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The Sins of the Father (or Mother)

There is an old adage that the perfect team of youth athletes would consist of a team of orphans. And one of the ugly truths of youth sports is that the adults (parents) are most often the culprit in turning what should be an empowering atmosphere – into one full of drama and stress. We…
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Love to Watch YOU Play!

It’s March. It’s Spring. This.  Is.  Such. A. Beautiful.  Thing. And that means that college softball has started, school-ball in many parts of the country has commenced and Rec and travel teams are either preparing to….or already taking the field. You can almost smell new uniforms void of season old eye-black, and knee holes at the…
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3 Nutrition Rules Every Softball Player Needs to Know

3 Nutrition Rules Every Softball Player Needs to Know By T.J. Allan, CSCS, CISSN www.AHFEdwardsville.com Without question, nutrition is the most overlooked performance enhancement modality available to softball players. With the help of an exercise program, it can increase strength, power, and speed as well as reduce injury potential and increase durability. Unfortunately, most softball…
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The Top 6 Stability Exercises for Overhead Athletes

Big Thank YOU to Dr. Eric Dixon, for this weeks health and wellness fastpitch article! The Top 6 Stability Exercises for Overhead Athletes By Dr. Eric Dixon, DC, MS, NSCA-CPT www.sportchiroplus.com In the game of softball, it’s becoming more and more trendy to try to gain strength and power at a young age. The parents…
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Under the Weather Tent – Fad or FAB? |product reviews

We don’t do very  many product reviews around here. But the other day, perusing internet, we came across the Under the Weather personal pop-up tent, marketed for soccer parents. And the picture of the mom on the sidelines huddled in her personal individual, roofed and walled tiny hut while the other parents got rained on…
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Adding POWER to Your Pitch |Softball is For Girls

How to add more power behind your pitch: the one movement every softball pitcher needs By T.J. Allan, CSCS, CISSN www.AHFEdwardsville.com Softball is a game of movements, not muscles. And there is one movement for softball pitchers that stands head and shoulders above the rest- hip extension. Just watch a pitcher as she prepares to…
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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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Reviving Corinth Ballpark: A Community Effort

Do you love the game enough to tackle the immersive and immense project of flipping a ballpark - just so kids in your community could have a place to call 'home'?
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The Beast of Burden | Corinth Ballpark Part 1

Have you ever driven around your community, seeing deserted ballfields blossoming with shoulder high weeds, where you can barely tell the infield from the outfield? Wondered what it would take to make that field playable again? Had a vision, and then just said…’nah.’ Meanwhile, your team and several others in your community are desperately trying…
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Brick Dust Diaries

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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Corinth ballpark

Reviving Corinth Ballpark: A Community Effort

Do you love the game enough to tackle the immersive and immense project of flipping a ballpark - just so kids in your community could have a place to call 'home'?
READ MORE

The Beast of Burden | Corinth Ballpark Part 1

Have you ever driven around your community, seeing deserted ballfields blossoming with shoulder high weeds, where you can barely tell the infield from the outfield? Wondered what it would take to make that field playable again? Had a vision, and then just said…’nah.’ Meanwhile, your team and several others in your community are desperately trying…
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Brick Dust Diaries

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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* A method of payment must be saved at sign-up. You will be billed automatically at the end of the trial period for $12.99, and your subscription will continue to renew automatically each month for $12.99 until you cancel your subscription.