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Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast Tory Acheson & Don McKinlay
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4.9 • 73 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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Winning later is more important than winning now
Most teams have a goal of playing in an event that is the culmination of their season. And they want to peak at this event. If we put pressure on ourselves to win every time out, then we hinder ourselves from doing some experimenting. Finding the best combination of players and positions requires trying different lineups. For example, you may have a shortstop that has great range and usually this allows her to make a play on one hit a game that no other player on your team can make. You have a center fielder that is capable of making the plays at shortstop except for that one hit. The range of the shortstop allows her to make 4 extra plays on balls hit to center field. You gain 3 outs by switching them. The only way you can know this is by trying and the best time is earlier in the season.
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How many practices? / Habits while pitching / Should players show emotion towards officials? / Crazy Games / If we haven't practiced it, don't do it
This weeks Lineup:
Warmup SegmentListener Question: How many practices should you have each week? (@12:02)Paige's Power Play: Choices (@20:37)DR3 Fastpitch Pitching Question: My daughter has developed a habit when she is pitching. Is this something that I should be worried about? (@28:14)Should players show emotion towards an official? (@39:08)Crazy Games (@50:44)If we haven't practiced it, don't do it. (@58:44)Support the show -
Coach Tory's Recap of the CWS Super Regionals
Coach Tory gives his thoughts to the just completed Super Regionals and some thoughts on the upcoming CWS.
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Coaches: Require safety gear!
This episode highlights the need for players to use protective gear and coaches need to promote and require their players to use them.
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CWS games - Connect your players / Considering players for awards / Formula for confidence / Re-engaging a pitcher after being hit / Coaching Female Athletes is different / CWS Regional Surprises
This weeks lineup:
Warmup SegmentValue in watching the CWS games. With limited professional players, these are the players that our players can look up to, emulate,have connection to, etc (@7:57)Listener Question: When people are considering players for awards, is it just on the field accomplishment or do other things get consideration? (@11:54)Paige's Power Play: The formula for confidence (@17:04)DR3 Fastpitch Pitching Question: My daughter was hit in the shin with a line drive and it has affected her pitching. What can I do to help her? (@20:09)Coaching Female Athletes is significantly different. (@36:13)CWS Regional Surprises (@48:55)Action Coach Tip (@59:42)Support the show -
Coach Tory's Recap of the D1 Softball Regionals
Coach Tory Acheson with his decades of Collegiate Softball experience gives you his breakdown of the D1 Regionals that were completed this past weekend. And then it's on to the Super Regionals.
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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!
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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.