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Rounding Third: Practice Planning with author Coach Zach Casto
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Coach Zach Casto started his coaching career at West Virginia State University Student Assistant for 2 years (2016-2018) and is currently the Nitro High School Assistant Coach (Outfield, Base-Running, Analytics, First Base Coach). He is the author of "Rounding Third: Skills, Drills, and Best Practices in the Game of Baseball" and the Rounding Third Leadership baseball blog and Co-Host of "Classroom Chatter" podcast.
You can follow Zach on Twitter.
Sammy and Zach discuss:
- Why he decided to write a new practice and coaching book Rounding Third
- Why was it important to you to share where you learned these great ideas from
- His winning formula for teams and how to select players.
- Coach Butch Chaffin (Cookeville (TN) High School), “Teach your players like they are eight years old every day and you won’t get frustrated with them” and why it was mentioned in the book?
- Teaching seems to be always controversial but what are the core teachings for hitters
- How Coach Cal Bailey teaches pitchers to attack batters for our listeners His favorite defensive drills to work on with your teams