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So What? The Next Pitch Is Coming.

Heather Tarr, head softball coach at Washington, on losing her starting catcher two weeks before a 23-0 start — and the language that keeps a team playing pitch to pitch.

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A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Heather Tarr, head softball coach at the University of Washington — at the time of recording ranked No. 1 in the country and 23-0 — hosted by Lori Thomas. Topics covered: responding to losing a key player to injury, her path to coaching and Bruce Brown's influence as her junior high PE teacher, building a competitive culture with love and trust, the inner circle and communication triangle, leadership through older players, recruiting advice for student-athletes and parents (finding the right level and fit, asking the right questions), advice for young coaches (know your why, be the best where you are, network), and staying level-headed by playing pitch to pitch.

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