Posts Tagged ‘fastpitch softball’
Does Size matter? | Softball is For Girls
Let’s try this one more time for the people in the BACK… Commenting or judging female athletes because of their SIZE, is rude – and has ZERO place on the ballfield. Read on…
Read MoreSoftball Team Questionaire| Softball Is For Girls
If you are a softball coach who truly values the input of his or her players, and promises not to get butthurt or defensive, this softball team questionnaire is a wonderful way to build team communication and allow your players to take ownership and reflect on performance. Download your free printable copy.
Read MoreA Softball Love Story | Softball is For Girls
And that, is my softball love story. I hope that whomever reads this, realizes that whether they are in the dugout or on the bleachers and sidelines, there are eyes, very impressionable eyes – watching and learning about life through the examples you provide.
Read MoreScarlett Pickle – Softball Player Spotlight
Meet Scarlett Pickle – our Softball is For Girls Fan Featured Player!
Read MoreAnd, Chloe Cried | Softball is For Girls
Chloe cried the night before 3 day tryouts began, intimidated by the older kids and girls she knew from school that were on elite teams. Not sad tears, but nervous ones. She tried to control the mental chatter in her brain – vowed to do her best and off she went.
Read MoreJust a Georgia Softball Player – Part 1
I took my first percocet when I was
Read MoreRemember Your WHY! | Softball is For Girls
Love the game with all your heart, REMEMBER your why and how it felt at the start.
Read MoreFunny Things Softball Players Say | Softball Is For Girls
Softball Players say Funny things. Today, we share some of our favorites. We recently had a Facebook post looking for the funny things softball players say. After reading through the over 200 comments, with a couple of nose snort laughs, we realized that to offset some of the stress of being an athletic parent, we…
Read MoreFastpitch Softball Translator
What we say, and what we mean are often two entirely different things. In our efforts to remain politically correct, it becomes important for coaches, fans, and parents to read between the lines – especially with all the tryouts and the upside-down basket turnover of players and teams that are quickly approaching as summer season…
Read More10 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.
Read MoreWhat Matters Most | Softball is For Girls
Celebrating reaching 170K Fans on social media! With a little reminder about what matters most! When the day comes that you fold up your folding chair for the very last time, no matter where you have traveled, how many trophies or medals you have won, regardless of how many tournaments you have played in or the awards that you have gathered – it will be the PEOPLE and the relationships that you have met and made along the way that mattered most.
Read MoreThose Cleats
But it is in those cleats, that my daughter has lost herself and found herself a hundred times over, that she has learned when to walk and when to run, that she learned to trust her hands and her heart, that she learned the true meaning of friendships, and that the undying passion and love for a game that has been a huge part of growing her into the young fierce woman she is today, was first sprouted beneath her feet, wearing those cleats.
Read MoreLife Lessons From Softball Little Leaguers | Softball Is For Girls
Lessons from the littles…There are only so many chances in life to slide into home plate! Go ahead and slide. Make a grand entrance. Get a little dirty. And by all means remain enthusiastic every time you cross home plate!
Read MoreToo Short to Pitch…Too Fat to Play Short
She is too short to pitch. She is too heavy to play middle infield. She’s too slow to be a catcher, too awkward to play the outfield, too slow to run the bases, too scared to play third.
Read MoreAmong Your Softball Team…
15 Years from today (FROM RIGHT NOW) the vast majority of these girls will NOT be playing softball.
What will the girls remember about you? What will they takeaway from their time on the field? What are you doing to encourage the skills they do have, to take advantage of their strengths? How will the girls among your team, remember you?
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