It was that time of year again, when my daughter had went through yet another pair of her favorite cleats. This time they were Boombah, in royal and orange to match her travel team colors. Seemed like just yesterday she had picked them out, super excited the day that they came in. Now, older she traded them in for a pair of unimpressive and plain black Mizuno cleats that would simply blend in with her uniform. The once molded soles were flat and slippery, and the laces were permanently tied into multiple double and triple knots that had been bound together, cemented really - with a years … [Read more...]
Resistance Brands to IMPROVE HITTING | Softball is For Girls
Softball is such a unique sport. It is the only sport where players must be proficient in two completely different skill sets. We very rarely discuss the fact that there’s an incredible amount of learning and development on the road to becoming an elite softball player. The learning curve that transitions a good hitter into a great hitter is a simple one; find your style of hitting, follow your steps in that style, master it and continue to do it over and over again. This sounds simple, right? Then why is this one of the hardest skills to master? It’s a skill progression that must be … [Read more...]
10 Travel Softball Truths
One of the best things about our community is that we get to have the combination of our 'seasoned' players and parents outlooks combined with that of those just starting the journey. And what a JOURNEY it is... Our hope is always that we can help those that come behind us, avoid some of the mistakes that we have made along the way; that those with experience will chime in at just the right time to help those with questions and concerns making the ropes a little less prone to burning the hands. And that our newbies, so full of optimism and excitement and sheer joy and passion will remind … [Read more...]
Where is the Softball Emoji? | Softball is For Girls
The dream of a softball emoji is nothing new. Each year, when new emoji's are released, us softballers wait anxiously to see our beautiful safety green ball with 88 red laces, so we can quit using the daggone baseball (or tennis ball). And then there is the disappointment because, guess what... IT'S NOT THERE! Equality is something that all of us, in the female athletic community, are used to not having. The lack of a softball emoji feels like just yet another slap in the face, with no Title 9 to make it better. We have whined, complained, taken to social media, moaned and talked … [Read more...]
Raising Athletes in a Selfie Generation | Softball Is For Girls
Now through Wednesday! Join our WCWS CELEBRATION WITH $10 TANKS and 25 Cent Posters. The times they are a changing.... It seems like for today's youth, nothing actually ever happens unless there is a picture to prove that it did. And then, that picture gets immediately uploaded to some social media site - to forever embed the moment in time. This is the way it is. And everywhere you go, there is a generation of our youth who are staring at a phone making faces and fish faces and weird smiles taking selfies of themselves to commemorate every day they spend on earth. Then there is … [Read more...]
How to train a Softball Player | Softball is For Girls
There are so many incredible trainers out there. Let me preface everything I’m going to write in this article by stating that no one training method is the ONLY way to train an athlete. I find it extremely fascinating that any person to derive from any trainer or coaches’ beliefs is wrong. Yes, I’ve had my fair share of trainers that must make me see their methods or agree with them in their methodologies. I know what I’ve found a ton of success in with thousands of athletes. So, this brings me to my original question; “How do you train a softball player?” I’ll start off with telling you … [Read more...]
Is Your Athlete College Bound? | Softball is For Girls
Softball Bound is in the AppStore Today! Let us introduce Apps by AllTeamz, and our first app, Softball Bound. It is being released to help athletes contact the college fastpitch softball coach at their favorite universities. So before you click the icons, I know you are probably thinking $3.99? Here's the deal. I was maintaining a list of schools to help my daughter's softball team before attending tournaments. I got a list of all NCAA schools from the NCAA directly. The list doesn't tell you which schools have softball, so I spent a crazy amount of time putting together a list of the … [Read more...]
Ask SIFG – Your Fan Questions Answered
Having trouble on how to address a situation. I'm a coach 10U. After 4 balls I pitch to my girls. I didn't do my best with one girl and she struck out. She immediately goes to the dugout, gets in my daughter's face, and says "your mom sucks". I'd like to just let her know that if she has a problem she needs to come to me instead of my daughter. I already felt bad for the less than perfect pitches. I could use some advice. Wow. Sigh. When we relaunched we promised to add a "Dear Abby" style Ask SIFG to our website that would not politically correct and would be honest... SO here we … [Read more...]
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