Monthly Focus
Month-by-month plan for the season, built from the Skills Matrix. August is team building and orientation; September through April introduce the full skill set position by position; May through July shift to pure refinement heading into Nationals.
August 2026
Team building and classroom prep - less softball, more foundation-setting before the real work starts in September.
September 2026
First real ramp-up month - foundations across every position ahead of our October tournament debut.
29 skills in focus
October 2026
Building on September's foundations heading into our first tournament.
29 skills in focus
November 2026
Continuing the position-by-position progression.
29 skills in focus
December 2026
Lighter holiday month - lower volume, steady progression.
29 skills in focus
January 2027
Building toward February's qualifier season.
29 skills in focus
February 2027
Qualifier season begins.
29 skills in focus
March 2027
Final situational and team-defense skills before wrapping new instruction in April.
27 skills in focus
April 2027
Last month of new skill instruction - everything shifts to refinement after this.
13 skills in focus
May 2027
No new skills - full focus on situational execution and confidence heading into June/July Nationals. Third quarterly check-in this month.
June 2027
AFA National Championship window - refine, execute, and manage the moment.
July 2027
Triple Crown Sports World Series and PGF Nationals - compete with everything we've built all season.