An Open Letter to All The Upcoming Softball Seniors | Softball is for Girls

You have walked in the places of the many others that came before you, and you will leave foot steps for others to come behind you. Maybe their names, or maybe your name lingers on a banner somewhere at the field still. Either way, be mindful of what kind of footprints you leave. (Read that sentence again!) BE MIND OF WHAT FOOTPRINTS YOU LEAVE BEHIND! Consider your legacy to your school program, to the people coming behind you.

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What 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.

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Those 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.

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Resistance Brands to IMPROVE HITTING | Softball is For Girls

Softball is such a unique sport. It is the only sport where players must be proficient in two completely different skill sets. We very rarely discuss the fact that there’s an incredible amount of learning and development on the road to becoming an elite softball player. The learning curve that transitions a good hitter into…

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10 Travel Softball Truths

There is more than enough room on the field for every child to succeed! “Better” is nothing more than an opinion. And we all have them. The feeling that someone is better than your kid (which there will always be someone better) is not something to feel defensive, angry or jealous over. It is these ‘better’ athletes that will make your child strive for better. No one is dimming your child’s light by being better than her!

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Where is the Softball Emoji? | Softball is For Girls

Dear SIFG | Softball Is For Girls | Advice Blog

The dream of a softball emoji is nothing new. Each year, when new emoji’s are released, us softballers wait anxiously to see our beautiful safety green ball with 88 red laces, so we can quit using the daggone baseball (or tennis ball).
And then there is the disappointment because, guess what… IT’S NOT THERE!

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The Chicken Bat | Safety First Sports/Demarini Bat Review

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Safety First Sports, recently sent us the new Demarini CF9 bat to take for a trial run. So we did what you do to take anything for a test ride, and opened the bat up to the entire team of 16U girls. They dubbed it the “Chicken bat” and it quickly became the hottest commodity in the dugout!

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Flabby Arms & Cellulite

Overheard at the ballfield last weekend by a cute little ponytail wielding 10 year old girl softball player. “Hey Mama, you should get this tank top, its such a pretty color and it would look good on you and you could wear it to our softball games!” The mom agreed it was cute, checked the…

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