The game of fastpitch softball is one of the most fun games to watch, especially when it is our daughters are the fastpitch softball players playing the game. We have always said that it is the perfect combination of an individual and team sport, where the two aspects rely upon the other for ultimate success. So what does this mean? This means that each individual softball player MUST remain accountable to their teammates for their performance on (and off) the field. The game is as much mental as it is physical, and today - we offer 10 tips for your fastpitch softball players to help make … [Read more...]
The Drive to Practice | Softball is For Girls
It was a regular Monday evening, except for that it wasn't. She drove herself to practice today. In her own car. She loaded up her gear in the trunk, hopped in the driver's seat with a quick swish of her pulled up in a pile blonde hair, wearing her black softball pants with the hole in the knee, started the car and drove herself the longest 6 miles of my life to the field where she has been practicing for as long as I can remember. Without me... I stood at the front door a long time, watching her tail lights disappear out of sight, around the corner of our street and into the … [Read more...]
What Matters Most | Softball is For Girls
Yesterday, we reached 170K fans on Facebook. We can remember when we just started all of this - the website, the store, the social media campaigns - never really knowing what it would lead to - tons of naysayers at our backs.. Just knowing that as a family raising 4 daughters, who loved softball - the inequities in community and resources were astounding, we wanted to make a difference. So, Six years ago, Softball is For Girls was launched, with just a few hundred followers and today we are a huge community of people who share the love of the sport, and one another. Our tagline "empowering … [Read more...]
10 Travel Softball Truths
One of the best things about our community is that we get to have the combination of our 'seasoned' players and parents outlooks combined with that of those just starting the journey. And what a JOURNEY it is... Our hope is always that we can help those that come behind us, avoid some of the mistakes that we have made along the way; that those with experience will chime in at just the right time to help those with questions and concerns making the ropes a little less prone to burning the hands. And that our newbies, so full of optimism and excitement and sheer joy and passion will remind … [Read more...]
Respect the Dirt | Softball is For Girls
The school my children attend, recently completed the construction of a new gymnasium at the high school to the tune of 7.2 million dollars. 7.2 MILLION DOLLARS! For a place to run and play sports in. A place to have pep-rallys. Yeah, it's nice...but 7.2 million dollars?????? This sparked our curiosity and we started doing some research to see just how much it takes to build a softball complex. And what we ended up with is a rant that your daughters need to hear about respecting the dirt. Let's start small. Itty bitty, really! A 4 field facility with a building in the center that … [Read more...]
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