Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast
Everything Fastpitch is a podcast hosted by Coach Tory Acheson and Coach Don McKinlay. Tory and Don are former college coaches that are now full time instructors and travel ball coaches. Since retiring form active collegiate coaching they have committed themselves to providing educational materials to the fastpitch community. This podcast is one of the resources they are providing. Their website has 500+ blog posts and they have a YouTube channel. All of these cover fastpitch softball from coaching and training beginner athletes up through college athletes. It is a great resource for players, parents and coaches. Whether it be training...
Remember, play has not stopped until the umpire calls time
This week the coaches discuss the need to teach players not to react to an umpires call and forget about what is going on in the game. We have seen it at the highest level, where a player starts protesting what they think is a bad call and the other runners keep on going.
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Skipping high school ball, is this a thing? / Stats about confidence / Best time of the year for softball / Summer camp season / Game plans are important
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Warmup SegmentListener Question: Players are skipping high school ball, is this a thing? (@15:13)Paige's Power Play: Stats about confidence in girls (@24:34)Best time of the year to watch softball (@28:07)Summer camp season. How to pick the best option. (@35:18)Action Coach Tip: Game plans are important in games and business (@40:16)Support the Show.
Review of the Division 1 NCAA Tournament Regionals
Coach Tory Acheson gives his review of the Division 1 NCAA Tournament Regionals. He breaks down each Region and predicts the winners. He also gives insight of the unseeded teams and which ones to watch out for.
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Situational Coaching
The coaches discuss situational coaching when we have a lead and just need outs. Coach Tory is watching a lot of softball while he is recuperating and he sees things that he just doesn't understand.
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Moving up to a more competitive team challenges / End of Careers / Pro Fastpitch is in trouble
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Warmup SegmentListener Question: Daughter moved up to a stronger team, but now wants to quit. Any advice? (@11:42)Paige's Power Play: Stop hoping for a bounce back from a mistake, take action (@17:23)A lot of player's are ending their careers and we can learn from them and put things in perspective (@20:45)Pro Fastpitch is in trouble, how can we help? (@28:57)Action Coach Tip: Noisy workplaces(@32:33)Support the Show.
We have to teach and practice base running
The coaches discuss the need for better base running decisions. Even at the collegiate level there are too many mistakes being made. We have to drill the players until they understand the game situation and the do's and don't's.
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Hitting Lineup / Importance of CPR and first aid / Quote from Geno Auriemma /
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Warmup SegmentListener Question: How to build hitting lineup? (@9:25)Paige's Power Play (@13:58)Interview about the importance of CPR and first aid. (@16:40)How a quote from Geno Auriemma applies to softball (@36:03)Action Coach Tip (@43:03)Support the Show.
Execute the skill, then reflect on the results
When learning/practicing skills there needs to be a reflection pause between reps for the athlete to evaluate what was right and what was wrong. If we just speed through reps, improving the skill takes more time.
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Fields in bad shape / No cut policy makes rosters huge / What to do with limited options to play
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Warmup SegmentListener Question: Why are fields that school ball and travel ball use in such bad condition? (@11:15)Paige's Power Play: Failure Recovery (@18:19)In some areas the school ball teams have a no-cut policy and the roster size is too large. What do we think? (@20:43)Traveling long distances to play when there isn't high level options available locally. (@28:09)Communication and clear directions (@34:12)Support the Show.
Don't confuse the player because the adults have different opinions
Coaches, Instructors and Parents need to be consistent in the message they are sending to the players. A confused player is an inconsistent player. For the benefit of the player, everybody has to work together. The coaches discuss the relationship between players and coaches and instructors and parents.
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