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 tips, mental aspects, coaching methods, recruiting etc. it is all covered, hence the name Everything Fastpitch.
Episodes
The more efficient we are the less likely we get picked off a base and more likely to be able to advance a base. Baserunning practice has to drill down to the small details of footwork to be the more efficient. It's not just take your lead and turn around to come back, but how.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: What's more important, what my team does well or what my opponent might do? (@15:31)
- Sorting out the process of trying out for a team (@20:40)
- Most unhittable pitcher in softball (@30:53)
- Importance of coaching at a young age (@38:13)
How a quote from Catherine the Great can be applied to coaching softball.
This week's lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: What impact will the change allowing Junior College players 4 years of NCAA eligibility have? (@11:36)
- Advice for players and teams for playing in cold weather (@21:50)
- Discussion on the number of social media posts from teams needing pitchers (@31:05)
- Advice for a former baseball player in coaching softball (@44:39)
We tell players to wipe off mistakes, mishaps or other negative events to perform at their optimum. Today we challenge coaches to wipe the slate clean and start the new year with no preconceived thoughts and evaluate our team and players with a fresh attitude.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Team folded and need advice on finding a new team that is more stable (@12:46)
- When a player has to give up the game (@22:03)
- Feedback from Managers vs Coaches (@30:56)
- Improving Speed (@40:48)
Things happen. Players get hurt, sick or for other reasons miss games or have to be substituted for in a game. Coaches shouldn't scramble to get a player ready to step in and fill a position, but have a philosophy to stay ready by having players adept at that position already.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Will we see colleges players transferring during the season?(@15:16)
- Response to importance of pitcher/catcher relationship (@23:09)
- Paying to get players (@33:49)
- Master one pitch before adding another one (@43:40)
You can't have confidence and anxiety. The job of coaches and parents is to reduce anxiety and open the door to confidence.
This week's lineup:
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Why do we see more players being recruited than the stats say there should be? (@10:01)
- Arm care guidelines (@15:21)
- Coach Pat Summitt's Definite Dozen (@24:52)
- Change our line drive drills (@29:56)
Be aware of recruiting periods to better inform your players. Coach Tory gives you some pointers.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: What is holding my player back? Everything seems to be okay but she struggles breaking thru in big moments. (@7:41)
- Things that hold us back. (@11:42)
- Adults should model their behavior that we want our players to follow. (@15:56)
- Coaches be curious and always try to learn. (@19:26)
The coaches discuss the importance of the relationship between pitchers and catchers. Coaches need to understand this and promote the relationship and use it to their and the team's success.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Value of being on a team with former college players as coaches? (@08:45)
- Helping a team break through the ceiling to success (@14:25)
- Dealing with concussions (@21:13)
- Is adjustment just a work that coaches use when they they don't have a solution? (@29:35)
The coaches challenge you to pick a coaching skill that you want to improve on and double your knowledge in an offseason.
This week's Lineup
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Advice on working with players with ADHD or a similar issue (@13:37)
- Guideline for creating rules for team decorum (@19:45)
- What age is it appropriate for players to specialize on a position? (@32:14)
- The difference between training and training with a purpose (@36:35)
The coaches discus the delayed steal. Our players need to understand the delayed steal defensively and offensively. One complements the other in using the delayed steal and preventing others from using it on us.
This week's Lineup:
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: More on creating good relations with college coaches (@11:51)
- Play some game without time limits (@20:14)
- Give your pitchers experience in a big game (@29:12)
- When do you decide that your team is not competitive at the level you expected? @(34:07)
A discussion on a thought from Greg Olsen's podcast on youth sports. Coaches need to have a goal that each player keeps getting better. And successful coaches keep players getting better the longest.
This week's Lineup:
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: Do's and do not's for building relationships with college coaches (@10:59)
- Should players have their name on the back of their jersey? (@19:26)
- Fall vs spring high school softball (@24:24)
- Self scouting for coaches, players and parents (@34:50)
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