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4 Types of Leaders on the Softball Field | Softball Is For Girls
Leadership on any team is important! Today, we discuss the 5 types of leaders we often see on a softball team.
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Under Every Softball Jersey Lies a SOULS (Or Two)
Call it what you want, but this game is one of emotion. Emotion for ALL Of US! This fanshare from the inbox is a perfect dose of reality, because after all we are ALL HUMANS first and foremost. If you ever get to the point where this is just about a game, its time to reflect and remember that underneath every jersey lies a soul….
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Is Your Team Predictable?
So once upon a time, 100 years ago, ok it’s really about 30 years ago ( wow, writing this I realize it may as well be 100 years ago), I played on a really good travel ball team. We weren’t the best there was but we were really good. In fact, we should have won…
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What Matters Most | Softball is For Girls
Celebrating reaching 170K Fans on social media! With a little reminder about what matters most! When the day comes that you fold up your folding chair for the very last time, no matter where you have traveled, how many trophies or medals you have won, regardless of how many tournaments you have played in or the awards that you have gathered – it will be the PEOPLE and the relationships that you have met and made along the way that mattered most.
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Fan Questions at 5pm | Softball is For Girls
We are collectively losing our focus, and along the way – this loss of focus is causing several things. Today, our fan question talks about just this!
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Taking Care of Your Injuries | Softball is For Girls
The first time I start training new teams or players, I ask “is anyone injured?” You should see the number of hands that go up. I would say I’m guaranteed at least 3-4 in a team setting. These injuries range from knee pain, shoulder pain, chronic injuries to hips, or back issues. You name it,…
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Those Cleats
But it is in those cleats, that my daughter has lost herself and found herself a hundred times over, that she has learned when to walk and when to run, that she learned to trust her hands and her heart, that she learned the true meaning of friendships, and that the undying passion and love for a game that has been a huge part of growing her into the young fierce woman she is today, was first sprouted beneath her feet, wearing those cleats.
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Resistance Brands to IMPROVE HITTING | Softball is For Girls
Softball is such a unique sport. It is the only sport where players must be proficient in two completely different skill sets. We very rarely discuss the fact that there’s an incredible amount of learning and development on the road to becoming an elite softball player. The learning curve that transitions a good hitter into…
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10 Travel Softball Truths
There is more than enough room on the field for every child to succeed! “Better” is nothing more than an opinion. And we all have them. The feeling that someone is better than your kid (which there will always be someone better) is not something to feel defensive, angry or jealous over. It is these ‘better’ athletes that will make your child strive for better. No one is dimming your child’s light by being better than her!
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Where is the Softball Emoji? | Softball is For Girls
The dream of a softball emoji is nothing new. Each year, when new emoji’s are released, us softballers wait anxiously to see our beautiful safety green ball with 88 red laces, so we can quit using the daggone baseball (or tennis ball).
And then there is the disappointment because, guess what… IT’S NOT THERE!
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Raising Athletes in a Selfie Generation | Softball Is For Girls
How to raise athletes in a selfie generation. So with all this ‘fake’ self love and admiration of the self, and the love of the selfie – how are we supposed to raise athletes – or people for that matter, who get past the toddler mentality that they world revolves around them and help them migrate into a team environment.
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How to train a Softball Player | Softball is For Girls
Is Your Athlete College Bound? | Softball is For Girls
Is your athlete College Bound! Well, there’s an app for that. Check out the new app from All Teamz that helps you contact college coaches from all over the country!
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Ask SIFG – Your Fan Questions Answered
When we relaunched we promised to add a “Dear Abby” style Ask SIFG to our website that would not politically correct and would be honest… SO here we go. Pitching to your team is like when you are driving down the road, completely sober and suddenly a state trooper gets behind you and you all of the sudden can’t maintain your lane, and can’t seem to go fast enough or slow enough, and all your driving confidence gained after all those years on the road is suddenly gone and you are driving like you have downed a 5th of tequila.
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Planning for Your Softball World Series | Part 1
The World Series. The perfect combination of sport and destination. Today, some must read ideas for making your World Series experience a smooth one. Tip #1 – PLAN NOW! As in today!
