Softball. Family.. Commitment…

SIFG | Softball Is For Girls

What there isn’t enough emphasis on, is that sometimes we find ourselves so busy DOING life, and being apart of the team that we forget how to be a family at home. Today, we wear the busy badge like a medal of honor. We all do it, this isn’t judgment. We joke about taking our vacations with the team, and not being home enough to cut the grass, or constantly having to snag food on the go. We post on social media about how busy busy busy our lives are – and feel almost smug about it.

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One Coach, Two Coach, Three Coach Four

In recent weeks, we have had several fan questions in regard to coaching. Many players, especially as they get into middle and high schools have one, two or even three different coaches. They play for a travel team for most of the year and then are merged together on a school, or even an elite…

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You Know Your Daughter Plays Softball WHEN…..

In some ways, its funny – just how much us softball parents/grandparents/coaches and fans are alike. And most of us probably have a love-hate relationship with the game of softball – even though we love it much more than we hate it. The thing is, that our daughters cannot pursue this passion on their own,…

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Softball Player Responsibilities

Get your HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE WITH SIFG GIFTS and Shirts!  You play softball, right?  Your mama and daddy don’t play.  YOU PLAY! If so – then chances are your parents have taken on a lot of the responsibility to ensure that you can play. Driving you to practice, buying your equipment, showing up at games,…

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Dear Softball Girls – Be the Solution!

Today, we take a short detour from our softball affirmation in the hopes that we can reach our girls on the field in a different way.  Reminding them that they are all more the same than different. Reminding them that the choices they make every day in their life, from what they text others to…

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Silly boys….Softball IS for Girls

As a parent of four girls, it is often frustrating to see how much emphasis is placed on baseball, while fastpitch players seem to get thrown in the background.  The girls work just as hard, sweat just as much, spend as much time at the field as the boys, yet never seem to get the…

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