The Kally V. Podcast: Owning Your Opportunity

Well hello again and thank you for tuning back into my podcast to follow up Part 1 with Coach Jill Stephens! In part two of my interview with Pitching Coach Jill Stephens from Fast Pitch Power she shares physical her training techniques (getting a pitcher to feel their movement) BOTTOM LINE: Understanding what the healthy and Optimal mechanics look like before adding anything on to their pitch.  &...

Wow, what can I say, Jill and I can talk! In this particular episode we talk about how FPP got started, her origin story of whip pitching, growth spurts, hurrying up only to wait, and we close part one down one of our favorite pitching tools! We even discussed whip pitching vs hello elbow! I guess this is a PLUS of talking to the daughter of a pitching coach that I have admired for years through Y...

Wow, what can I say, Jill and I can talk! In this particular episode we talk about how FPP got started, her origin story of whip pitching, growth spurts, hurrying up only to wait, and we close part one down one of our favorite pitching tools! We even discussed whip pitching vs hello elbow! I guess this is a PLUS of talking to the daughter of a pitching coach that I have admired for years through Y...

In this episode I have the honor of sitting down and chatting with my dear friend Chelsea Gonzales and her 3-month-old daughter Lelaini even makes an entrance. Little did I know the 2021 Fall season of coaching at South Mountain Community College here in AZ under Head Coach Brittney Mata and Co-Head Coach Brandon Telesco, it would connect me with someone such as Chelsea. She is probably one of the...

Hey guys, thanks for listening to my podcast! This particular episode is dedicated to my Birthday wish for you to learn more about how to overcome the hard stuff…one pitch at a time so to speak. I share something with you that is always always on my heart and in my mind or maybe it’s in my heart and on my mind? As someone who has faced a lot of adversity and been faced with life changing and life...

In this particular episode, Ashley B discusses, not only the physicality’s of certain approaches into the box but also the mentality and the emotional strength it takes to continue showing up as a successful batter. Ashley shares with us when she made pivots in her own career as a young athlete going from a predominantly right, handed hitter and moving over into the left side of the box and becomi...

What’s up guys, in this particular episode I’m gonna share with you from my experience as a Coach, Mom and Wife one massive tool that will help you navigate perseverance. After all this is us just continuing to move forward as we face adversity no matter what! Join me along side others as we figure out how to navigate adversity…one pitch at a time. This is how we are going to learn to simply OWN I...

In this particular episode, Coach D is going to share with you her 14 years of experience of being a pitcher, the mentors that fed into her and helped her become the player that she was and the coach she is and strives to be daily. She also shares with you some of her heart! I highly encourage you to lean into this, grab a notebook, take notes and maybe a box of Kleenexes! Enjoy and as always than...

STAY HUNGRY-GET FED! In this fresh, brief episode I share about two women who are owning it! Mental Coach Dar Owning her adversity, writing a book (it’s released!) and making a 26 year career of what it means to show up as a Professional Mental Coach! Also I want to direct my strong ladies to ➡️ Lindsey Schwartz Owner and Founder of Power House Women business and Podcast!! I’m calling it now! Coac...

Hello!! In this first episode of the New year (I know it’s already February) The topic is how to Keep it simple. AS ALWAYS, Thanks for tuning in to my podcast!! In this particular episode I’m going to encourage you by sharing some adversity I faced as a former colligate athlete on how I had to “keep it simple” after one of my first ROCK BOTTOMS as an athlete …but was it really a rock bottom or jus...

Happy Monday friends! In this particular episode of Mondays Motivation I’m gonna share with you a little theory about owning two things before noon. Those two things are going to set your evening up to go smoother. I also share with you little nuggets about the mindful minutes and/or mindful moments that I find myself in with my kids. For instance do the dishes or know that those dishes are going...

In this episode I interviewed one of my one on one athletes as to what constructive comparison means to her. I have been working with her since she was eight years old, it’s crazy we have almost been working together for 10 years! Gianna Baca is a Junior in HS this year and soon will be embarking on the next chapter of her softball career. #classof2024 It is important as a coach to make sure that...

What’s up guys in this episode I talk about two words constructive comparison. Many of you right away go to constructive criticism but there is a huge difference in the value of this theory that I’m going to discus. Throughout my 24 years of coaching I have learned in order to teach an athlete to keep moving forward they need comparisons but CONSTRUCTIVE. I am going to share how I apply it to not...

In this episode I share with you as a former colligate athlete as a professional coach and as a parent of multiple athletes and also the wife of a coach how you always have a choice to choose to be successful in any moment. I no sometimes it feels like we don’t but when we truly slow down and allow ourselves to be present even in the fastest of fastest moments we find the choice in that situation....

Hello in this episode I am actually just going to share with you guys where I’ve been in my busy season and how I’ve been getting through it this was however published back on June 29 but due to some unforeseen technical errors I had to delete it and I’m putting it back up yet again so you may have already heard this episode! Anyways thank you as always for

Hi everyone, in this episode I talk about how one has to learn how to lose in order to know how to win. I know this sounds weird to some of you especially if winning is all you care about but if you’re a coach or an athlete that has learned how to trust your process of success, you know what I’m talking about!! I’m gonna break down the word learn into five power words created from my 24 years of c...

In this first of many episodes I share with you one of my biggest takeaways ABOUT just how connected the softball world is at every level from of these coaches were there for one thing, to get FED! Meeting some of my softball hero’s, putting names to faces and over all connecting even more in the softball coaching world for my Pitching business, my travel team and the college team I work with in p...

All right I already know you were like Coach you talked about the foundation but you talk to nothing about the grip!?!😜 In this episode I talk about the grip but I also talk about you as the coach knowing your worth and finding the athletes that want you to be their coach and the athlete you want to work with, this is truly working with your people.

In this episode I share with you several ways on how to get started with a beginner pitcher but I also share with you one of my specific approaches to working/coaching with the beginner pitcher. Using metaphors has been one of the best coaching tools I have been able to use throughout my 24 years of coaching/working with pitchers one on one from the beginners level to the experienced level. When y...

Hello everyone! In this episode I am going to Spotlight one of my one on one athletes, Norah Kennely! She plays for Scrappers Fastpitch out of northern Arizona more like Flagstaff!! I highlight on her ability to remain confident on the mound and share some of her most recent growth this year! I’m so proud of you girl!

In this episode I celebrate one of my one on one athletes on pitching as she dominated the mound this weekend! So much so she was voted MVP and she and her squad won the SHIP!!! 🏆🏅🥎❤️💪. I also hit on some key factors that have helped Cailee continue her growth in her position on the mound along with some adversity. Plus I was finally in a position where I could go watch her OWN IT at SS and at...

Hello! Thanks for listening! In this episode I share my experience in coaching with building a positive team culture. I discuss tough topics, help those listening to this define where they are at as well as offer help to those that want to get better. The 3 main parts of that culture are the Athlete, the Parents and the Coach. This is one of my longer episodes (sorry about that). It is packed full...

In this episode I am going to share with you in my 23 years in counting of how to grow from failure not just as an athlete but as a parent and as a coach. I also talk about how to allow your daughter to write her story versus living your story of what happened to you as an athlete. I even share a little about the collateral damage that parent/parents can cause all because their story is still brok...

Not gonna front this episode is not for every coach. If you are a coach who thinks you know it all there is to know this isn’t for you but if you are a coach at any point in your coaching career you consistently strive to learn and do better this is for you! After all it’s my calling to own my position as a coach my failures and my greatness so I can help other coaches on theirs as well! #accounta...

Hi y’all! I hope you are all having a wonderful start to your week I really hope you get some motivating vibes from this episode, some encouragement and some arrangement as to how to share your adversity in order to show others just how strong they can be to here’s a a trip down memory lane as to how my life changed when I was 20 years old. I am also including information about my next 🥎PITCHING...