not utilize one pitcher the majority of the time. One of the reasons that pitchers give up on pitching is that they don't get to pitch while developing. Pitching limitations would require coaches to use more pitchers in games and would also make the teams more competitive because teams could not rely on one stud pitcher. Listen to this in-depth discussion before forming an opinion.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Section
• How many college softball programs? (@2:39)
• Listener Question: Bad or good strategy in allowing the catchers and pitchers call pitches? (@9:52)
• There are not enough pitchers (@17:15)
• The final segment in separating college programs using professional baseball structure (@26:35)
• Coaching is a position that requires continuing education (@34:11)

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This episode discusses the impact the pitch count has on a hitter's success.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: My daughter wants to study medicine, will that limit the schools that she can play softball? (@11:56)
• How the additional scholarships will affect colleges (@17:35)
• Further breakdown of College Athletics using the baseball model (@28:27)
• A question every coach should ask themselves (@42:33)

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Straight line running is a skill and everyone can get better. Players are at many different levels when it comes to speed. Coaches need to educate themselves or get someone with track experience and incorporate running drills into their practice plans.

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This week's lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Softball Little League World Series (@2:39)
• Listener Question: How much do professional softball players make? (@14:46)
• Respect your glove (@22:17)
• Classifying college teams (@30:32
• Coaches can change lives (@38:39)

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In this episode we use a quote from Samuel Beckett about failing better. Failures are a major part of our game and we need to think about ways to handle them better.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: What type of players should I be looking for to field a new 12U team? (@13:26)
• Travel Ball Silly Season. Teams switching organizations and players switching teams is out of control. (@20:11)
• Continuation of classifying college teams using professional baseball structure. (@33:40)

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This week the topic is the 0-2 pitch and what should the pitcher be trying to do.

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