When you’ve been around the game long enough you develop habits, some good, like raking through your backhand, and some bad, like pulling your head off the ball. Some habits we develop without even realizing, like cheers. If you pay attention to the cheers your teammates and even you say throughout the game, you’ll find that nobody really strays away from what they always say. Here’s a list of the 11 cheers that seem to be our go-to’s.

1. Hey, here we go kid.

This is as classic as it gets. It’s simple and straight to the point. It can be used on every situation on the field and even in life.

2. Gooooooooood.

I find that my team uses this one either after our pitcher pitches a great pitch or after our batters hold up from swinging at that evil riseball.

3. Too fast too fast for you no soup, no soup for you.

I’m not sure who started this one but we sure put it to use. We use this one after someone stills or beats out a bunt.

4. Hootyhoo.

Every team adopts some kind of noise. We use this cheer everywhere. In the quad when trying to get one of our teammates' attention or on the field when we’re just trying to get one of our teammates to smile. Softball is supposed to be fun, remember?

5. Atta baby or atta girl.

Another classic that is written in the softball handbook somewhere I’m sure.

6. Hoorah 1-3 1-2-3 hoorah.

We use this cheer when somebody gets a clutch hit. We salute them when we say hoorah and the hitter salutes us back.

7. Hey, how ‘bout a little hookie pokie?

Translation: how ‘bout a little base hit.

8. Haley on three 1-2-3 Haaaaaaaleeeeeeeey.

We have two Haley’s on the team so we get the pleasure of doing this one a couple times a game.

9. Here we go 2-3 get a rip right here (rip rip).

One of our fabulous seniors is the owner of this cheer.

10. Go big Lexi uh go big Lexi aye.

Continuing with the senior theme, a senior all-american from Chicago that gets to claim this one.

11. We. Don't. Move.

Contrary to popular belief getting hit with a softball sometime hurts, a lot. So when one of us makes the ultimate sacrifice of staying in there and taking one for the team, we bust out this baby.

Every team has its own identity with its own cheers. These happen to be our 11 go-to cheers. Nothing fancy, nothing too over the top. But our three conference series sweeps can tell you our cheers are working.