We need more catchers / Bring back competition / Pressure cooker style of coaching
Everything Fastpitch - The Podcast
English - August 10, 2022 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsSports fastpitch softball college softball recruiting pitching hitting fielding throwing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Take care of our gloves
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Warmup SegmentListener Question: My daughter's coach says my daughter is a singles hitter. She leads the team in batting average, but is pulled out in critical situations for what he says are power hitters. What do you think? (@9:16)Paige's Power Play (@14:35)It is becoming obvious that we need more catchers. The coaches discuss how we can start developing them. (@19:02)Small rosters have reduced competition for positions. Competing for positions is a good thing and helps develop better players and prepares them for playing at a higher level. (@30:23)Some coaches have a pressure cooker style of coaching. Repeatedly stressing things like the best hitter gets to play. Younger players don't process this information correctly and put pressure on themselves which results in them not performing well. (@41:38)