Archive for the ‘2008’ Category

What’s your take on stats?

• How do you use them?
• Are they important or overemphasized?
• Who keeps track of yours?
• Which ones do you pay attention to the most?
• What’s a good ERA?
• Do you look for a certain batting average as a coach evaluating players?

Hit the “Leave a Comment” link below and tell us what you think.

Your response will enter you into a drawing for the “Stats Prize Pack” featuring:

• A 1-year Membership to Hanson’s Gym: get the mental training you need any time day or night at Hanson’s Online Mental Training Gym ($197.00 value)
• 2-year Subscription to Fastpitch Forever Magazine (valued at $10.95)
• 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine ($20.00 value)
  

• Total Prize Pack Value: $227.95

*NOTE: all “rubbish/jibberish/non-meaningful” comments will be deleted and will NOT count as an entry to this category’s prize drawing.  Please remember to use a valid e-mail address that is spelled correctly so that we may contact you should your entry be chosen to win the prize pack for this category.

What’s Your Favorite Fastpitch Headwear?

• Visor?
• Hat?
• Headband?
• Nothing?
• Shades?

Leave a comment below and share your preference for fastpitch headwear.  Your response will gain you an entry into the Fastpitch Headwear prize pack which includes:

• Pre-Wrap so you can play in style from Pre-Wrap.com (valued at $25)
• 6-month Membership to Winning Softball Online ($50 value)
• 2-year Subscription to Fastpitch Forever Magazine (valued at $10.95)
• Explosive Power Training for Softball DVD from Softball Performance ($40 value)
• One Free Greeting from All Star Greetings (valued at $9.95)
• 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine ($20 value)

• Total Prize Pack Value: $155.90

Simply leave a comment or response to another person’s opinion and gain an entry into the drawing for this category.

*NOTE: all “rubbish/jibberish/meaningless” comments will be deleted and will NOT count as an entry.  Also, be sure to use a valid e-mail address (double check spelling) so that we will be able to notify you should you’re entry be chosen as the winner for this category.

What’s the best softball uniform you’ve seen?

• What kind of material is the ideal uniform made out of?
• What colors go best together?
• Short sleeve?
• Long sleeve?
• Pants or shorts?
• Please SHARE pictures if you have them!

What is it that you like to see in a fastpitch softball uniform?

Click on the “Leave a Comment” link below to tell us what you think.

Your response will earn you an entry to the drawing for the “Coolest Fastpitch Uniform” prize pack which includes:

• A FREE Personalized Softball Performance Training Program from Marc Dagenais at SoftballPerformance.com (valued at $150)
• A 2-Year Subscription to Fastpitch Forever Magazine ($10.95 value)
• A 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine (Valued at $20)

• Total Prize Pack Value: $180.95

Each response you leave (with your opinion or with a response to another comment) will give you an entry into the drawing for this category. Make sure you use a valid and correct e-mail address so that we can notify you if you’re chosen as the winner for this category.

*NOTE: all “rubbish/jibberish/meaningless” comments will be deleted and will NOT count as an entry

This is your chance to share your favorite fastpitch footwear. What’s the best shoe for practice, for games, for coaching?

What is the fastpitch shoe you can’t live without?  Do you have a favorite for practice and another for games?

We want to know what brand/style/color/etc footwear you prefer and why you love it so much.

If you have more than one “favorite” you may post them in separate comments to earn yourself more entries into the prize drawing for this category which includes:

• Spyder Mask Softball Faceguards for your team (12 total) from Fastpitch Supply! These masks have a wider viewing area than most other protective masks.  Each one is valued at $17.49 for a total of $209.88.
• One Year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine valued at $20.00

• Total Prize Pack value of $229.88!

How to Participate…
Leave a Comment with your opinion OR Respond to what others have posted to this category.

Click on the “Leave a Comment” link below to tell us about your favorite fastpitch footwear (or respond to what someone else already said) and gain yourself an entry into the drawing for this category’s prize pack.

Coaches – We want to hear from you!

What gadget or invention would you be completely lost without?
Is it …

• Magnetic line-up board?
• Cushioned bucket covers?
• Rolling equipment bags?
• Team websites?
• Fungos?
• Scorekeeping Software?
• Throw down bases?
• Portable bat racks?

What is it that makes your coaching life so much easier than if you had to coach without it?

Tell us what your favorite coaching gagdet is AND why you like it.

If you have more than one thing to talk about, put it in a separate comment below to give yourself another entry into the prize drawing for this category.

Any “non-rubbish” response or contribution posted here (Click on the “Leave a Comment” link below) will give you an entry into the drawing for the “Favorite Coaching Gadget” prize pack which includes:

• A T-Shirt from Bill Hillhouse’s House of Pitching ($15 value)
• House of Pitching DVD from Bill Hillhouse ($30 value)
• A 6-month membership to Winning Softball Online ($50 value)
• A 2-year subscription to Fastpitch Forever (valued at $10.95)
• An AllAboutFastpitch.com T-Shirt (valued at $20)
• A 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine ($20 value)

• Total Prize Pack Value of $145.95

This category is dedicated to recognizing the great softball complexes you’ve competed at.

Tell us about your favorite fastpitch softball field or complex.

• What is it called?
• What state is it in?
• What do you like most about it?

Your response to these questions will give you an entry into the drawing for the “Favorite Fastpitch Field” prize pack which includes:

• 1-year Access to the Online Vision Training Program by Slow the Game Down (valued at $99.95)
• 1-month Membership at Hanson’s Online Mental Training Gym ($19.95 value)
• 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine ($20 value)

• Total Prize Pack Value: $139.90

ANY valid response or contribution to this category (including comments about what other’s have posted or additional comments for your input on additional fields/complexes) will count as an entry to the drawing for this category.  Please use a valid and correctly spelled e-mail address so that we can contact you if you are chosen as the winner for this category.

Do you have a great fastpitch softball picture to share? We want to see it!!!! It can be funny, it can be intense, it can be silly, it can be cute, it can be a great action shot. Whatever you have that you want to share, please post it here!

Before you enter this category - here are a couple of rules and tips

• You must have your pictures saved on the internet somewhere to share your pictures in this category.
• By uploading an image to share here, you are verifying/confirming that you are the owner of the picture and have permission/right to distribute and share this picture on the internet.
• If you don’t have your pictures uploaded on the internet to share, photobucket is a free service that allows you to upload your pictures to share on the internet.

Here’s How to Share Your Pictures

• Step 1: upload your picture to the internet
• Step 2: COPY the link to your image
• Step 3: Hit the “Leave a Comment” link below
• Step 4: PASTE the link to your image in the comment box along with any caption, story, information you’d like

You may also share pictures you’ve seen on other sites – just post the link to the page the cool softball picture is on and tell us a little about it.

You may also “Leave a comment” and share your thoughts on pictures that other participants have posted.

Any response or contribution to this category gives you an entry into the drawing for the “Fun Fastpitch Pictures” prize pack which includes:

• A Mattingly “RIPPED” Fastpitch Softball Bat from Mattingly Baseball.  This is a V-Grip, Scandium Alloy bat valued at $200.00
• Plus you also receive a 1-year Subscription to Softball Today Magazine, the nation’s leading fastpitch and slow pitch publication ($20 value)

• Total Prize Pack Value: $220.00

*NOTE: please be sure to use a valid and correctly spelled e-mail address when you leave a comment.  Otherwise we will not be able to contact you if you win this category’s prize drawing.

Do you have any suggestions, comments, feedback on Fastpitch Festival?

• How can we make it better?
• What did you like most?
• Did we miss a cool category you’d like to see in a future Fastpitch Festival?

Let us know my clicking on the “Leave a Comment” link and telling us what you think about Fastpitch Festival.

Thanks for your input and we hope you enjoy Fastpitch Festival 2008.

All you need to do to participate in Fastpitch Festival is leave a comment in any category DURING THE EVENT. That comment/response gives you an entry into the drawing for that category.

Enter as many times as you want in as many categories as you want.

“Rubbish” comments/responses will be deleted and will NOT count as an entry.

There is NO cost to enter! Just make sure you enter your e-mail address correctly when you leave a response so that we can contact you if your entry is chosen as a prize winner.

Alright, one more sponsor for this year’s Fastpitch Festival event! Mattingly Baseball is contributing 2 V-Grip “RIPPED” fastpitch bats which participants will have a chance to win. These bats are valued at $200 each.

Again, Fastpitch Festival 2008 will have a total of 8 categories. Any contribution you make (response to the category topic) will gain you an entry for the prize drawing for that category. You may enter as many times as you want during the event which will run August 25-31, 2008 AND you may also enter into as many categories as you’d like as well.

Thanks to Mr. Jim Bel Bruno for coordinating this contribution to Fastpitch Festival 2008.