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We take a look at the recruiting process. It's been said that the college sports recruiting process is more like a marathon than a sprint. For many, it may seem like a full-time job. There are dozens of people to communicate with, events to attend, and deadlines to meet—all while juggling the everyday rigors of being a high school student. If you’re doing it right, the recruiting process isn’t jus...

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BDSF's The Big 3 - Success | Failure | Goals We get into how we measure our own success in relation to how we view the success of others. We talk about how the perception of success is unique to everyone. How we view our failures, determines our success. We also get into goal setting and how not reaching our goals can actually be a good thing.

SUBSCRIBE! LIKE! COMMENT! SHARE! @Black Diamond Softball & Fitness Doing your due diligence in collecting information to inform any decision is a smart thing to do, but sometimes that too can overwhelm you! Sometimes even the easiest decisions like where or what to eat can become a chore. We just can't seem to make a final decision on the smallest of things. Having that same burden on larger choic...

Subscribe! Like! Comment! Share! @Black Diamond Softball & Fitness We go to great lengths trying to establish ourselves in this world. How we look, how we sound, what we do...who we are! It is all our brand. When student-athletes aspire to be collegiate student-athletes, their brand is thoroughly inspected. College coaches want to know who you are and how you got to where you are. What are your gr...

Patrick Jones was on the "Foul Pole to Foul Pole" Morning Show and discussed what it means to measure success. Success and confidence go hand in hand when it comes to stick and ball sports. Patrick explains how only taking in-game results is not a good way to measure your success. There are very few things you as a hitter can control. If you feel good about the things you can control and you accom...

On this episode of Foul Pole to Foul Pole, we sit down with Tony Rico. Tony is the president of Firecrackers Softball Inc. The Firecrackers organization is based out of Southern California and is one of the premier fastpitch organizations in the country. With teams in 27 states around the country, the Firecrackers' imprint on the game is more evident than ever. Through personal growth, hard work,...

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In this episode of Foul Pole to Foul Pole, we catch up with Josh Cathcart, formerly known as the Baseball Doctor. We learn about Hitting Done Right - HDR. We discuss a few major topics hitters have when working on their swing. We talk about how rewarding it is to help young athletes work towards achieving their dreams. We get a little demonstration of what to look for when searching for proper hit...

"Foul Pole to Foul Pole" Podcast | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMu5k5BN2E5hIgtAv9QJDHW3CNzi7CjCU On this episode of "Foul Pole to Foul Pole", we catch up with Coach Nate, Nathan Weber. Coach Nate graduated from Howards Grove High School in Wisconsin in 2003 where he was the starting shortstop and leadoff hitter for four seasons. His BA over four years at the Varsity level was .482, and he s...

In this episode of "Foul Pole to Foul Pole" we catch up with Mike Zimmer. We talk parent to parent and we talk about what we have learned about the game and ourselves over the years. We discuss how social media plays a role in college recruiting. We talk about Texas softball and how it compares to the rest of the country. Plus, we get into how and why Mike started one of the biggest Facebook group...

In this episode of "FOUL POLE TO FOUL POLE", we sit down with Tom Bunn, the Director of the Starz Gold Fastpitch Organization. We recap his summer season and talk about the national schedule. We talk about what it takes to play at a high level and the benefits of playing against the top teams in the country. We take a look at the growth of the Atlantic Coast Fastpitch League. We discuss the game i...

On this episode of Foul Pole to Foul Pole, we sit down with The Alliance Fastpitch, Chief Executive Officer Jami Lobpries. Jami Lobpries grew up a multi-sport athlete in a small town, Wharton, TX. When Jami got to high school, she moved from baseball to softball. She missed her entire sophomore season after suffering an ACL injury in basketball and that’s when she realized her passion for softball...

On this week's episode, we sit down with Scott Woodcock. He is the Assistant Head Coach of Softball at the University of Maine. Scott has spent many years coaching and mentoring young athletes. From his military career in the Marine Corps to coaching high-level travel ball to coaching in Division I, Scott has always had an innate ability to mold young minds. His dedication to his craft is clear wh...

Not all warm-ups are the same. The days of static stretches in a circle are gone. Dynamic warm-ups, getting the heart rate up, and warming the body temperature up, first...has been proven to be more effective. Not all kids need to hit 30 balls to get right with their swing before a game. Some only need a few balls while others only need dry swings. It is not a one size fits all world. Warming up i...

Emotions are all over the place in youth sports. Kids doing well and are excited and kids doing poorly and they are sad. Parents in the stands heckling the umpires and opposing coaches. Coaches are getting excited and forgetting they are coaching youth sports getting carried away. Children need to understand that their emotion is warranted and completely natural. Helping them understand what they...

There are many factors that go into playing time when it comes to youth sports. Understanding where the coach is coming from on his decisions and trusting those decisions helps you communicate that with your child. We go into just a few scenarios surrounding the reasons your expectations may not be reality.

2 time Olympic Gold Medalist, Michele Smith drops in on the podcast! We get into a fun conversation about all the happenings behind ESPN's softball coverage. We find out how much happens before, during, and after a game as well as all the moving parts we don't usually get to see when we are watching a game. She talks about how much prep work goes into a telecast and what goes on behind the scenes...

Listen in on the conversation I had with Coach Sean Wade, Paul D. Camp Community College Head Coach and Director of Softball Operations at TopHand Foundation. We get into the little nuances between D1 recruiting and JUCO recruiting. There is are so many things that play a role when determining the future for our athletes. A lot of things are missed and a lot of things are unknown until it's too la...

Continuing our series on mental health and communication, in part 4 we sit down with Best Selling Author, International Mental Performance Speaker, Jenn Starkey. We wrap up the series on communicating to better our mental health. We recap some of the key points and look towards the future.

In part 3 of our series on mental health and communication, we get into some analogies to help us better understand what we go through. We learn a few tools that we can use to help communicate a little better.