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When She’s Playing Softball
A few weeks ago, we ran a series of posts about what coaches and parents are thinking when their daughter plays fastpitch. Most of you could relate to some or all of any of those posts. If you haven’t read them and need a laugh you can check them out here. When My Daughter…
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So You’ve Never Hit a Home Run
Homeruns! Can you just imagine what Kaylee Puailoa felt after she hit her walk off, two run bomb over the fence – with two strikes and two outs, to cinch her teams place in the WCWS? That’s a moment she will never forget, and a moment that many players dream of having. It seems when…
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To the Girl that Doesn’t Believe in Herself
To the Girl that Doesn’t Believe in Herself, We just want you to know how amazing you are. We see you struggle. We see your hang your shoulders, and your heads, and catch the glisten of tears that roll out of your eyes, before you wipe them away in the hopes that no one noticed…
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Mound Time
We get a lot of emails from parents of pitchers, especially those just starting out in 10 and 12U. Many parents are on teams where they are concerned that their daughter is not getting enough mound time. Or they are on a team that has 3-5 pitchers, and they don’t like or agree with the…
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Six Simple WORDS Your Softball Player NEEDS to Hear
What SIX SIMPLE WORDS DOES YOUR LITTLE DIAMOND DIVA REALLY NEED TO HEAR? On the SIFG Facebook page, we are inundated with questions and rants from parents and even from players, about the problem with parents on the field. Let’s be honest! None of us are ALWAYS flawless spectators. We all, as adults get emotional,…
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To Wear a Uniform
Sometimes at the strangest places, insight can hit! Last week, standing at the Fort Benning Infantry museum, watching soldier after soldier exit the building in their uniforms – matching browns and boots and caps – I realized the sheer, amazing power and blessing that it is to adorn a uniform. Sure, these young men were…
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The Final Chapters – Millie 19 & 20
Part 19 Cooler weather. The dark period. Somehow, this year it seemed more dark than ever. Chillier. The leaves crunching under my feet seemed so loud. Summer had ended. I walked up to the front door of Coach Mike’s house just as the sun was setting. A perfect and inviting wreath hung on the door,…
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How Not to Freeze Your A$$ OFF!
It is absolutely no fun watching your kid play if you are freezing your bootie off. We got the bomb diggity of products that will keep you warm!
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Travel Ball in the Early 80’s | Softball is for Girls
Sat around thinking about all the things….all THINGS we as parents do to enable them to play their sports. Travel ball, in nearly every sport is now the ‘norm.’ Where I grew up, there was no such thing as travel ball, unless you counted taking the game to another weed infested field in a neighborhood…
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The Final Chapters – Millie 19 & 20
Part 19 Cooler weather. The dark period. Somehow, this year it seemed more dark than ever. Chillier. The leaves crunching under my feet seemed so loud. Summer had ended. I walked up to the front door of Coach Mike’s house just as the sun was setting. A perfect and inviting wreath hung on the door,…
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Millie (Explaining Mama)
The thing about broken people is that they don't need OUR forgiveness. They need their own. There is a big misconception about all of that. My mama was not a bad person, not a bad mother. I know what you are thinking.
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How Not to Freeze Your A$$ OFF!
It is absolutely no fun watching your kid play if you are freezing your bootie off. We got the bomb diggity of products that will keep you warm!
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Travel Ball in the Early 80’s | Softball is for Girls
Sat around thinking about all the things….all THINGS we as parents do to enable them to play their sports. Travel ball, in nearly every sport is now the ‘norm.’ Where I grew up, there was no such thing as travel ball, unless you counted taking the game to another weed infested field in a neighborhood…
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The Final Chapters – Millie 19 & 20
Part 19 Cooler weather. The dark period. Somehow, this year it seemed more dark than ever. Chillier. The leaves crunching under my feet seemed so loud. Summer had ended. I walked up to the front door of Coach Mike’s house just as the sun was setting. A perfect and inviting wreath hung on the door,…
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