Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast

This week's lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: What impact will all the new NCAA changes on the horizon have? (@18:35)
• Great hitting mechanics, but fails in a game (@30:51)
• Managing parents to parents politics (@45:08)
• Rundown disasters (@56:01)

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Coach Tory shares a situation where he had to listen to a coach go into a tirade with his team. This is not how to coach especially early in the season. Listen as the coaches discuss this type of behavior.

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This week's lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Age cutoff changes may be affecting tryout situation  (@14:44)
• College season observations (@24:00)
• Spend your money wisely (@38:29)
• Teach skills correctly from the beginning (@45:43)

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In today's environment in the travel ball world, it is imperative that a coach have a strategy/plan on handling their lineup. And it needs to be communicated to the players and parents and be adhered to if you want to have to a better experience.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question:  Fallout from trying out for next year's team already this year (@16:04)
• Stanford playing in football stadium (@27:57)
• Eating better at tournaments (@38:30)
• Communicating with language, phrases and vocabulary that matches your player's level (@44:39)

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Coaches - You must have a player to player communication system, practice it and make sure it is implemented.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Taking a called first strike? (@12:58)
• Cool development in college softball (@24:08)
• Observations at the ball park and glove care (@39:03)
• Teaching pitchers to attack the zone (@41:41)

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We teach our players to wipe off/forget a mistake and not let it affect our performance in the game. But we don't really want them to forget it, because mistakes are how we learn and identify what we need to practice. The discussion today is how to handle this dilemma.

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This week's Lineup

• Warmup Segment
• Listener Question: Could the SEC have all 8 teams at the CWS? (@13:27)
• Reaction to the question Does any player chose to be a pitcher only? (@21:15)
• Helping catchers to improve their throwing (@30:12)
• Art of patience (@38:01)

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Especially early in the season our pitchers need practice against hitters and hitters need to see some live pitching. The coaches discuss the need and some options to make this happen.

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