What are the player’s strengths and weaknesses and why are these strengths and weaknesses signals of a successful or unsuccessful player? (from Flo Softball.com)

If the local boys could have a tournament team in baseball, why couldn’t the girls have a tournament team in softball? Camille Hayes didn’t need to hear the answer. She was going to make it happen regardless. link to Flo Softball article

Link to the player's named to the National Team Selection Camp for the 2019 season (photo from softball.ca)

Former NCAA star, founding member of the Packaged Deal, and ESPN Softball Analyst wrote this article on her blog a few years back...

A 3rd part article on Softball's Mental game written by Bill Cole.

From our friends at Flo Softball... a nice little article talking about the Father/Daughter dynamic when dad's the coach

Today marks the end of the communication freeze, September 1st means all Ontario softball players are now "free agents". Best of luck to all players, parents & teams as we all look to complete our rosters for the 2018 fall season, which of course then leads into the 2019 summer season after our long cold Canadian winter...

Video of a Dynamic Softball Warm-up to get your athletes ready for a practice and/or game.

UTM will once again be fielding a team out of the Brantford area next season. This team will be a Tier 2 program, and will look to improve on its first season at the U19 level. The team is super excited to be able to have Bill Kuntz move to the leadership team of the Brantford affiliate. 

Link to an article on the importance of mastering the art of sacrafice bunting in softball, from the experts at Fastpitch News.

UTM is excited to announce the creation of a new U16 Tier 1 affiliated club for the 2018/2019 season. The team will be a U16 Tier 1 team, led by Paul Morrow. Paul, is entering his 8th year coaching girls softball, and has won a provincial championship in 2016, and attended the U14 Nationals the past two seasons leading the Brampton Blazers team, finishing 6th Nationally in 2017, and 5th Nationally in 2018.

Details on the PWSA Awards Banquet...

Every single softball player has experienced a hitting slump at one point or another in their career. Many players have probably had multiple hitting slumps and that is totally normal. Hitting slumps are very common in softball and baseball. Batting averages change all of the time. 

Let us promote your 2018/2019 Fall tryouts

UTM is pleased to announce the addition of a U19 Tier 2 program based out of the Township of Puslinch (Guelph, Hamilton area). The leader of this affiliate will be Jason Saker. Jason is a fully certified Level 2 NCCP coach with countless years of experience.

Our selected post this week from the folks at FloSoftball.com speaks to young pitchers and embracing the role of the underdog. A hard worth ethic, and determination will get you to where you want to be...

Thank you to all of you that have followed our web content since the launch of the new site in May. We have had a great softball season in Ontario, one that wraps up this week and next with teams from Ontario competing in the Eastern Canadian Championships

Welcome to the UTM family... 2K2 Eastern Ontario

Softball Canada has officially submitted a bid to host the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Olympic Qualifier in Surrey, British Columbia.

As a fan of Ontario softball... you couldn't ask for anything more than the results this past weekend at the U19 National Championship in Surrey BC