The Greater Than Sports Drink Advantage! Let's face it. Concessions stands don't typically offer healthy options for our kiddos (or us) during the day, and unfortunately, a lot of athletes are loading up on sugary snacks and sodas between games to stay hydrated and energized. When it comes to food and drinks convenience often trumps nutrition. But we believe that what you put INTO your kids, is what you will get out of them performance-wise. How many of you have experienced the game day break blues, where your team gets a long break, (usually as a higher seed) only for them to … [Read more...]
Your Softball Season IN Review | Softball is For Girls
Review Your Softball Season! It might not be as bad as you think! Tis' the season! If you look on the Softball is For Girls Group page on Facebook, every other listing is a team looking for players or players looking for teams. Its the upside fruit basket turnover that inevitably comes near the end of every softball season. World Series and National Championships are complete (often filled with their own kind of burnout and drama), and families although possibly looking forward to a short break, are also curious about the greener ballfields that may or may not be out there for the next … [Read more...]
To The Coach Who Saved Me| Softball is For Girls
A letter of thanks to my coach! Yesterday, we published an open letter to a coach who ruined the game for a young player. You can read that here. CLICK HERE for Yesterdays POST! But today, we want to share an Instagram DM from one of our fans who shares a different story. Look, its easy in this life to simply place blame. We get that. And we also get that there are far more great coaches out there who do what they do, and love the girls and the game and invest a ton of time and energy into their teams with very little reward in return. And we are THANKFUL to each and every one of … [Read more...]
To The Coach Who Made Me Hate Softball | Softball is for Girls
Today, an open letter from a player to the coach who made her hate softball! Dear Coach; It has been a couple of years since I walked off your field for the last time. And sadly, it was the last time I ever played softball. And I have you to thank for that. Despite being blessed with an encouraging family, and people who supported me and my dreams of playing softball - the most lasting effect was left by you. Your words hurt. Your words wounded. Your actions caused softball to be such a stressful part of my life, that I felt it was best to just hang up my cleats and walk away. … [Read more...]
Fastpitch Softball Translator
What we say, and what we mean are often two entirely different things. In our efforts to remain politically correct, it becomes important for coaches, fans, and parents to read between the lines - especially with all the tryouts and the upside-down basket turnover of players and teams that are quickly approaching as summer season comes to an end.... Today, we offer the fastpitch softball translator. Here are 10 things you will at some point, (we promise) hear in the softball world, and what these phrases really mean! My daughter is a pitcher and has 6 pitches. Translation" My … [Read more...]
How to Make a Pitcher Mad!| Softball is for Girls
Pitchers. They do a hard job. In front of so many people to boot. And to be successful they have to put in hours during practice and after practice. It's not easy and not every softball player is cut out to be a pitcher. Today, we discuss the 5 easiest ways to make a pitcher mad. Not that you want a mad pitcher, because that's not good - but maybe more so you can just identify these behaviors and STOP them before they happen. Tell her to (and we quote) "just throw strikes!" This is #1 for a reason, because there is likely nothing else that makes a pitcher more irritated than to … [Read more...]
What Makes an MVP?
When you think of an MVP, you may think of a pitcher who pitches lights out. Or a catcher who throws out 5 runners trying to steal. You may think of the over the fence homerun that won the game, or the singular player who made the ONE BIG play. Truth is, that each of our kids are developing at different paces and levels. One of the great things about being a coach or parent is being able to see the things the kids work on in practice, translate to the field of play come tournament day. To others, they may not notice it. They may not notice the player who has struggled all year making … [Read more...]
Put Me In Coach | A Letter to My Coach
I came to your tryouts and made your team,I got a blue jersey with bright red seams. I was super proud, I wore it to bedDreams of playing travel softball danced in my head. The season started, we practiced a lotYou taught me things I had never been taught. My skills got much better, I could throw, field and hit I made new friends, they feel like family I admit. Now we are playing tournaments and games all the timeMy weekends are full, softball is always on my mind. The twelve of us girls are having so much funAnd to our surprise last weekend we won. Every … [Read more...]
Outside the Foul Lines
Obviously, we talk a lot about hitting stances, and proper mechanics and recruiting and winning and losing and all the fun and games and stress and excitement that comes along with playing fastpitch softball. Super Cute Rustic Wooden Wall Hangings or Your Softball Players! http://www.store.softballisforgirls.com We don't care, have never cared what level of ball you play. That is not our journey. We have the same respect for the girls playing Rec, as the ones we see making the Top 10 list at Extra Inning Softball weekly polls. In our eyes, they are all following the same dreams, … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to the Softball Snobs | Softball Is For Girls
Oh, we know who you are. You are the moms and dads who feel superior because your 10-year-old is playing on some fancy schmancy organization team where you are shelling out big bucks to make sure she is up against the best competition for her age group. There's lots of money, and lots of travel and lots of pressure being put on her - being replaced is usually in the back of her mind because many of these organizations are always looking for the next best thing. And you snub, or thumb your nose at the rest of us, the masses playing local lower level tournaments that won't equate to making … [Read more...]
Tips for Preparing for the New Softball Season!
If the rain ever stops, we will be in the midst of a new softball season. We know that teams everywhere have already been preparing and practicing and getting ready for the new spring season for a couple months now, because as you know there isn't much of an off season for softball. Today, we'd like to give you a few tips for making sure you are prepared for the upcoming softball season! Get your super cute, super amazing scoreboard from ScoreStix! Your score keeper will thank you, and they are AMAZING. For all the dads who threw with her first! (We have one for moms, too!) … [Read more...]
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