Takoma Fire Fastpitch Softball
FALL 2010 Tryouts
There will be a tryout for all girls interested in playing on a Fire fall tournament team and a team playing in the Fairland high school league. The TRYOUT is at the BLAIR HS softball diamond on University Blvd in Silver Spring (right off the beltway) SUNDAY September 5 at 1 PM (we should be done by 3 PM).
For more information contact gregmadden@earthlink.net orpeter.ettinger@starpower.net
For more information contact gregmadden@earthlink.net or peter.ettinger@starpower.net
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Takoma Fire Softball is a competitive girls fastpitch softball program dedicated to providing girls age 8 and up with an intensive, meaningful, and most of all fun softball experience, by developing and using softball skills. We emphasize high level skills development. We are nominally a Takoma Park/Silver Spring (Maryland) organization but we recruit from all over Montgomery and Prince Georges County, DC, and even Virginia.
We participate in regional as well as travel softball tournaments and local leagues, Spring, Summer and Fall. We hold clinics year round including indoor programs in the winter. Our clinics and programs cover pitching, catching, batting, fielding, baserunning, conditioning, strategy, and sportsmanship. We hire renowned trainers and coaches for these programs. At the younger levels emphasis is on fundamental skill development and fun. At the higher levels there is more emphasis on the finer points of the game. Most girls who continue with our program play high school softball; some go on to play college ball. Currently there are six Fire Alumni playing NCAA softball, one at the Division 1 level.
Our volunteers and organizers are passionate softball/baseball enthusiasts; we try to instill that passion in the girls. We play competitive softball, but we measure success not by wins and losses, but by:
* How much the girls develop and improve their skills,
* How hard and enthusiastically they play,
* How much they enjoy the experience, and
* How softball enriches their lives and helps build character.
Most of the younger girls in the program also play in the Takoma Park Babe Ruth Softball League. The Takoma Fire girls all want to take their play up to the next level!
History
Takoma Fire was founded in August of 2003, with a single 10u team playing that Fall in the Fairfax County Girls Softball League. The following Spring/Summer, 2004, the Fire fielded 10U, 12U, and 14U teams playing in regional tournaments. Since 2005, nearly every Spring/Summer and Fall season the Fire has fielded teams in all age groups: 10U, 12U, 14U, and 16U, playing in regional leagues as well as regional and travel tournaments.