To the GIRLS Waiting at HOME Covered in gear, and sweat and always ready for the pitch She sits behind homeplate, an expert in her niche. She is the eyes on the field, she always has her teams back Vigilantly waiting, and tough, never giving runners slack. Her legs may grow tired, from squatting so low Her arms always ready to make a strong throw. She blocks up balls with her body, her knees and her chest Protecting her pitcher, with never enough rest. She makes the umpire her friend, helps her pitcher look good Keeps the girls on the team doing exactly … [Read more...]
Pitcher Problems | Softball Is For Girls
Good LORT, we love to watch a good pitcher pitch. It's such an emotional, and mentally draining, and physically demanding and amazingly difficult task to stand out there in the middle of the whole entire softball field, with all eyes on you, (half hoping you do well and the other half hoping you mess up) that it's impossible NOT to be impressed by these kids who love, live and breath pitching. Once upon a time, we had daughters that pitched (they aged out sadly). And being a pitcher parent is a pretty tough gig in and of itself. We designed this shirt for her, because we thought it was … [Read more...]
You Know You’re a Softball Parent IF…. | Softball is For Girls
When you're almost 21 daughter storms out of her room growing what looks like horns out of her head, at 1 am because she can't sleep (and has a college exam at 7 am the next morning) because there is some God Awful noise that sounds like a combination of a jackhammer breaking up cement, and a toddler banging on pots...you know you're a softball parent. Because that noise echoing through the house is none other than a pair of softball pants with the belt still in them clanking around in the dryer because your other daughter realized at the 11th hour, that she needed to wear them … [Read more...]
The 5 Types of EYEBLACK Wearing Softball Players | Softball is For Girls
EYEBLACK. It is the makeup of Satan. It just has to be. Anything invented to stain expensive jerseys, and not come off with soap and water (or bleach and AJAX and pressure washing) that darkens pores and makes it look like you beat your daughter for days after the games, has to be the product of the devil. The moment a softball mom sees it, or hears the early morning tournament day suggestion of "hey let's put some EYEBLACK on," while one bad influence of a player with braided pigtails, pulls a fresh batch from her bat bag while her inexperienced mom stands by with pride because her … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to The Girls Who Have a Softball Mom | Softball is For Girls
October is Breast Cancer awareness month. But I can say for sure, that for me, and for my family - every month is breast cancer awareness month. Today, I want to write an open letter to all the girls out there who have a softball mom, because I lost mine 3 years ago to breast cancer that had metastasized to her brain. My mom was your typical mom. She nagged me about dirty clothes on the floor, used to fuss when I took my cleats off in the car, and was always the one making sure that my white pants came clean enough, that I had an extra pair of socks in case of a blow out, and who was able … [Read more...]
How to EARN YOUR SPOTS | Softball is For Girls
This past weekend at the softball field, after some (cough cough) gentle reminders that the girls would have to EARN THEIR SPOTS, we actually got to see it happen. After weeks of messing around with positions and line-ups, trying to figure out the ones that work best for the team - and listening to plenty of parent complaints in the meantime, the time had come to do that thing that nobody wants us to do. We sat the girls down, told them this was our last week of dilly-dallying, and that each child was personally responsible for earning their own spots on the field and in the … [Read more...]
The Best Nine | Softball is For Girls
We took a poll on our Facebook page this week and asked whether or not school ball teams should play the BEST 9 on game day, or whether seniority should play a role. You can see that poll HERE Y'all actually participated and commented (which we LOVE btw) and overwhelmingly the answer was that come game day, and especially come championship time - THE BEST 9 PLAYERS are who should be playing on the field. The problem is that the allocation of The Best 9, is likely different depending upon you ask. Sally's parents think Sally is one of the best 9 and should be playing short, while Coach … [Read more...]
5 Things at 5pm | 5 Softball Parenting Truths | Softball is For Girls
Softball parenting is a hard gig. For that matter, parenting any athlete, or child for that matter, is a hard gig. Todays 5 things at 5pm, are 5 hardcore softball parenting truths that are realized over and over again on a daily basis by softball parents around the world! It doesn't matter what YOU say, or that YOU have been witness to your childs lessons for all these years and know verbatim what the coach would tell them to correct a problem on game day - your child WILL NOT BELIEVE YOU or LISTEN TO YOU, and won't make any changes until you PAY the coach to tell her the exact thing … [Read more...]
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