Our goals are not just about winning games, or getting into college. Our goals HAVE to be to raise children who grow up to be awesome mothers and fathers to tomorrows children. To raise kids who grow up to be good husbands, and good wives. Who grow up to compassionate towards others, who have empathy, and who are prepared for a big, bad, bold world of ugly that is willing to suck them in at anytime.

Because softball....and because life....Well, they are both games of errors and mistakes. We win some, we lose some. We make mistakes, we drop balls, we walk people, we overthrow, we miss the mark of perfection - countless times. On the field and off.

It's her blood sugar. It has to be. Everyone as bad days, but when the bad days or the bad play just seems out of character and your kid is a type 1, you immediately go to the blood sugar. When you are a T1D mom, you go to the blood sugar. Not as an excuse, but because that feeling hits you that something just isn't right with your kid.

One of the most instrumental forms of assessing a players overall softball skill is the phrase “ The 5 Tool Player.” What is a 5 tool player? A 5 tool player is a player that has a skill set that encompasses skills important to a softball player. These five skills are...

Earlier this week, on the NPF Akron Racers Facebook page and announcement was made about three massive sporting companies, Nike, Under Armour and New Balance, that essentially is a huge slap in the face to every young girl playing sports, and every parent with daughters who play softball. “Three of the most recognizable sports brands…

We have not been shy over the years to admit that we are a God Believing company. While we have zero no plans to push religion down your throats, we personally recognize the amazing blessings that we have been gifted from the softball fields over the many years, some so beautiful in fact that they could only come from God Above. And no matter what or how you believe, we think everyone can agree that ALL OF US have been blessed beyond measure...