it free. That is exactly what I did with softball and me. I invested so much time‚ effort‚ and money into the sport but what was I getting in return? Oh yeah‚ constant nagging‚ a ton of lies with a side of attitude‚ and having to regenerate a new set of lungs after every practice due to the excessive amount of running. Despite wanting to shoot myself during practice‚ I did take some valuable lessons away from playing softball. I started playing softball in fifth grade‚and I loved it all with a burning
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Softball has become an important part of my life ever since I joined the Centennial Lakes Little League in 2010. This was my first sport and I had never been on a team before. I had no prior sports skills because I had never played any before this one. The day I walked into the facility for the first time I knew it was just my first day of softball‚ but what I did not know was that it was the first day I would shape my personality and discover my priorities. Being only eleven years old I was not
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Learning to play softball is tricky. You have to learn all the terms‚ how to pitch‚ the legal and illegal moves‚ etc. Although‚ there is a lot to learn it’s a fun sport. I remember when i started. My first practice was horrible. Some stuff was easy for me to catch onto‚ but some not so much.I tried everything to stay motivated‚ but when I felt I was getting in the way I sat in the dug out. Coach soon sent us home and he held me back for a minute begging me not to lose hope. So i didn’t.
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The summer of 2016 was the first year I played on a travel softball team. The Dawg Daze tournament in Sandusky‚ Ohio‚ held at the beginning of August every year is a World Series qualifier. For the 18u CNY Monsters‚ August 5th to 8th was the best weekend of all softball tournaments. Softball is not a necessity to my future‚ as John Hopkins only has a club team‚ but softball has helped me learn about my future. By playing on this team‚ I have learned how to approach others‚ to bond over a certain
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Softball is a sport that has meant a lot to me throughout the first two years. I used softball as an escape of stress and personal problems‚ it helped me forget about what was going on in the world and I never felt so relieved‚ but unfortunately during my third year of softball‚ it became the complete opposite. Softball became a place where I did not feel accepted and instead of feeling like it was a place where I can express myself‚ it became a place where I felt like I was not accepted. During
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Alexis Peppars Peppars 1 Mrs. Starmer Senior Humanities 28th November 2012 Redemption Softball isn’t just a sport‚ it’s a passion. Last year‚ in a softball game‚ I tripped and cause us to get all three outs. My team‚ as well as my coach‚ was very upset. As a consequence‚ I sat the next two innings out. Sitting alone and thinking about how my mistake could cost us the game‚ I felt as though I needed to prove to my team that I didn’t mean to and that I could help get the game
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vigorous‚ it ended dexterously. This day was filled with excitement and motivation‚ but most of all it boosted my confidence. I did something never anticipated to do. It was the day that I had been contemplating for weeks. It was finally my first softball game as an Outlaw‚ and I was as nervous as long-tailed dog in a room full of rocking chairs. I was determined to defeat the rival team as the pitcher. I wasn’t feeling very confident in the first few innings of the game. Then‚ it hit me. Something
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The Courage to play softball when I was little One day when I was six years old my neighbor was in Middle School and she played softball and I saw her outside throwing a yellow ball to her dad and he would catch it and then throw it back to her. I was very curious about what her and her dad were doing because I thought it looked fun‚ and something I would enjoy doing. So I asked my parents what she was doing. They told me she was passing softball with her dad. And I said that I wanted to do that
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The wind blew around me as I rushed over to the softball field where I saw two girls the coach. I had been anticipating this for a week and it was finally here‚ my first ever softball practice. I recognized the two girls from junior high and could still remember their names‚ Sadie and Blake‚ and was able to meet a new friend whose name I have forgotten already. I also met Coach Smith. I had never been to the Lehi Sports Complex‚ but just being on the fields there was enough to excite me. We spent
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My junior year of high school my school softball coach expressed to me that I would never be as talented as the starting varsity catcher. I was sixteen years old and of course I thought I could handle anything that was thrown at me; i felt invincible. After that season of softball that fall‚ I knew I would never be the same. My coach had changed something inside me and I could never go back. I had felt a sense of failure that I had never felt before. From that point on I told myself that I was going
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