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One Important Trait of SUCCESSFUL SOFTBALL PITCHERS

Pitching. Pitchers. Softball Pitchers. What we have found is that pitchers are a tenacious bunch of girls. They tend to be the perfectionists, the “OCD kids”, the able to withstand great pressure but also put THEMSELVES under great pressure kiddos. Above so many things, we have found that there is one common thread of successful softball…

An Open Letter to My Pitcher Daughter

Dear Daughter; First off, know that I love you. With all my heart. I have watched you work so hard to stand out there on the pitching rubber, just so you could serve your team to the best of your ability. Your hard work, your willingness to put yourself out there, you determination, your dedication,…

Kathy is Sorry | Softball is For Girls

Meet Kathy! She is a softball mom, wife of a softball coach, and one of our dear friends. If you were to meet Kathy in person, you would absolutely love her. She smiles all the time, is super smart, (and beautiful) and generally has all her shizz together. Her clothes always match, (you know those…

Beneath Every Softball Jersey Lies a Soul

We love our fan questions. We really, really, really do! We know that it takes guts to ask some of these questions, which is why we offer the option to do so anonymously. Yesterday, we received an anonymous fan question/fan share – where the sender begged us to share it with all of you and…

5 Ways to Ensure Your Youth Athlete is Miserable and Fails

Youth athletics. Sigh. What a mess it has become. Dead are the days of recreation athletics and low pressure games where parents are just happy to see their kids outside, playing a game with their friends. Now youth athletes are under soooo much pressure. It’s become a job. And unfortunately, parents who claim to not…

We lost a softball game, and it’s My FAULT!

One of the things we love about social media is that we get to connect with so many awesome fastpitch softball fans. On Instagram, we get to connect with the girls – your daughters – the girls playing the game. DAILY, we get tons of messages, tags and DM’s (some of them asking what to…

REAL College Recruiting Tips

At SIFG, we follow a lot of folks in the industry on social media. Recently, we came across Cheri Naudin with Collegiate Sports Advocate and thoroughly enjoyed a series of posts and social media posts and tweets that she posted in regard to recruiting. Having personally been through the recruiting process with our own kid,…

6 Things That Make a Great Fastpitch Catcher? Besides a Great Arm!

When we think of fastpitch catchers we often think of a powerful arm. A girl who can sit behind the dish, and from her knees – throw a ‘rope’ from her knees to second base (or first or third) that basically hits her infielder in the glove to get the out! Yes, a good arm…

The Softball Sock | Softball is For Girls

It occurred to me today, as I found a disgusting, crusty rolled up ball of a sock under a pillow on my daughters bed – that softball, and socks in general have made me made me lose my mind. Why? Because I sniffed it. I actually sniffed it. I don’t know, maybe to see if…

Tuesdays Top 10 Plays | Softball is for Girls

Cue Sports Center Music….. (now that will be stuck in your head all day!) If you spend enough time at the fast-pitch softball fields, then you KNOW that there are some amazingly awesome plays being made out there on the dirt and grass of America’s softball fields. Some, no matter who makes them – no…

So Much for Saturdays…

So much for Saturdays spent mending the yard, for sleeping in late after working so hard. So much for the laundry, or scrubbing the car – the shopping, the cleaning must wait by far. So much for the weekend spent mowing the lawn, this weekend it seems the weeds won’t get gone. So much for…

Fastpitch FRIDAY – SIFG Favorite THINGS!

Gosh! Have you ever just looked online at all the amazing things there are for fastpitch players, coaches and fans? Well, we have – and it’s funny how badly you can start to covet something fastpitch softball related. Or you see something at the field that someone else has, and you’re trying to take secret…

Reserve Your Spot

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! A large part of us being a small, family run business means we like to reach out, help and work with others like us. We all have to start somewhere, right? As you may know, we do not typically allow advertising on our media outlets — simply put because we have…

HELP Wanted! |Softball Parents

HELP WANTED WEDNESDAY! Yep. It’s us again. And this morning, we are throwing UP our hands and placing our very first classified ad in the hopes that there is power in numbers, and that softball parents united can help us avoid reaching for the red solo cups we keep hidden in our coolers due to…

Tuesdays Top 10 – 12 Tips for Softball PLAYERS

So you are a softball player? Congratulations! This means you are a lucky girl, and it means that the people in your family have set aside lots of their own time, and hard-earned money, to ensure that you get to pursue something you LOVE! 12 Tips for softball players…. And they do, happily…willingly… this because…