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...]
What Players Should be Doing on “The Bench” | Softball is for Girls
The “Bench” The “Bench”. Most players fear being put on the bench only because someone told them that it is not a good place to be. Why is it perceived as not a good place to be? I’ve said it for years, you can’t manipulate playing time so if 7 players never touch the ball and only the pitcher and catcher can be guaranteed playing time, why is it so bad to be on the bench? Here’s a new perspective that every softball parent needs to share with their players. If there are 12 players on a team minimum, then if the 3 on the bench come in to play they have to sub for 3 other players, that … [Read more...]
My Daddy Is My Coach | Softball Is For Girls
For the last 16 years, my daddy has been my coach. Some call it daddy ball, which I think is a stupid phrase considering if it weren't for moms and dads willing to coach - there would be a lot fewer softball teams. Today, I just want to set the record straight about what it really means when a dad is a coach, at least from the daughters perspective. I am a pitcher. Cliche, I know. But my dad did not start a team just so that I could pitch and get mound time. In fact, my dad expects more of me than any other pitcher on his team. And when we are home, and I am just relaxing, he is … [Read more...]
5 Things to Do More of in 2019
Cheers to 2019! There is nothing quite as exciting as a New Year to get us all motivated to do more of what we love, and improve ourselves tenfold. Here at Softball is For Girls, we believe the keys to happiness lie somewhere between the foul lines. So we have made a fairly simple, sharable and fun list to make sure YOU get the most out of 2019, by encouraging you to do more of the things you love. First and foremost, play SOFTBALL more! Yes, more! Even if you are at a family reunion and someone brings a plastic bat and whiffle ball, be sure to play 'softball' more! Go to … [Read more...]
Check out the Best Softball Uniforms for 2019 | Softball is For Girls
It has always been said that girls need to feel good to play good, while boys need to play good to feel good. And we think the best softball uniforms available today are from Two Five Apparel! And when it comes to feeling good, softball uniforms definitely play a part. Girls love to wear their team colors with class and love showing up to play ball looking better than any other team at the park. We have been coaching and playing fastpitch for over a decade, and nearly each and every time we see a uniform get-up that we love, it has one thing in common. It is made by Two-Five- … [Read more...]
Best Softball Bat of 2018 | Softball is For Girls
We call them the Bat Wars. Every year the big bat companies come out with a new and improved, hot out of the wrapper, bat guaranteed to make the girls hit better BAT, that will only set you back a few hundred bucks. And yet our most popular fan question of 2018 (and nearly every other year) is what is the best softball bat for my daughter to use? So today, we get down to the nitty gritty of the bat wars. And while our methods aren't exactly scientific, we utilized the power of an amazing fan base of 188K fastpitch softball families to come up with the answer. As usual, the … [Read more...]
She Threw with Me First | Softball is For Girls
She Threw with me First! (Written & Copyrighted By Stef Daniel & Softball is For Girls, dedicated to my husband who has lovingly been the first one to throw with all of this daughters) Please SHARE, but Please Give Credit! A baby pink blanket and a onesie with flowers, a girl was born you beamed for hours. Then it hit you one day that you didn't know much, about barbies and makeup and dresses and such. The years flew by the love grew strong, she painted your nails, you played with dolls all day long. But now she was growing up, you wondered what you would … [Read more...]
