Growing the Game of Softball - Tyler Black

Patrick Jones Baseball

In today’s episode, we talk to Tyler Black. Tyler is the host of the Black Diamond Softball and fitness podcast. He talks about his background in softball as well as what he is trying to do within the game of softball and helping it grow. He also talks about how he coaches his daughter and explains the development process from a parent and from a coach. He also mentions some of the things that he thinks are going to help and improve softball down the road and where he sees the game going.

SHOW NOTES

[3:00] Why did you start your podcast?

[04:19] What’s something that you’ve learned from doing your podcast that has helped your family understands the landscape of travel softball?

[05:53] Where do you see the disconnection between parents, players, and coaches in softball?

[08:14] Why would there be a disconnect between the talent level from the east coast to the east

coast?

[09:52] Do you ever foresee high school ball going away and it’s just nothing but travel

ball?

[12:43] How necessary is it for parents and players to be traveling around all over the

country playing travel softball?

[16:27] Does everyone feel that they need to go to all these tournaments and play so that when September 1st rolls around, they’re getting the calls?

[18:24] What is going to be your plan for your own daughter going forward?

[22: 35] What is your advice to players who are on social media and want to get recruited?

[23:18] Make sure you have a clean professional profile to that when they see that, they know who that person is.

[25:18] Are there certain metrics that they should put out there on their social media?

[27:15] Let someone else tell your story.

[29:07] What are some of the things that you find yourself consistently working on with players?

[31:24] If you develop the person, you’ll develop the player.

[36:29] How much bigger do you see softball getting?

[39:16] Why do you think baseball would get involved?

FOLLOW TYLER

Youtube: Black Diamond Softball and Fitness

Facebook Page: Black Diamond Softball and Fitness

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