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Supporting Austin’s Inner-city Youth
Meet the Team: 15U Softball Royals Team Spotlight
Meet the Team: 15U Softball Royals Player: Elesia Zarzoza TEAM: 15U Softball Royals TIME with RBI: First season WALK-UP SONG: This is how we do it SCHOOL: Westwood (Round Rock) COLLEGE DREAMS: Do you want to go to college? Where? What do you want to study? I want to go to Texas State and study abroad in Barcelona. I want to double major in Dance Education and Business Management so I can own my...
RBI Softball Clinic with Cat Osterman 6/27
RBI Softball Clinic with Cat Osterman on Tuesday, June 27th Softball legend Cat Osterman and Texas State softball players will be coming to town this coming Tuesday to put on a softball clinic exclusively for our RBI Softball teams! Here are the details: What: RBI Austin Softball Clinic (hitting, pitching, defense) Instructors: Cat Osterman & Texas State softball players When:...
Top Coaching Apps
#03: Top Coaching Apps With summer season underway, and teams getting into the routine of practice and games, you may be looking for some ways to stay organized and to better help develop your baseball and softball players. Below are a few of our favorite coaching apps. #1 Game Changer Our first app suggestion is one that is already being used by numerous RBI coaches. In the words of Jason Kile,...
Jr. RBI First Game Checklist
#02: First Game Checklist Jr. RBI’s first summer games are coming in hot! Does your kiddo have everything they need for a fun-filled season? Check out our First Game Checklist to make sure you’re prepared for Saturday! First Game Checklist Uniform Jerseys and hats will be handed out by your coach on game day. Pants, belts, and socks will be available for pick up and purchase at Fiesta Gardens...
Courage and Pride: You’re giving these gifts
A fresh haircut, a new suit jacket, hours of practicing his speech – none of these stopped the nerves from coming on Thursday morning. Watch Leighton & Booker’s video “He was terrified. We didn’t know for sure how many people he would be speaking in front of, but I just kept encouraging him, 'You can do it.' So, when I saw my 12-year-old son on that stage talking to a ballroom filled with...
Now at Bat Featured Speakers: Bill White and Kevin Millar
Bill White and Kevin Millar to join RBI Austin's Now at Bat as Featured Speakers We are thrilled to announce two legendary MLB players and ambassadors of the game as featured speakers at our upcoming 8th Annual Now at Bat benefit on Thursday, January 25th at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin. Bill White -- a true trailblazer on and off the diamond -- and Kevin Millar -- a baseball personality...
Who Coaches the Fatherless?
Who Coaches the Fatherless? When most youth sports coaches are dads coaching their own kids, who coaches the teams of kids who don't have a father in the home? With your help, RBI Austin is going to bat for these kids to provide year-round mentoring and coaching to kids who do not have a father in the home: View video. Nationally, 85% percent of youth sports coaches are dads coaching their own...