This week's lineup: Warmup Segment Listener 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 the roster size is too large. What do we think? (@20:43) Traveling long distances to play when there isn't high level options available locally.  (@28:09) Communication and clear directions (@34:12) Support the Show ..read more

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 relationship between players and coaches and instructors and parents. Support the show ..read more

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

 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 totally comfortable. The stretch zone where we are being pushed beyond what we are comfortable with. And finally the panic zone where we are asked to perform a task that we are incapable of performing. The coaches give you advice on how to use this knowledge to make it easier to develop your players. Support the show ..read more

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 there are some drills that we can do to help them. Support the show ..read more

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 ..read more

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 number of teams. Changes need to be made and the people putting these teams together need to be more realistic of how far up the food chain they can go.  Look Good, Play Good Support the show ..read more

This week's lineup: Warmup Segment Listener 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 observations (@33:17) Slumps (@44:54) Support the show ..read more

This week's Lineup Warmup Segment Listener 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.(@18:51) Lack of respect for stars in women's sports? (@27:34) Support the show ..read more

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 the show ..read more