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ABOUT SPIRITThe Pittsburgh Spirit Fastpitch Softball Organization is Western Pennsylvania's leader in quality fastpitch travel teams. The organization develops well-rounded, team-oriented players who excel at the highest levels of competition. The Spirit organization's driving philosophy is to maximize the development of the player's skills (both individual and team) by providing a world class practice/drill environment with year round indoor and outdoor dedicated practice facilities. We combine this with promoting a positive attitude in all situations--in victory and defeat--both on and off the field. We are humble in our victories and accept our losses with dignity--we teach that a positive attitude is the best approach for everything in life.
Our coaches attend annual national coaching programs where they learn from the leading Division I college coaches and olympians about the latest drill/practice routines and game strategy.
Our dedicated indoor winter practice facilities include: (a) areas for pitching and fielding practice, and eight batting stations with two "jugs" pitching machines during the week; and (b) an indoor sports dome facility on Sunday mornings providing two full size practice fields that allows us to run scrimmages and full field practices, with additional separate practice drill areas. During the spring and summer months we have a dedicated lighted outdoor field.
The Spirit teams win approximately 70 to 90% or more of their games and all of our 2008 teams qualified for National Championship Tournaments for ASA, PONY or NSA. For information on our three National Championship teams please see the "History" page by clicking on the left side of this page.
Our teams attend, among others, tournaments in Pennsylvania (State Championships), Ohio (Sluggerfest), Michigan (Compuware) and New York (Aunt Rosie's). We also plan to qualify and send our teams to National Championship tournaments at the end of each season.
In 2009, we are fielding a total of sixteen teams (one 10U, four 12U, five 14U, four 16U, one 18U and one 23U) as set forth below.
10/12 and under
14 and under
16 and under
18 and under
23 and under
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2010 Pittsburgh Spirit
TRYOUTS
We will be hosting our 2010 tryouts on August 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2009.
For more information see our tryout page. |
Home of National Championship Teams: 1998(14U), 2000(14U) and 2001(12U). See the History section of this website for more information about these teams.
2010 Tryouts - We will be hosting our 2010 tryouts on August 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2009. Additional information is posted on our Tryouts page - see the left side of this page.
PITTSBURGH SPIRIT TOURNAMENT NSA FIRECRACKER QUALIFIER JULY "4TH" 2009--We will again be hosting our traditional July 4th weekend firecracker tournament on June 26, 27 and 28 2009. The schedule and specific event timing will be posted later. There will be a 10U age class. It will be a NSA National Qualifier. Go to www.nsawpa.com and click on "tournaments" and click on Firecracker Classic.
2009 COLLEGE SHOWCASE--We will hold our 2009 College Coaches Showcase in October 2009. Additional information will eventually be posted in the "College Showcase" section of this website. Statistical information by position from our October 2008 Showcase is available under the Handouts section of our website. The 2009 Showcase wil be held in conjunction with the NSA College Showcase Tournament - see www.nsawpa.com for tournament information.
Spirit's 2008 Season
Congratulations to the Pittsburgh 16U Gold team which finished 3rd at the 2008 PONY Nationals. Our teams generally place 1st, 2nd or 3rd at 80% of the tournaments. Some of our other successes in 2008 are: Spirit 12U Westmoreland: 1st at Vipers, 1st at Penn Trafford and 2nd at NSA Indiana; Spirit 16U Black: 3rd at Steel City Slam and 2nd at Firecracker; Spirit 12Gold: 1st at Hornets, Firecracker, Summer Rage and Rumble on the River; Spirit 16U White: 3rd at ASA Pittsburgh Power Battle Of the Burg, 1st at ASA Independence Blowout, 1st at NSA Firecracker Classic, 2nd at NSA Steel City Summer Slam, 2nd at NSA IUP Summer Showcase. Seven of our eight teams qualified for National championship tournaments in 2007. We also had successful results at the NSA Eastern Nationals and at the PONY U.S. Nationals in 2007. Our 16U Gold team placed 5th out of 75 teams at the NSA Nationals and had the second best overall win/loss results. Our 16U Black won their bracket at the PONY Nationals and made it into the Championship round and into the top 16 teams out of 88 entered teams. Congratulations to all of our teams. |
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?"
Former pitching great Satchel Paige
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Pittsburgh Spirit:
Home of Champions
2001 PONY National Champions 12U
2000 PONY National Champions 14U
2000 ASA State Champions 14U
1998 NSA National Champions 14U |
| If you have questions about Pittsburgh Spirit or news for this website, please CONTACT US! Or, e-mail the president of the Pittsburgh Spirit, Rich LeViere. DON'T FORGET TO SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK! |
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