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The Players Commitment Letter

OUR NEWEST DESIGN! And it’s JUST $12 this week while supplies last. As a member of a TEAM, each and every person – from the coaches and parents to the players and fans, play an integral part in the success of the TEAM. The first thing, and perhaps most important thing to remember for ALL…

10 Reasons WHY you Didn’t Make the Team

Yesterday, we offered what we hope is empowering advice for all the girls trying out who may not have made their travel team! Again, keep trying. If you love the sport, then by all means – don’t give up. So you didn’t make the team. You can read the article right here…. As parents, we like…

So You Didn’t Make the Team

The spring and summer season has just ended, and tryouts for the next fall/spring and summer season are a hot topic of conversation. In fact, if you check out our Facebook Wall, you will see that there are numerous (and we mean numerous!!!!) flyers and post for teams and players looking for players and teams.…

A Fan Question & an Unpopular Answer

We receive hundreds of fan questions per week. Mostly, we post them to our facebook page in the hopes that our compassionate, experienced and amazing fan base of over 90K FANS will answer them considerately and honestly. Every once in a while, we get fan questions that truly ignite a lot of feelings. Just last…

A Letter to My Softball TEAM at the End of the Season

A Letter to My Softball Team at the End of the Season: It is at this time every year, when the grass on the softball fields begins to brown from too much summer heat and the stains on your uniform are no longer fazed by your moms Iron Out, that I am able to look…

New Ways to Look at Your Softball Family

When it comes to our softball team, the reality is that they become family. Softball teams and their families spend an immense amount of time together. And just like our regular family, our softball family is sure to be full of different characters who get on our nerves. And chances are WE (meaning you) get on…

10 Considerations for Choosing Travel Softball Teams

Unless you are part of a huge fastpitch organization, there are very little checks and balances in place when it comes to fastpitch softball travel teams. Normally, a parent or two get together chatting over morning coffee or a back yard barbecue and decide that they want their daughters to play travel. And then, a…

Traits of a Great Softball Coach | Softball is For Girls

The fastpitch softball community has been blessed with an immense amount of empowering, passionate softball coaches that give a large amount of their time to help the hundreds of thousands of girls out there who play ball, take their game to the next level. Sure, there are a few ‘rotten apples’ out there but largely…

Playing Through Pain

Given any weekend, starting at 12U and above, you can visit a local tournament and see the fields polka dotted with girls wearing color KT tape, knee and ankle supports, and icing their arms and backs, elevating their feet, and popping anti-inflammatory pills between games. Sure softball can be a rough sport, but for otherwise…

The Coach’s Daughter

Maybe we have been doing this too long. But so very often (unfortunately) when watching a fast-pitch softball game, we can decidedly tell who the coaches daughter is without the words “Mom, or Dad” ever being utilized. In fact, after 15 years on the field, we would be willing to bet money on our guesses…

10 Questions to Ask Your Softball Players

Softball is the perfect balance of an individual and team sport. No one person can be successful alone, and every individual has a job to do to make it work. Largely, when it comes to team dynamics and culture – it is the adults (parents and coaches) who have the most input. They are the…

Super Heroes Wear Facemasks

When Mizzou’s pitcher Finucane, took a line drive to the face Sunday during super regionals – we immediately put up prayer requests. Personally, as a parent to TWO high school aged pitchers, seeing this worst nightmare actually come true, sent chills down our spine, as we sure it did to every single parent and player.…

Should My Daughter Play UP?

The question of whether or not to allow your daughter to play up, is common. The reality is that there is no cut and dry answer. Many people consider ‘playing up’ as a marker of a girls talent, when in truth – all kids develop and master skills at different ages. Additionally,…

To Facemask or Not to Facemask?

It’s a popular debate. To facemask or NOT to facemask? And most folks feel strongly one way or the other. Caitlyn Ford’s parents didn’t mind their daughter pitching without a face-mask. In fact, she had gone from wearing one to not wearing one, and as innings and games went by without incident, it is easy to begin to get…

Garbage IN, Garbage OUT!

One of the most fantastic aspects of having our girls involved in sports is the fact that they are out on the field getting exercise. Today’s youth don’t spend nearly as much time playing outdoors, burning calories and exercising as the generation before them did, so its wonderful to see them doing so on the…