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
Pitcher - Catcher relationships / Regular recruiting calendar is back / Playing time
May 12, 2021
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Tory Acheson & Don McKinlay
This weeks lineup:
- Warmup Segment
- Listener Question: I live too far for access to instructors. What are some alternative options? (@10:00)
- Paige's Power Play (@15:02)
- Pitcher - Catcher relationships. The catcher can be valuable in getting better pitching performance. (@19:53)
- The D1 recruiting calendar is back on and players need to be prepared for returning to somewhat normal. (@33:22)
- The million dollar question. How does a coach determine playing time. They have to have a method and be transparent about why they are making the decisions they are making.(@43:26)