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.
Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast
5 Ways to Judge Commitment / Maintain a program after a great player is gone / What homework really is
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Tory Acheson & Don McKinlay
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This Weeks Lineup:
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: My daughter wants to take time off over the holidays, but right after the first of the year she is going to college camps. How do we find the balance between taking time off and being prepared for the camps? (@9:07)
- Paige's Power Play (@13:39)
- 5 ways to judge whether a player and/or family is really committed to softball. (@16:59)
- When a great player is no longer with a team the statement a lot of times is "Well we will see if the coach is really that good." (@37:55)
- Coaches when we give them homework we need to be specific about what they are suppose to do. (@47:58)
Warmup Segment
Listener Question: My daughter wants to take time off over the holidays, but right after the first of the year she is going to college camps. How do we find the balance between taking time off and being prepared for the camps?
Paige's Power Play
5 ways to judge whether a player and/or family is really committed to softball.
When a great player is no longer with a team the statement a lot of times is "Well we will see if the coach is really that good."
Coaches when we give them homework we need to be specific about what they are suppose to do.