10 Ways to Ensure Your Best Softball Players Will QUIT

Team jumping. It’s common. And many people think it’s a problem. Truth is, for coaches and parents – when you field a team of 10-11 girls, you depend upon ALL of them to remain true to their commitment to the team. Sometimes however, things happen. The grass may look greener on the other side of…

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Tips for Coaching YOUNG Softball TEAMS

It won’t be long, and the cool chilly mornings will give way to lovely, breezy afternoons. As Rec departments and travel leagues across the country look forward to the upcoming thaw, there are tons of NEW coaches, and NEW players looking to tackle the brick-dust for the first time. Most often, a coach is born…

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SIFG and ALLTEAMZ – Helping Players and Teams Connect

Every Sunday, we do a Sunday shuffle post, offering players looking for teams and teams looking for players and opportunity to connect with one another. One of the most common questions we get via private message and email asks us for help to connect players and teams.  It is a firm belief of ours that…

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Taking a Break from Fastpitch

It’s December, and for many of us – this means that weather and cooler temperatures put a damper on our fastpitch fun. As teams, we end up scrambling for indoor facilities to use (which are both expensive and booked solid), and as players and parents – we finally get the breathing room it takes to…

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Tips for Coaching Fastpitch Girls

If you are coaching fastpitch, then you know that their mindsets can often get in the way of their performance on the team.  One girl in a bad mood can set off a ripple effect in the dugout and if your not careful, can cause you to assign quite a few laps around the outfield.…

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Making the Team – School Ball Softball

Here in Georgia, thousands of girls are gearing up for ‘school ball’ tryouts and workouts.  Each girl has a dream, to make the coveted school ball team, win over the coach and adorn a jersey in their schools colors. It’s a beautiful dream, one which can motivate the average player to step up her game, which…

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Should Girls Stay in One Fastpitch Position?

Oh wow.  Here is one of those questions that standardly comes up when a parent is pissed off.  Why?  Because their daughter, whom they feel is the optimal 3rd baseman has been playing centerfield for the past 2 months.  Let’s not forget one thing.  She has made some pretty awesome catches out there, saving the…

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Fastpitch Softball Drills – Coaching Tips

Do you use fastpitch drills to help condition your team? It’s a fact that there is a fastpitch softball drill you can use for nearly every single teaching lesson known to the softball player.  And using the drills are perfect as a reminder for keeping your girls in form and teaching the fundamentals.  But how…

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