An Open Letter to Fastpitch Coaches & Parents About Autism

We received the following from a fan. We simply ask that you read with an open heart. This is our fanshare of the week. “I’ve seen this subject many times. If a  girl has an attitude it brings down the team. While I agree to that statement to a certain degree, it also bothers me. Here…

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Love to Watch YOU Play!

It’s March. It’s Spring. This.  Is.  Such. A. Beautiful.  Thing. And that means that college softball has started, school-ball in many parts of the country has commenced and Rec and travel teams are either preparing to….or already taking the field. You can almost smell new uniforms void of season old eye-black, and knee holes at the…

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H9 water. New Trend in Hydration |softballisforgirls

TAKE THE GUESS WORK OUT OF PROPER HYDRATION – A MOM’S PERSONAL JOURNEY IN FINDING A SOLUTION Written by Mia Woodlee As a softball parent I am extremely diligent in monitoring my daughter’s intake of water during practice and games. She suffered from heat exhaustion several years ago when she first began playing softball. It…

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Logan’s Story

Back in December, we were notified by Head Coach Chip Parsons of Pine Ridge High School, that their team was going to adopt an honorary player for their season. They chose a little girl named Logan, who is battling a deadly illness, and named her as a member of their High School Softball team. The…

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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…

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Safety First | fastpitch softball

At Softball is For Girls, February is slotted for health and wellness. We will be bringing you important information about how to keep our young players healthy, in body, mind and spirit all month-long.  And of course, we cannot begin to talk about wellness without talking about safety. Fastpitch, is not called FAST pitch, simply…

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When the BEST, Isn’t? | fastpitch softball

Youth sports is a hodge-podge of things all wrapped into one. When you have so many adults with tightly held vested interests and a bunch of kids in a competitive venue, and all sorts of different ideals on everything from participation awards, to work ethic…there’s no chance that you will escape without grievances. So it…

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Fan Share Friday – Dani’s Story

We received an email from a young fan, who wanted to share her story with us, but made us double pinky swear PROMISE not to disclose who she was. Names and locations have obviously been changed, and some minor editing has been done on this post (although shes a fantastic writer and must excel in school)  We are…

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Against the Odds –

For our first player/team of the week featured player, we are actually getting a little personal. Thankfully, our own children don’t read the website, or else we would certainly be in trouble for writing about one of our own daughters. Or for writing about ONLY one of our own daughters. You get it, its lose-lose…

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Fastpitch – Jackie’s Story – Part 2

Yesterday, we had Part 1 of Jackie’s Story. Today is part 2. If you didnt read the first one, here is the link. http://www.sifg2021clone3.flywheelsites.com/2014/12/28/fastpitch-softball-jackies-story/ If you have a story you would like to submit, or if your player does – please email it to us at softballisforgirls@live.com!  For weeks in a row, Jackie came to practice.…

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