How to EARN YOUR SPOTS | Softball is For Girls

After weeks of messing around with positions and line-ups, trying to figure out the ones that work best for the team – and listening to plenty of parent complaints in the meantime, the time had come to do that thing that nobody wants us to do. We sat the girls down, told them this was our last week of dilly-dallying, and that each child was personally responsible for earning their own spots on the field and in the line-up. 

The bomb had dropped

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How Not to Be a Sucky Softball Coach | Softball Is For Girls

Coaching. It’s a hard gig and can be a cocktail for disaster. Between parents, and dealing with players, and trying to make decisions for the greater good of all, that will certainly not be agreed upon by everyone involved – being a softball coach is not an easy feat. So first… We want to thank…

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The Boat | Softball Is For Girls

The snow has finally melted, seemingly weeks overdue – and underneath it lies a blanket of fresh green grass growing lush and thick. It is spring. And for as many years as I can remember, it is the longer days and warmer winds of Spring that I have always looked forward to. Spring. Spring means summer is right around the corner. 

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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…

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Are You Being Ripped off By Your Travel Team | Softball is For Girls

Are you being ripped off by your travel team? Every year,  we hear from families around the United states – and field hundreds of fan questions about the financial integrity of the softball business and in particular the managers and coaches of travel and school  teams. The keyword here is “BUSINESS,” because it seems that…

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When My Daughter Comes up to Bat | Softball is for Girls

Oh My God, how many outs do we have? Two outs. Are you serious????? Oh God,(folding head into hands) why does she always come up to bat when there are two outs with people on base? This is ridiculous, oh please, I hope she doesn’t miss. If she misses we are definitely going to lose this game. Wasn’t she up to bat last time we had two outs? This is crazy. What’s the score?

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