In the club softball community, there is one name that everyone will recognize and that is Tamborra.
Seeing Athletics Gold Tamborra or A’s Tamborra in your bracket of a tournament you know you are going to face tough competition.
We share the story of Stacy Tamborra and learn about her journey as a player, coach, wife and mother.
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EIS: How did you get into coaching?
Tamborra: While I was finishing up my final class at Florida State, I had some time on my hands and the Lord used that time to grab my attention. I always said I would never teach, and I would never coach. I was the youngest child and never knew what to do with little kids because I was not around them growing up. Steve was traveling with his baseball team, and I was bored, for the first time in my life, so I started teaching some lessons at the local recreation parks. Before I knew it, I was working with over 100 kids. The Lord showed me something during that time that changed my life. Coaching wasn’t about just teaching a kid how to grip and spin a rise ball, it’s so much bigger. He showed me that these athletes trust you with their game and they will trust you with their lives. This is where it all changed for me. Pouring into the lives of young athletes, mentoring, disciplining, training, and that’s what our lives have centered around for nearly 25 years. Thinking of one of my favorite quotes from Lonni Alameda is to be transformational rather than transactional.
EIS: What makes your team successful on the field?
Tamborra: We practice together, train together regularly, push each other every weekend to build one another up. Every team, every family understands its success is directly related to and impacted by others within the organization and is a shared success. There is no pitting one against the other. There’s enough in this world that tears people down, and we want to create a space where everyone brings their best to the table, and everyone benefits from it.
EIS:Â What would you like most to convey to our readers about you and your program?
Tamborra: The most important message that I want to get out is it’s not that I wanted to start this organization because I am a female, I started this organization to bring together elite, like-minded coaches, players, and families to build something special where we all are truly building for one purpose. We practice together, train together, share resources and truly build one another up. This is very different from the common world around us. Every team understands the success of others is success for all. There is no one pitting one against the other. There’s enough of that in this world, that tears people down, and we want to create something where everybody brings their best to the table, and everyone benefits from it. We practice together, train together, push each other every weekend to build one another up.
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