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To Wear a Uniform

Sometimes at the strangest places, insight can hit! Last week, standing at the Fort Benning Infantry museum, watching soldier after soldier exit the building in their uniforms – matching browns and boots and caps – I realized the sheer, amazing power and blessing that it is to adorn a uniform. Sure, these young men were…

When I am Coaching Softball

Ever wonder what the coach is REALLY thinking during games, while he/she is coaching? Wonder no more? Wow (readjusting hat to hide frustration) Did she really just let that ball go right between her legs? We practiced fielding ground balls, for like oh – I don’t know, two hours last week during practice. She didn’t miss…

Softball Recruiting for Dummies… | Softball is For Girls

Softball Recruiting. The word in and of itself is one that seems to be presenting itself earlier and earlier in the fastpitch circuit. When you hear about 8th graders verballing to D1 schools, it causes a sense of urgency among parents that start feeling like if they do not do something RIGHT NOW, they will…

Watching Fast Pitch Makes Me FEEL…..

Amidst the drama and struggles that come along with fast pitch, it is often easy to forget just how blessed we are! It’s not every parent that gets to spend most weekends WITH their daughters, taking part in watching them do what they love. Watching them literally grow up right before their eyes, from teeny…

Fan-Fession/ Fan-Shame Friday!

If you have been with us long enough, you may remember our fan-fession/fan-shaming Fridays! Hilarious posts where players, parents, and even coaches own up to some of their wackiest thoughts. Today, we share a collection of fan-fessions! Because laughter is good medicine! Chances are someone in your softball family can relate to at least one…

When My Daughter Pitches | Softball is For Girls

Being the parent of a pitcher is not for the faint at heart. And since so many enjoyed the inside dialogue of When My Daughter is Up To Bat, we thought we would share this gem…. Warning….there may be some foul language involved in this post. Oh My God, they are putting her in. It’s…

Mays TEAM Give-AWay

We love our fans. We couldn’t do what we do without you. That’s just one reason why we want to give away an entire TEAMS worth of shirts! And entering to win is easy, with no purchase required. Plus, you will get to choose which shirt you want for your team. CONTEST RULES: You must…

6 Things to Remember this Saturday | Softball is For Girls

It’s Friday night. If you are playing this weekend, that means you have checked the weather a zillion times, have ran to the store, loading up on waters and snacks for the day, checked the weather again, made sure the uniform was somewhere you could find it in the wee hours of dawn when its…

My Daughter is Perfectly Average | Softball is for Girls

ALL POSITION SHIRTS ARE BACK UP AT THE STORE FOR A LIMITED TIME! 1st, 2nd, 3rd, SHORTSTOP, catcher, pitcher, outfielder, slapper, hitter! They are all UP! When it all started out, I have to admit I thought my daughter was a super star. Like seriously the best ball player…

Thoughts for Thursday! The Fastpitch BUSINESS! |softball is for girls

The softball world as we know it has spiraled from sandlot games and tube socks on Saturday to a full-scale arena where words like ‘recruiting’ and ‘college’ are being baited into the minds of parents with girls as young as 10 and 12 years old. Think about that for a minute. 10 and 12 years…

Softball Players Prayer

SIFG, wanted to share with you the “Softball Players Prayer, written by us! ” If through the softball field, you are to set an example (whether coach, parent, fan or player) we HOPE that its a good one! The SOFTBALL PLAYERS PRAYER God, Allow me to play my best, but with integrity. Allow competition to make…

To You It Looks Like Just Dirt….| Softball is For Girls

To you this may simply look like a jar of dirt. But what you don’t know, is that inside this jar lies a fragment of dirt from nearly every field you have played on since I first realized your passion for this game. By now, I could have filled up 80 jars of dirt, so…

An Open Letter From the Coaches Wife….

I am the coaches wife, and have been for many years. We have seen so many players come and go,and cross through out paths – and each one of them, from those way back in 6U have had something to teach me and my husband. I have also seen and met all sorts of parents.…

If you Give a Girl a Softball….

If you give a girl a softball, she will want a bat to go with it. You’ll buy her the best bat you can find, and then she will probably want a bucket of balls and a glove and some cleats too. (and maybe a bow) When she realizes she cannot carry all these things…

5 Things EVERY PITCHER Needs to KNOW | Softball is For Girls

Make no mistake about it. Pitching is a hard gig! Those girls that are brave enough to stand on the rubber and pitch have our deepest admiration. It’s amazing how some of these girls would faint at the thought of giving an oral presentation in front of 350 people – yet seem confident and content…