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10 Tips for Fastpitch Softball Players | Softball Is For Girls
Ball FIRST! As with all things in life, priorities will make or break us. We have to ‘bloom where we are planted’ so to speak, and in fastpitch defensively or offensively, it means your first priority is the ball. If you are always moving toward the ball, always following the ball, keeping your eye on the ball, it will lead you to exactly where you need to be. So keep it simple, and repeat the mantra BALL FIRST in your head while you are playing. And remember the ball is your friend…it’s one of the main reasons you are on the field. So keep it simple. Ball first.
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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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Weight Room Basics
As part of our commitment to the players and coaches of fastpitch, we are working with Kris Massaro, owner of Softball Strong and ArmProBands to bring you weekly input in regard to training and keeping these athletes healthy.
Please visit her blog at ArmProBands, and follow her at Softball Strong on Facebook!
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Softball Wisdom for Life | Softball is For Girls
If you have never read anything from Softball is For Girls, we ask that you read this and share it with your girls. Our motto has always been to empower, and these words of wisdom from a coach we know and love, pretty much says it all. Softball is not just softball. It’s life disguised…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mistakes Even GOOD Coaches make | Softball is For Girls
Coaching is hard. There are a zillion things that go on after practice, and on the hours and days when the team is not meeting at the field or playing a game or in a tourney. Seriously. Until you have done it, been responsible for orchestrating the menagerie of managing 11 different family schedules, personalities…
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Accountabili-TEE
Sat at hitting lessons the other night, watching softball player after softball player of all ages, walk into the gym, bat in hand ready to get in some cage time with a hitting instructor for $45 per half hour session. Parents eagerly paying half a weeks grocery money (myself included) in order to improve their…
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Should Pitchers Throw Batting Practice?
This is one of the most common fan questions we get in regard to pitching. It comes in several forms. The first being, “Our pitchers dont throw batting practice during team practice. Shouldn’t our team learn to hit off live pitching?” The second being, my daughter throws multiple times per week, and then at practice…
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Tuesdays Top 10 – Things to do in the OFF Season
Say it in’t so, right? But for many of us – colder weather, snow and other such catastrophes of Mother Nature – are pushing us to what is (or what used to be known as) The OFF SEASON. You know, that time of year where teams dis-band for a little while, and girls everywhere trade…
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3 Nutrition Rules Every Softball Player Needs to Know
3 Nutrition Rules Every Softball Player Needs to Know By T.J. Allan, CSCS, CISSN www.AHFEdwardsville.com Without question, nutrition is the most overlooked performance enhancement modality available to softball players. With the help of an exercise program, it can increase strength, power, and speed as well as reduce injury potential and increase durability. Unfortunately, most softball…
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The Top 6 Stability Exercises for Overhead Athletes
Big Thank YOU to Dr. Eric Dixon, for this weeks health and wellness fastpitch article! The Top 6 Stability Exercises for Overhead Athletes By Dr. Eric Dixon, DC, MS, NSCA-CPT www.sportchiroplus.com In the game of softball, it’s becoming more and more trendy to try to gain strength and power at a young age. The parents…
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Adding POWER to Your Pitch |Softball is For Girls
How to add more power behind your pitch: the one movement every softball pitcher needs By T.J. Allan, CSCS, CISSN www.AHFEdwardsville.com Softball is a game of movements, not muscles. And there is one movement for softball pitchers that stands head and shoulders above the rest- hip extension. Just watch a pitcher as she prepares to…
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Your Child See’s a Chiropractor? |fastpitch health and wellness
SIFG thanks Dr. Soldano for sharing his expertise! We stand behind Chiropractic care for young athletes! If you enjoy this article, ENJOY You can grab a copy of Dr. Soldano’s book on Amazon by clicking this LINK! So, Your Child Sees A Chiropractor!? When I am educating my patients and my community about Chiropractic, it…
