HeyJaredFrom the Coach's Mouth
Jay Bolden of BeBold Fastpitch and St. Xavier University, and Ken Krause of Softball Success and the Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog, talk with fastpitch and specialty coaches about their lives, their journeys, and their thoughts on a variety of topics related to the sport of…
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Episode 75: Scott Mead (opens the original)
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This week Jay and Ken are joined by Scott Mead, a former police officer on a high-risk apprehension team and current travel baseball and softball coach who talks about using what he learned as a police officer to help train athletes on how to manage the critical 10 seconds after something goes wrong (strikeout, error, etc.). Scott talks about why that initial reaction is so important, some of the techniques her teaches to overcome it, what held him back from achieving more in his own playing car
Episode 74: Joey Cunha (opens the original)
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Hold onto your hats and get ready for your head to spin as Jay and Ken welcome The Farm System's CEO and co-founder Joey Cunha to the podcast. Joey shares some of the knowledge he has gained through his study of human performance across multiple disciplines - knowledge that has led him to become a hitting consultant for about half the Major League Baseball teams as well as working with collegiate athletes and programs in both baseball and fastpitch softball. He shares how he got started, why he
Re-Release: College Bound Jocks (opens the original)
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With the September 1 start of the D1 recruiting process coming up, plus changes to NCAA eligibility rules such as 5-for-5 which adds an extra year of eligibility for D1 athletes, Jay and Ken thought it would be a good idea to reach into the archives to their conversation with Brian Chidester and Brian May of College Bound Jocks for their take on the whole recruiting process, what athletes and parents should be doing, how to determine which level of play is right for them and more.
Episode 73: Jay and Ken on the Quest for A Level Bracket Pitchers, Player Development v Winning, Using Video (opens the original)
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Jay and Ken are back with a brand new episode guaranteed 100% fresh! They offer their thoughts on teams looking for "A Level Bracket Pitchers" post-tryouts, parents and coaches placing trying to win every game over player development, unrealistic expectations for pitchers, the reality that other players won't be perfect either, the importance of using video during training and more.
Re-Release: Dr. Rob Gilbert (opens the original)
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With the 2026-2027 softball season getting under way we thought it would be good to address the mental side of the game with this re-release of Jay and Ken's conversation with the amazing Dr. Rob Gilbert, professor of sports psychology at Montclair State University. Dr. Gilbert shares his thoughts on the importance of consistency to achieve excellence, how a thought repeated enough becomes a belief, Muhammed Ali's approach to training (and how he hated it but trained harder than anyone in spite
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