Dearest Daughter...So you did not make the team; I watched you meticulously pick out matching softball outfits to wear for the tryouts. We bought new cleats and practiced for weeks and weeks ahead of time. Ground balls, and hitting, and fielding and pop flies galore. You have grown so much in your softball ability over the past year, I like you - was filled with the hopefulness that this time you would see your hard work pay off. After tryouts, we talked about what you felt you did right, and what you felt you did wrong. You had a bad spell where your head got in the way, but you were … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to My Softball Loving Daughter | Softball is for Girls
Dear Softball Loving Daughter; You love softball, I get that. And I promise that there is nothing I would rather do than watch you play. I love it, too. Even on those days when it so darn hot that I am drenched with boob-sweat that stains my shirt and runs down my butt crack and makes my chair feel like a soggy mess - so much so that I am worried when I get up it will look like I peed my pants. (Gross, I know!). Even on those days when I am dodging rain drops, and sitting through lightning delays and eating mushy sandwiches out of the bottom of the cooler because your team had one bad … [Read more...]
Happiness Is | Softball Is For Girls
For parents, it's sometimes so easy to spend our time worrying and stressing about the 'struggles.; The team drama, the playing time, what we feel is fair and unfair, bad calls and bad luck. It's easy to worry about the money, what the best thing to do for our daughter is, and to feel frustrated over decisions made. We love our kids. We want to see them happy and successful, and so of course we worry. Even so, there is something addictive - something strong that runs through our veins and hearts, something that draws our kids into sports, and this sport in particular - that we cannot ever … [Read more...]
5 Things the Scorebook Misses | Softball is For Girls
We know how important a score book is. We know that coaches rely on it to make game improvements, and get a snapshot of who is doing what well and who isn't so they can prepare the lineup for the next game. But the truth is that there are some things that all the stats in the world, and the score book just miss the mark on reporting. And our hope is that coaches, parents, and players will look beyond the numbers and the stats. Today, we share just a few things that the score book leaves out. And these are just one reason we urge you to check out "The Brick Dust Diary" recently released. The … [Read more...]
Respect the Dirt | Softball is For Girls
The school my children attend, recently completed the construction of a new gymnasium at the high school to the tune of 7.2 million dollars. 7.2 MILLION DOLLARS! For a place to run and play sports in. A place to have pep-rallys. Yeah, it's nice...but 7.2 million dollars?????? This sparked our curiosity and we started doing some research to see just how much it takes to build a softball complex. And what we ended up with is a rant that your daughters need to hear about respecting the dirt. Let's start small. Itty bitty, really! A 4 field facility with a building in the center that … [Read more...]
A **FREE** Public Service for Softball is For Girls Fans – The Blue Chew®
Its January. Which means we are getting closer and closer to the start of (eeeekkkk) softball season! Who else cannot wait? The smell of grass, and dirt, and sweaty girls, and the concession stand hamburgers. The clinking of the bats, the giggles and laughter and cheering and applause.... Shall we go on????? It's right around the corner. But we know that its not always easy for us ADULTS to sit there at the fields and be completely calm and cool as cucumbers. If the kids only knew that albeit blessed we are to be there, it is also awfully difficult some days to endure the stress and … [Read more...]
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 pitchers. Pitchers are hard workers, thinkers, determined, they desire to be the best, are DETAIL oriented... And really, it makes sense that 'that' type of personality would naturally make a good pitcher. Pitching is one of the only positions on … [Read more...]
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 have enough time to do anything in life but work, and chaffeur their children around from one activity to the next, are at the root of the problem. There! We said it. In all our willingness and eagerness to get our children ahead of the game and recruited to college at … [Read more...]
Fan Question Friday – ‘Softball is For Girls’ Answers
SHIRT SALE GOING ON NOW! Many Designs JUST $16! On any given day, SIFG receives an overwhelming amount of emails with fan questions, fan-shares and other awesome things related to softball! We love them - so keep them coming. We typically post them to the group and let the community, with all their knowledge and experience give a multitude of answers, which in turn helps everyone. Recently, we received a fan question, that we feel compelled to answer. Simply because, while it may be different words or the small details may … [Read more...]
