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Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast Tory Acheson & Don McKinlay
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4.8 • 80 Ratings
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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.
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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)
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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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Catchers - Backup First Base / Don't Lose Games / Correct it, don't apologize
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Catchers must back up first base (@0:39)More games are lost than won (@13:49)Quit saying "My Bad" (@26:39)Support the Show.
Customer Reviews
Great listen for softball parents or coaches
I’ve been listening for a couple of months now. I like that they talk about all different age groups. They really seem to have good insight on the game.
Transgender athletes
Someday I hope there is a group of transgender mlb player that identify as 16year old girls and Crush your daughters teams. Cowards!
If you love softball, listen here...
Most reliable and informative softball podcast anywhere. Coach Don and Tory are pros in this game and they leave no stones unturned. Whether you are new or experienced to the game they are great at explaining every concept they talk about that is both thoughtful and insightful in a way that is understandable to anyone listening. A lot of informational podcast come off as too technical and is boring. Everything fastpitch is done well and is entertaining to listen to while you learn. They also conduct great interviews with other coaches, mentors, scouts, and/or something related to the game to help you. Having said that, I feel like in 20 years from now we’ll look back at Coach Don and Tory and day that they will be a huge part of what we are seeing now in the sport: a softball boom.