College admission essay examplesTo write a successful admission essay is definitely the most complicated part of your college application, so be ready to work hard. The task becomes even more challenging when it comes to fitting all that important information about yourself and your achievements into mere 500-600 words. Even though you know how to do it right, you still need to look at several winning college admission essay examples. Sometimes, it is the only way to understand your mistakes and to learn how to make your paper better. So once you choose a topic, take some time to look through … [Read more...]
Cry me a River, Build a Bridge – Get Over it!
You ever have one of those days, where you almost wished you saved your gas and money and gate fee and just stayed home doing laundry instead of going to watch your daughters team play? Yea. Well. That was me last night, watching my daughters high school team play. We got DRILLED. And when I say drilled, I mean run ruled in 3 innings - blanking the scoreboard with not a single one of our runners making it to base, and fielding errors. My daughters team was unrecognizable, in fact at one point it didn't even feel like they were playing at all. Like, who are these girls, or better yet … [Read more...]
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. Some seasons have been amazingly fun - the kind that you never want to end, while others have been stressful and trying for everyone involved. This, perhaps is just the nature of youth athletics. For me personally, I have learned over the years that it is sometimes best for me to take a seat away from the rest of my team … [Read more...]
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 expectations and limits and actually getting people to show up and do what they need to do to make a TEAM WORK, you may wanna refrain from cursing and criticizing the coach too much. Even so, even the best - most well intended, fairest coaches make common mistakes. And mistakes … [Read more...]
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 - the softball coaches that most of us know are excellent. We believe there are certain qualities that make a great coach! It starts with an awesome human being, is sprinkled with game knowledge and the cherry on top is always love and passion for the girls and the game. We … [Read more...]
Season Opener Parent Meeting | Fastpitch Softball
It's that time of year again. Even before the first ripe sprigs of grass pop out, softball season is upon us. (Hallelujah) The chilly days and mounds of snow for some of you will give way shortly to perhaps, the most beautiful sports season known to wo-man! :) With the onset of softball season, comes a brand new spring crop. Softball coaches. As teams are born, so are coaches. Some hesitantly at first. Others cannot wait to jump in with both feet. And most with high expectations of teaching the kids so much, of being successful, of having fun, of experiencing the 'bliss' that most of … [Read more...]
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 out of a parent volunteer. They follow their daughters passion - and realize how addictive and amazing and wonderful and fun the game of softball is. Long filed away memories of smelly leather gloves, and dirty stained knees come rushing back and both parent and child are … [Read more...]
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 the RIGHT team dynamic and atmosphere exists for EVERY player. When this relationship is found, beautiful things can happen. SIFG has a nationwide reach, and while we wish we could connect every player with the RIGHT TEAM, we realize that our resources are limited. In an effort to help … [Read more...]
One Coach, Two Coach, Three Coach Four
In recent weeks, we have had several fan questions in regard to coaching. Many players, especially as they get into middle and high schools have one, two or even three different coaches. They play for a travel team for most of the year and then are merged together on a school, or even an elite team - where they have yet another coach. For some girls, this transition is smooth and they find themselves playing in the same position on one team as they do on another. But for others, the opposite is true. You might play 3rd base for your travel team and have a high school coach put you in … [Read more...]
