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About Us
Storm Softball is a competitive, fast pitch, travel softball team based in Downingtown, PA. Downingtown Storm is the softball team for Downingtown West Girls Athletics (DWGA), a 509a2 public charity organized as a nonprofit corporation in the state of Pennsylvania.
The team was formed to provide an opportunity for girls in the Downingtown area to play in a more competitive environment. Our goal is to maximize player development so that each player has the best chance to be selected for their high school team, while having fun playing the game.
Please visit the Downingtown West Girls Athletics Donation page and consider making a tax-deductible donation as an individual or from your company to help reduce the financial barrier for young female athletes.
All of our coaches are parent volunteers who have played either softball or baseball at the collegiate or high school levels. We prioritize player position assignments, batting order, and playing time based on merit alone. The players that demonstrate the best performance earn their pitching, fielding, and batting order assignments.
We also provide pitching and catching instruction that is led by local collegiate softball players. This is a significant developmental area that augments any outside private instruction. Parisi Speed School is also in the mix for 10U as part of their Winter training.
The Storm practice on Downingtown Area School District fields, surrounding indoor training facilities, and West Bradford Township fields. We play in tournaments primarily within 75 minutes of Downingtown, PA. There is an appropriate year-end (July) national or championship tournament that may be up to 3-7 hours away.
Take the next step in player development and experience travel softball!
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Travel Softball Commitment
July – Tryouts
Fall (August – December) – 1-2 practices per week. 2-3 tournaments plus 10-15 games with local travel teams.
Winter (January -Mid-March) – 2 indoor practices per week.
Spring (Mid-March – July) – 1-2 practices per week. 6-7 tournaments plus 6-8 games with local travel teams.
The target for all teams is to play a minimum of 50 games. Older teams can play upwards of 75+ games in a year.
Travel Softball Cost
Our player dues are subject to budgeting each year and based on costs for tournaments, umpires, fields, Winter indoor training, uniforms, specialized instruction, etc. With our fundraising program that off-sets a sizeable portion of our operating budget, we aim to keep the cost to our families low. With plenty of challenges to keeping girls playing sports, we want to minimize the financial barrier as much as possible, while still delivering 50-80 games per year.
Fall – $400 – Due August 15th
Winter – $450 – Due October 15th
Spring – $450 – Due February 15th
What are registration fees used for?
Tryouts & Drop-in Practices
2025-2026 tryouts are July 18th and July 19th for 10U, 12U, 14U, and 16U.
We also offer drop-in opportunities for practices. This is a great way to get familiar with the team, get some repetitions in, have fun, and effectively get a private try-out outside of Summer tryouts. (The coaches are always watching). Visit our drop-in and tryout registration page for more details.
