Most players have just one tournament left this summer with their teams. Play to win, go all out, make memories with your friends, have fun in the dugout, & don’t worry about the stands! Be YOU! Softball is a game where it is SO FUN to compete. Focus on you & your team & go win!
Dear Parents:
We all know many coaches can be better at how they plan and utilize team practice time. But let’s make sure we are clear about something, your athletes development is not solely on them. In fact, they are just a small piece. To blame them for your athletes lack of production is a mistake. Before second guessing your athletes coaches, answer these questions:
• How much does your athlete really love their sport(s)?
• How much time do they spend on their own daily/weekly practicing their sport(s)?
• What is their attitude like when with their team and things aren’t going well?
• Are they a good teammate?
• How’s their focus?
• Are they able to apply what they are learning?
• Are they in the right situation for their ability level?
• Are they accountable for their mistakes or do they have a habit of blaming and excuse making?
Great coaches can make a huge difference for players BUT they are temporary. Check your athletes habits before anything else.
If you’re a freshman/sophomore non-starter at a D1 with little to no stats and you enter the portal…
What exactly are you expecting?
An upgrade?
A lateral move?
A downgrade?
No stats = No résumé.
The market determines your value, not your ego.
Bringing energy doesn’t mean hooting and hollering from the dugout. Bringing energy means being intense from the second you show up for pregame til the game is over. Every rep. Every round of BP. Every pitch. No matter the score.
You have to commit yourself to that mindset.
Congrats to Coach @GeorgeRandolph3 . Member of the 2025 Class of the @KHSAA Hall of Fame. Certainly a well deserved Honor.
It's always what comes after the coma, George Randolph, husband, father, grandfather n now Hall of Famer.
The KSCA Class A player of the Year is Hancock's Lily Roberts. Also making 1st Team Is Baylee Estes & Tyranda Stuart. Ella House makes HM. In 3A Henderson's Taylor Troutman & Anna Kemp make 1st team, Annie Newman & Hallie McCracken make 2nd Team.
Borrowed from a FB page for Softball, but thought it applied to all sports:
This is how it should be 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
“People always asked "Why do you pay so much money for your kid to do sports”? Well I have a confession to make; I don't pay for my kid to to do sports. Personally, I couldn't care less about what sport she does.
So, if I am not paying for sports what am I paying for?
- I pay for those moments when my kid becomes so tired she wants to quit but doesn’t.
- I pay for those days when my kid comes home from school and is “too tired" to go to her training but she goes anyway.
- I pay for my kid to learn to be disciplined, focused and dedicated.
- I pay for my kid to learn to take care of her body and learn how to correctly fuel her body for success.
- I pay for my kid to learn to work with others and to be a good team mate, gracious in defeat and humble in success.
- I pay for my kid to learn to deal with disappointment, when they don’t get that placing or title they'd hoped for, but still they go back week after week giving it their best shot.
- I pay for my kid to learn to make and accomplish goals.
- I pay for my kid to respect, not only themselves, but others, officials, judges and coaches.
- I pay for my kid to learn that it takes hours and hours, years and years of hard work and practice to create a champion and that success does not happen overnight.
- I pay for my kid to be proud of small achievements, and to work towards long term goals.
- I pay for the opportunity my child has and will have to make life-long friendships, create lifelong memories, to be as proud of her achievements as I am.
- I pay so that my child can be in the gym instead of in front of a screen...
- I pay for those rides home where we make precious memories talking about practice, both good and bad.
-I pay so that my child can learn the importance of time management and balancing what is important like school and keeping grades up
...I could go on but, to be short, I don't pay for sports; I pay for the opportunities that sports provides my kid with to develop attributes that will serve her well throughout her life and give her the opportunity to bless the lives of others. From what I have seen so far I think it is a great investment!”
@SRUSA_Official
Congratulations to the following athletes in our national program who were selected to the @PGFnetwork Futures All American Game Watch List:
2025’s -
RHP Samantha Claire
OF Mikayla Deville
RHP Anna Kemp
RHP Kenna Moore
LHP Grace Proctor
IF Ava Segura
2026’s -
1B Reygan Ackley
IF/OF Ayden Bennett
MIF/OF Carmen Boxberger
RHP Sophia Cain
RHP Kaliyah Clausen
LHP Kelsie Donaldson
C Charlotte Garrison
MIF/OF Olivia Keiter
MIF/OF Gracie Mazzola
C Ryanne Pozza
C Gianni Torres
RHP Lexi Vernon
IF/OF Sydnee Wagner
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