Posts Tagged ‘fastpitch’
Good Girls Play Softball
As a parent, there’s a lot of time, effort and money that you put in! I’m telling you today, it’s worth it! Your daughter will not just become a warrior on the field, but will also take the lessons she learns on the field, onward in LIFE! And this is as much your accomplishment as…
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If Only I Could PITCH Harder
Working with several fast pitch pitchers from the age of 10 to 15, the desire to pitch harder is always one of the first things that girls starting out are concerned with. You watch college softball, and after every pitch, you see the MPH in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and wish…
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Undefeated. The Art of Winning
Recently, there has been a certain 10-Under Girls Fastpitch team that has taken a lot of slack by other teams, parents etc. for achieving the coveted prize of winning. This season, this team of very dedicated, passionate little girls has sweat it out on the diamond, practiced for several hours per week – and have…
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Reasons You Should Encourage Your daughter to Play Softball
This is a fastpitch softball blog. Obviously, those of us working behind the scenes love the sport, and am thoroughly impressed with the gals who give their all on the field to make three outs, and score a run. Fastpitch is an intense competitive venue, and from the sounds that resonate from the dug outs,…
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The Many Faces of a Fastpitch Player
On of the most amazing things about the millions of girls who play softball, is that they have so many different faces. Last fall, the girls on our team were a hodge podge of talent, that completely transferred from the field to their lives. The short stop could sing. One of the pitchers played the…
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SHOUT OUT to Fastpitch Pitchers
My daughters pitch. I have spent endless time watching them throw that stupid, relentless optic yellow (although I still think its green) ball, trying to accurately hit what seems like a tiny target, to hear an umpire yell, “Strike!” For this reason, I love those umps that can get into the spirit of the game,…
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Should Girls Stay in One Fastpitch Position?
Oh wow. Here is one of those questions that standardly comes up when a parent is pissed off. Why? Because their daughter, whom they feel is the optimal 3rd baseman has been playing centerfield for the past 2 months. Let’s not forget one thing. She has made some pretty awesome catches out there, saving the…
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Is Travel Ball Better than Rec Ball?
OMG. It gets so tiring to listen to people complaining about recreation league ball teams. The truth is that most girls start out in Rec. Years ago, the only girls and parents who took the plunge to travel teams were the ones that truly knew their daughter had a shot. Today, EVERYONE IS ON A…
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Softball Drama – Not with THIS Mama
Listen girls. And coaches. And parents. There is already way too much drama in a girls life. The one place that she should feel safe from all the melodrama is on the softball field. In the years coaching fastpitch softball, there hasnt been a single season. Not one single season – that hasnt involved some…
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Fastpitch Softball Drills – Coaching Tips
Do you use fastpitch drills to help condition your team? It’s a fact that there is a fastpitch softball drill you can use for nearly every single teaching lesson known to the softball player. And using the drills are perfect as a reminder for keeping your girls in form and teaching the fundamentals. But how…
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Girls Need to Feel Good to Play Good
During one of the last fall tournaments, the team had a pretty bad showing. There were a lot of emotionally turbulent things going on within the team and among the members. You can only imagine how this affected 10 normally competitive and adept softball players. (It wasnt pretty!) When it comes to coaching girls teams…
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Fastpitch. Not Just a Game
I have met a lot of girls who play fastpitch. It seems to me, that nearly every girl I meet, expereinces some sort of emotional high when they are standing on the field. Maybe its the dirt. Or maybe its the generalized excuse of the game that allows girls to get aggressive and mean for…
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Silly boys….Softball IS for Girls
As a parent of four girls, it is often frustrating to see how much emphasis is placed on baseball, while fastpitch players seem to get thrown in the background. The girls work just as hard, sweat just as much, spend as much time at the field as the boys, yet never seem to get the…
