Good teams have good players and coaches. Great teams have great LEADERS on the team and in their coaching personnel. The definition of a leader, is "one that leads or guides," and we have found that there are many different styles of leadership examples among coaches and player on and off the field. One of the most fundamental aspects of leadership, is that in order to lead...the person leading must have established a level of respect from their team. Leadership is earned. This is why we believe that appointing leaders or team captains on a team - often backfires. Leaders … [Read more...]
Under Every Softball Jersey Lies a SOULS (Or Two)
Call it what you want, but this game is one of emotion. Emotion for ALL Of US! This fanshare from the inbox is a perfect dose of reality, and honestly...because after all we are ALL HUMANS first and foremost. If you ever get to the point where this is just about a game, its time to reflect and remember that underneath every jersey lies a soul.... (First let me just say, this is not my first rodeo. I have an older daughter playing competitive ball, but she has not had to change teams.) WE left our team a few nights ago. I say we because that's what it is. She's 9. She does not drive … [Read more...]
Is Your Team Predictable?
So once upon a time, 100 years ago, ok it's really about 30 years ago ( wow, writing this I realize it may as well be 100 years ago), I played on a really good travel ball team. We weren't the best there was but we were really good. In fact, we should have won a lot more games than we did. We had some great players on our team, players that went on to play at major Division 1 programs and the Olympics. As a team, we played very well together, and after three years together had really found our groove as a team. But now as an adult, with more softball knowledge, I realize we could have been … [Read more...]
What Matters Most | Softball is For Girls
Yesterday, we reached 170K fans on Facebook. We can remember when we just started all of this - the website, the store, the social media campaigns - never really knowing what it would lead to - tons of naysayers at our backs.. Just knowing that as a family raising 4 daughters, who loved softball - the inequities in community and resources were astounding, we wanted to make a difference. So, Six years ago, Softball is For Girls was launched, with just a few hundred followers and today we are a huge community of people who share the love of the sport, and one another. Our tagline "empowering … [Read more...]
Fan Questions at 5pm | Softball is For Girls
Today's Question: I have a question as my team moves into fall. Is it really a bad thing to just be okay with having a "C level" team? I have a couple players that could definitely make a "B" team and maybe even an "A" team but the girls all get along and have fun playing together and so do the parents. I realize that we won't be able to compete with the higher level teams so we would only play in "C" or maybe a "B" level. Is that a bad thing? The numbers of girls playing softball, is GROWING. And it is GROWING because more and more because there are more and more teams and more and … [Read more...]
Taking Care of Your Injuries | Softball is For Girls
The first time I start training new teams or players, I ask “is anyone injured?” You should see the number of hands that go up. I would say I’m guaranteed at least 3-4 in a team setting. These injuries range from knee pain, shoulder pain, chronic injuries to hips, or back issues. You name it, it’s there, I’ve heard it. My next question is “what are you doing for your injury?” That’s when I get a complete stare, nothing, no words, no plan for injury recovery, no icing , no elevating, nothing. I have yet to understand how any player can understand the fact that they have pain, enough pain to … [Read more...]
Those Cleats
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...]
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