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Is Your Recruiting Profile Ready for the New Year? Your December Checklist is Here.
Let’s be real—between holiday tournaments, final exams, and trying to actually enjoy your winter break, updating your recruiting profile probably feels like homework. But here’s the truth: while you’re sipping hot chocolate, college coaches are already planning for next season. Your inbox might be full of “Happy Holidays” messages, but theirs? They’re scanning databases, watching film, finalizing their 2026, and continuing to build their 2027, 2028 and 2029 recruiting lists.

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Dec 29, 20253 min read


Cozy & Competitive: My Top 5 At-Home Drills for When It's Too Cold to Go Outside
Let’s be real—winter conditioning can be rough. When it’s sleeting outside, the field’s frozen, and your biggest achievement of the day is not losing a sock inside your blanket fort, the last thing you feel like doing is staying sharp for softball season.
I get it. But here’s the secret: some of the best work happens inside. You don’t need a full gym or even a ton of space. You just need a little creativity and the desire to come back stronger than everyone else who decid

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Dec 28, 20253 min read


5 Ways to Support Your Softball Player This December
The holiday season is here—a time of twinkling lights, cozy moments, and… utter chaos. Between shopping, baking, travel, and family gatherings, December can feel like a high-pressure tournament with no seventh-inning stretch. And right in the middle of it all? Your softball player.
She might be juggling winter training, off-season tournaments, recruiting emails, and the dreaded “dead period” anxiety—all while trying to be present for holiday concerts and family photos. It’

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Dec 27, 20254 min read


The Gift of Feedback: How to Conduct End-of-Year Player Reviews Parents Will Appreciate
The final game of the fall season is over. The cleats are muddy, the uniforms are (finally) clean, and for a brief moment, everything gets quiet.
This window of time—between the end of one season and the beginning of the next—is pure gold for a coach. It’s a chance to reflect, recalibrate, and, most importantly, connect. But how do you translate the season’s highs and lows into something constructive for your athletes and their families?
The answer lies in one of the most p

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Dec 26, 20254 min read


Fuel Her Game: Top Sports Hydration Picks from Arbonne - TPM Recommended
As softball parents, we’ve all seen it: the late-inning fatigue, the cramping during a long tournament weekend, or the post-game crash after giving it their all on the field. Proper hydration and nutrition are just as critical as practice—they’re the foundation of performance, recovery, and resilience.
Good news: we’ve done the homework for you! Here are our top 8 go-to hydration and wellness products designed to support your player’s performance, recovery, and overall hea

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Dec 25, 20252 min read


Why a Ravin Crossbow Is the Perfect Off-Season Gift for Your Softball Star
Dear Softball Parents,
We know the drill. The holiday gift list is a familiar rotation: a new bat bag, another pair of turf shoes, the third team sweatshirt this season. These are all great, practical gifts. But what if this year, you could give something different? Something that doesn’t just celebrate her life on the field, but empowers her incredible athleticism off it?
We want to introduce you to the gift that is sweeping through athletic families: The Ravin R26X Cros

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Dec 24, 20253 min read


What's the One Email a College Coach Will Actually Open During the Holidays?
Let’s be real: your dream college coach is buried in emails. Recruits. Current players. Alumni. Other coaches. Admin. Their inbox is a battlefield of unread messages.
But in December? It gets worse. There are holiday parties, family trips, end-of-semester grades, maybe even some vacation time. Coaches are people, too. They’re stressed, busy, and mentally drained.....

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Dec 24, 20253 min read


Glow Up While You Gift: The Hottest TikTok Shop Beauty Finds This Holiday Season
Let's be real: a softball player's skin and hair go through the wringer. Between hours in the sun, dust from the infield, sweat, and helmet hair, their idea of "self-care" is often just a long, hot shower after a doubleheader.
This holiday season, let's change that. Forget the generic gift cards. The best gifts are the ones that say, "I see how hard you work, and you deserve to be pampered."
We've scoured TikTok Shop to find products that actually make sense for an athlete'

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Dec 21, 20254 min read


Need a Last-Minute Gift She'll Actually Use? These Amazon Prime Picks Save the Day.
The holiday hustle is real. Between tournaments, practices, and school, finding a gift for your softball player that isn’t another pair of batting gloves or a pack of sports tape can feel like a full-count, bases-loaded situation.
Why she’ll love it: After wearing a helmet and a ponytail all day, her hair needs some serious TLC.
Dyson Airstrait™ Straightener
Why it's a Win: It’s a total game-changer for her routine off the field.
Click here to buy now: https://amzn.to/4oVGC

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Dec 20, 20254 min read


Why 90s & 2000s Softball Players Were the Toughest (The Toughest Era for Players)
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Video Transcript:
There is no group of softball players that is tougher than the era of like 90s and early 2000s travel softball players. Hear me out. Here's why. We had to play in shorts and not just like any comfortable shorts. They were this like non-breathable like nylon material. We had to play in those shorts.....

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Dec 9, 20252 min read
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