10 Tips for Fastpitch Softball Players | Softball Is For Girls

 Ball FIRST! As with all things in life, priorities will make or break us. We have to ‘bloom where we are planted’ so to speak, and in fastpitch defensively or offensively, it means your first priority is the ball. If you are always moving toward the ball, always following the ball, keeping your eye on the ball, it will lead you to exactly where you need to be. So keep it simple, and repeat the mantra BALL FIRST in your head while you are playing. And remember the ball is your friend…it’s one of the main reasons you are on the field. So keep it simple. Ball first. 

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Remember When? | Softball Is For Girls

“The greatest moments of childhood are often spent on the fields of athletic achievement, with families cheering one another on, and creating memories and bonds of love that can never be undone” Today, we present something you will not want to miss out on! We understand fastpitch and know just how amazing these years are.…

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We lost a softball game, and it’s My FAULT!

One of the things we love about social media is that we get to connect with so many awesome fastpitch softball fans. On Instagram, we get to connect with the girls – your daughters – the girls playing the game. DAILY, we get tons of messages, tags and DM’s (some of them asking what to…

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Tuesdays Top 10 – 12 Tips for Softball PLAYERS

So you are a softball player? Congratulations! This means you are a lucky girl, and it means that the people in your family have set aside lots of their own time, and hard-earned money, to ensure that you get to pursue something you LOVE! 12 Tips for softball players…. And they do, happily…willingly… this because…

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Know Any of these softball players? | fastpitch softball

  The beautiful thing about a softball team, is it is comprised up of anywhere from 9-15 girls, all of whom have a special personality that completes the team in one way or another. And chances are you might encounter a softball player with one or more of these traits. Softball teams are a lot…

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Playing Fastpitch with Fear

If you have played fast-pitch long enough(or have a daughter that does) you should realize that softball is largely a game of failures. While the ULTIMATE goal, may be perfection – a game with absolutely no errors, where no batter strikes out or gets thrown out, where pitchers don’t walk a single batter, or ever…

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My Daughter Plays Softball (AND She’s Terrible!)

SIFG prides itself on respecting and empowering ALL the players of fastpitch! We realize the varied levels that are out there, and for some reason there is often a wave of judgment that seems to exist in regard to those different levels of play. Select, elite, Gold, A, showcase (whatever word used in your area)…

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10 Ways to Ensure Your Best Softball Players Will QUIT

Team jumping. It’s common. And many people think it’s a problem. Truth is, for coaches and parents – when you field a team of 10-11 girls, you depend upon ALL of them to remain true to their commitment to the team. Sometimes however, things happen. The grass may look greener on the other side of…

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3 Tips for Boosting Self Confidence in Your Softball Player

It has been said, over and over again “Girls need to feel good to play good,” where as boys “Need to play good to feel good.” And for many fastpitch parents and coaches, and girls – one of the biggest obstacles to success is self-doubt, or a lack of self-confidence or insecurity. The question therein becomes,…

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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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