Good morning y’all!
2012 has been great thus far, and I hope it has for all of you as well. With the new year, spring season has come, which means softball. The Hilltoppers’ season hasn’t started the way we would hope. We currently have a 2-4 record, but have a 4 games in the next three days, so we have the chance to add to the W column!
Coaching isn’t new to me, but it’s always a challenge. Athletes tick just a little bit different, and finding out what motivates them is the biggest piece of the puzzle. I find …
So I know I promised this a while ago, but things got a little more hectic than expected, and I refused to take my computer on vacation. But a new year, so a new blog!
Well, my new year has started off quite interesting. I had surgery to remove my first rib in order to relieve my Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I had a wonderful doctor, Dr. Gregory Pearl, who did such a great job that my pain has been minimal. He has worked on a number of MLB players, and said everything went smoothly. Now, if my muscles would just …
I am much better at writing than I am speaking, and today I tried with all my might to convey so many thoughts, but I feel like much is left unsaid. With that, I am going to share the bulk of my Hall of Honor speech, but also my true thoughts and emotions on this amazingly humbling occasion.
I tried to wrack my brain for stories to share during my speech, but I couldn’t come up with just one or two. You’d think after taking 6 years to go through school you would have enough to talk for hours. I …
Well since I last wrote a lot has happened… I went to Japan, I came back, played NPF season, got hurt, and have now been in one city since the end of August. I’ll start by catching everyone up to speed.
The first half of Japan season wasn’t as successful as I would like it to be, but I did enjoy being over there. It was very interesting to live in another culture for so long. By the end of the first half of season, I was getting accustom to life there, but I was also itching to get home.…
Ok fans! I know you have been waiting for a blog…. I’ve been slacking I know. I’ll update on everything happening in Japan, but first I want to touch on something that I feel is an important campaign.
As many of you know, a lot of the members of the USA Women’s National Team have declined our invitations to tryout for Team USA this summer in order to play in the NPF and help it grow. All of the players in the NPF are playing, not to make tons of money, but to help this sport grow. We are trying …
Since the day I graduated high school in May of 2001 my life has been non-stop softball. Literally 2 days after graduating I was off to San Diego for my first National Team tryout. Every summer since, for 10 years, I have donned the Red, White and Blue in June, July and some times August. In between I went to school, played at the University of Texas, took a coaching job, taught at clinics, spoke at conventions, etc. It’s been a HUGE piece of my life. Sometimes I look back and can’t believe it has been that long. Unfortunately though, …
It’s the time again … blog update!
I really will get better at updating this now; it’s going to be a New Year’s resolution, but I’ll make it now. =)
Wow is all I can say about everything going on in my life. I’ve fully realized moving back to Austin was the best decision I could have made. Being back in Texas, close to my family, and around my friends has made me find myself and a happiness I had lost for a while. It’s amazing how you can see things differently once you go through a change like this. …
Hey all… I’ll blog later to update you guys on my eventful, not so eventful life later, but I wanted to write about a specific person and situation at the moment that needs our help!!
This past summer with Team USA I met Emily Hepker. At first I thought she was just a friend of one of our staff members. She was at our practice in Ohio snapping away pictures and just enjoying being around. I was friendly, but it wasn’t until later that night at the Indians game that I got to know her a little more. I guess …
Here’s an image from my Under Armour photo shoot in New York City a few months ago. I just got these untouched images from them. Thanks to Tori Hanna of Under Armour for sending these along. See more photos in my photo gallery!…
Welcome to the new version of CatOsterman.com!!
I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated you guys, but we were waiting until we could launch the new site. Now that it’s here, I plan on keeping my blog, pictures and videos updated more frequently. I hope you enjoy the new site, and come back to visit more.
Let’s see. Where should I start? Last time I wrote I think we were in Venezuela with the National Team. What a trip that was! We pretty much only saw the field and the hotel for 13 days. We were allowed out …