Game Day Checklist

I KEEP MY SOFTBALL BAGS PACKED ALL YEAR LONG BECAUSE…SOFTBALL NEVER ENDS. 

Although we have a little time off in November and December where we aren’t playing games, we are virtually softball-ing all year long. 

My daughter plays in Colorado and while we do have snow in the winter, we also have 300 days of sunshine, so there is plenty of time to get out and play and practice.

My wagon doesn’t always stay in my car, but I keep my game day bag packed all year round.

HERE ARE ITEMS I INCLUDE FOR OUR SOFTBALL GAME DAY.

GAME DAY BAGS

I keep two backpacks with everything we need for games. One backpack stays in the car. The other backpack comes in to the house with us, it has things that might be heat or cold sensitive (medicine, sunscreen).

Most items in this list you can find around your house. I just suggest keeping it packed, so you don't have to go looking for it all the time. Items with a link connect to my Amazon Associates account where I will earn a small commission as an affiliate if you choose to purchase from the link. The price is not higher for you through the affiliate link.

Everything is packed in clear ziploc bags so it stays organized and is easy to find.

Backpack #1 (Stays in the car)

• Ponchos, umbrellas, hand warmers
• First aid kit with bandaids, alcohol wipes, gauze, tape, tweezers, scissors. I bought this first aid kit filled and then I just replenish as needed.
• Cleaning wipes, wet wipes
• Bungee cords, duct tape
• Screwdriver
• Period pack with extra period underwear, pads, and tampons
• Grocery bags, trash bags, toilet paper
• An extra pack of extra large bandaids
• Hair ties
• Tissues

Backpack #2  (Comes in the house)

• Spray sunscreen, lotion sunscreen, stick sunscreen
• Bug spray
• Bite-relief
• Cortisone cream
• Anti-itch cream
• Hand Sanitizer
• Inhaler (for my asthma)
• Instant ice packs
• Heat pads
• Icy Hot
• Deodorant
• Peppermints
• Gum
• SPF lip balm
• Medicine pack (pain relief, stomach relief, allergy pills)
• Sharpies, pens, and pencils

TECH
(I keep the tech stuff in this same backpack)

• Mevo Start and case
• Micro SanDisks
• Extra battery packs and charging cords
• iPad and case
• Lynkspyder
• Husky Slyder
• Microphone
• Rig for microphone
• Pocket Radar
• Rig for Pocket Radar
• Pocket Radar clamp

IN THE WAGON

• Step stool to put up the camera, also doubles as shade or a stand for the iPad
• Speaker (Battery for speaker, need to replace each year)
• Blankets These are great to keep warm (seem to be windproof), or sit on when it rains, or cover the wagon if it rains.
• Bleacher seat
• Camp chairs
• Bungee net over wagon
• ScoreStix a portable score system that hangs on the fence 

IN THE BAT BAG

It is my daughter’s responsibility to keep her bag packed.

Inside her bat bag she keeps:

• Cleats
• Glove
• Face mask
• Batting gloves
• Helmet
• Composite Bat and Metal Bat
• Sunglasses
• Ball
• Long sleeve shirt
• Rain jacket
• Sweatshirt
  
  

SNACK BAG

I keep everything in a soft-sided cooler with one big ice pack at the bottom. (I bring an extra ice pack in the cooler on especially hot days to keep the iPad on so it doesn’t overheat.)

Some of our favorite snacks are: 

• Sandwiches
• Wraps
• Pasta salad
• Lunch meat and cheese
• Beef jerky
• Fruit-bananas, cuties, apples, grapes, berries, melons
• Trail mix
• Granola or protein bars
• Pretzels, crackers, chips
• Pickles
• Candy (for me, my girl doesn’t eat sugar until after the games)

I bring a rolling hard-sided cooler with ice that has plenty of water, gatorade, and other drinks for the day.

SMALL PURSE

In a small purse, I keep:

• Sunglasses
• Chapstick
• A little bit of cash
• Credit card
• Phone
• Car keys

HOT, COLD, AND RAINY WEATHER

HOT WEATHER

• Cooling towel
• Misting fan with bucket and lid and hand truck and two bungee cords for dugout
• Personal fan
• Umbrella
• Canopy for shade

COLD WEATHER

• Sweatshirt
• Jacket
• Hat
• Gloves
• Hand Warmers
• Blanket
• Thermos filled with a water for hot chocolate

RAINY DAYS

• Volleyball to play during rain delay
• Sharpies for dugout tic tac toe
• Extra towels
• Paper towels
• Rain coat
• Umbrellas
• Ponchos
• Waterproof blanket to cover our wagon

HERE ARE SOME EXTRAS IN CASE YOU NEED THEM

FUN FOR SIBLINGS 

(By no means is this an extensive list, but it’s a few things you could gather for a day of games.)

• Toys (a tupperware full of small happy meal sized toys) (One idea is to separate a bunch of toys into brown paper sacks for each weekend, label ahead of time and bring a new bag each weekend to keep it novel)
• Activity books
• Coloring books and markers
• Devices and charging cords
• Bubbles
• Sidewalk chalk
• Glove and ball to play catch
• Big kickball