Happy 4th of July... Like all of you who enjoy this game of fastpitch softball this summer has been quite busy with practice and preparation for getting our teams to their respective National Tournaments. The good news is that all of our levels are playing very well and we hope your's are too.. Our program supports 10u, 12u, 14u and 16U teams and is designed to groom our younger players with sound fundamentals so that when they reach our 16's program they are ready to begin the showcase process.

As we all know at the 16's level this is where the kids begin to really get recognized and it's important to get them the proper exposure, but as we all know this exposure has a cost. For the kids that cost is investing in their game with the focus of improving in every aspect, developing a better swing to contact, having better balance when fielding ground balls, working on better angles to fly balls, getting the correct spin on the riseball, putting together a good skills video and so much more..  As parents and coaches you know the cost is much different, you not only invest your time getting them to practice and spending time with them to improve their softball game, but your investment is in real cash! Cash for new gloves and cleates, cash to be part of a  program, you might be spending money on extra hitting or pitching lessons, not to mention the travel to and from the softball tournaments and if your program is a gold program some of this travel requires airfare and hotel! This is not cheap...

This year in particular we're seeing it take it's toll on some of our families, which is why it's important that we continue to find better ways as Fastpitch Softball programs to help off set some of these costs. I'm sure your program is running tournaments, or a regular Bingo games, maybe a car wash or some type of spaghetti feed, but you still might be feeling the pinch. While I don't have an answer to this financial crisis our country is in, we, the fastpitch softball community of this fine nation can work together and share in ideas that may help programs all across this fine country of ours.  At The Softball Clinic we have a very large number of people who visit our site on a weekly basis, people like you and me who want to see the best for our young softball players, and it is our focus to provide the best FREE information available..

If you would like to share in these ideas we'll put up a page on our site that will credit your program with the information provided as well as a link to your program if you so desire. All you need to do is send us a quick email to bullpen@thesoftballclinic.com title it "Fund Raising" and we'll get it posted. There are no bad ideas, even if you think 100% of the programs are already doing a certain program please include anyway... Working together we all win..

The times may be tough, but Fastpitch Softball players are tougher... Let's give every kid the chance to play this great game of fastpitch softball...

On this 4th of July we'd like to thank our veterans as well as our fine men and women protecting our country today.. You're work is truly appreciated!!


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