Takoma Fire Fastpitch Softball
Feb 6th, 7pm update: All Sunday Feb 7th clinics are canceled. See you next week.
Takoma Fire Winter Clinics begin SUNDAY, January 3, 2010. Expert Instruction from Jillian Calloway from5 Star Athletics. For girls just starting out in the world of fastpitch to accomplished world series varsity High School play.
Clinic for 10U will begin Saturday January 23, YELLOW and 12U will begin Saturday January 9. Clinics for Blue (1-3 PM) and Orange (3-5 PM: both high school level) will begin as scheduled on January 3.
Inclement Weather information: Watch this space during clinic to see if your session has been canceled due to bad weather.
Saturday Clinic- 202-744-1181 (Larry Good), Sunday Clinic- 301 613-3815 (Greg Madden)
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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.
