It is summer time or close to it. Your player's and parent's lives are going to change. School won't be dictating a schedule and your players will be involved in additional activities. The family dynamics will change. You may have player's scho

Bat Weights / Success and failure / If you celebrate everything, how do you celebrate something special / Instant replay out of control / Practice coaching

4 days ago 37m 51s

This week's lineupWarmup SegmentListener Question: Is it okay to use a bat weight in the on-deck circle? (@10:29)Paige's Power Play: Successful athletes and failure (@13:27)If you celebrate everything, how do you celebrate something special (@1

Remember, play has not stopped until the umpire calls time

9 days ago 10m 30s

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

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

11 days ago 44m 23s

This week's lineupWarmup 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. H

Review of the Division 1 NCAA Tournament Regionals

13 days ago 18m 35s

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.Support the Show.

Situational Coaching

16 days ago 9m 12s

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. Support the Show.

Moving up to a more competitive team challenges / End of Careers / Pro Fastpitch is in trouble

18 days ago 35m 46s

This week's LineupWarmup 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 endi

We have to teach and practice base running

23 days ago 19m 13s

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.Support the Show

Hitting Lineup / Importance of CPR and first aid / Quote from Geno Auriemma /

25 days ago 46m 49s

This week's lineupWarmup 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 Co

Execute the skill, then reflect on the results

30 days ago 9m 4s

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.Support the Show.

Fields in bad shape / No cut policy makes rosters huge / What to do with limited options to play

Apr 24th, 2024 39m 2s

This week's lineup: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 th

Don't confuse the player because the adults have different opinions

Apr 19th, 2024 20m 13s

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 relations

Catchers - Backup First Base / Don't Lose Games / Correct it, don't apologize

Apr 17th, 2024 33m 38s

This week's LineupCatchers must back up first base (@0:39)More games are lost than won (@13:49)Quit saying "My Bad" (@26:39)Support the Show.

The Comfort Zone, Stretch Zone and Panic Zone

Apr 12th, 2024 13m 14s

Players need to advance their skills by practicing skills that are out of their comfort zone but not into their panic zone. In this episode we discuss the three zones that people fall into when performing tasks. The comfort zone where we are t

How to manage bullying / Reaction time for hitters

Apr 10th, 2024 25m 57s

A listener asks for some advice for bullying on a team whether this be physical, mental or isolating some players. This is a topic that all coaches should be on the watch for,Training hitters for fast pitchers. Hitting is reaction time and ther

Teaching hitting through the ball

Apr 5th, 2024 16m 6s

Hitting through the ball is a concept that a lot of players have trouble grasping. The coaches discuss what it means and some tips on how to improve your players hitting.Support the Show.

Coaches who yell / Too many travel teams / Look Good, Play Good

Apr 3rd, 2024 47m 1s

This weeks lineup:Coaches who yell. Some advice to coaches and parents who scream and yell during games and practices. Too many travel teams. There are more players than ever and that is great, but we don't have enough pitchers to support the

Why communication is more critical for softball than baseball

Mar 29th, 2024 11m 23s

This week we help coaches whose primary experience is in the baseball world understand the difference between communication required in softball as opposed to baseball.Support the Show.

Batting entire lineup vs. nine / Mental work helps confidence / Moving young players vs. specializing / College Softball observations / Slumps

Mar 27th, 2024 51m 19s

This week's lineup:Warmup SegmentListener Question: Strengths of batting the entire lineup or nine hitters (@12:09)Paige's Power Play: Mental work helps confidence (@22:36)Moving players around at a young age (@25:28)College Softball observatio

Basic skills have to come first

Mar 22nd, 2024 9m 42s

We have all seen it, players cannot execute the very basics of playing catch but they are practicing run downs, relays, etc. No matter what level you coach at, but especially those with inexperienced players, you have to be able to throw and ca

Hitting stations for practice / Getting Past Perfection / Advertising national, premier, gold, etc teams / Lack of respect for stars in women's sports

Mar 20th, 2024 37m 16s

This week's LineupWarmup SegmentListener Question: What are ways to set up hitting stations for practices? (@12:00)Paige's Power Play: Getting Past Perfection (@15:58)Why do organizations advertise having national, premier or gold level teams.

Practice with the same effort as in the game

Mar 15th, 2024 10m 14s

We see this too often. In a game we are hitting with 100% effort, but in our training we don't practice at 100%. It doesn't make since to practice at a different level of effort than how we want to perform in a game. Make adjustments.Support th

Superstitions - good or bad / What visualization is like / Non-softball training / Slow pitching - not an excuse / Be x Do = Have

Mar 13th, 2024 51m 39s

This week's lineupWarmup SegmentListener Question: Are softball superstitions good or bad? (@13:24)Paige's Power Play: What visualization is like (@18:37)Importance of non-softball training (@25:47)Slow Pitching is not an excuse for hitting pro

It is our responsibility to help athletes from hurting themselves

Mar 8th, 2024 18m 19s

Our game has many different ways that a player can injure themselves. As coaches we can't prevent the freak accidents. Even professional athletes get hurt and they have expert coaching staffs. But we can be aware enough to help our players do t

Footwork for right handed first basemen / We can be too humble / Why have we gotten so combative / Helping catchers adapt to different pitchers / Learn from your peers

Mar 6th, 2024 45m 13s

This week's lineupWarmup SegmentListener Question: Footwork for right handed first basemen (@14:05)Paige's Power Play: We can be too humble (@20:12)Why have we gotten so combative in games lately? (@23:29)Helping catcher's adapt to different pi