Why I Want To Play Softball

I knew going into the season that this would be a big year for me to try to win a championship with the friends I have had since I was very young. In baseball scoring runs is what you have to do to win games, in order to score runs you have to be able to get hits. This is what my team really counted on me to do, after coming off a season where I hit the ball great in high school. Well this is where the feeling of failure and frustration came in. We were five games into the season and we hadn 't won yet

To make things a bit more complicated my high school coach had been my coach my entire softball career. He knew how I thought, how i played, and really molded me into the player I am today. I soon graduated from my little league summer softball to the competitive nature of highschool ball. As a freshman I knew I was going to be overlooked. Too much of my surprise I was placed on varsity for my pitching abilities.

After that happened I realized that I didn’t want to just play third base and pitcher in order to play more in games. My coach had asked me if I wanted to learn how to be a catcher because my team only had one and she wasn’t going to be able to play next year due to her age. I agreed to try it and I instantly liked it because I felt in charge and in control of the ball. I finished playing summer softball as the main catcher for every

Today they are going to go over plays for different scenarios that may play out in the game. They do this for about 3 to 4 hours until they start practice drills. Six days a week, they spend every day like this, for 10 to 12 hours a day, each day, trying to overcome the exhaustion of the day before. Still, for all that work that they put into baseball, sixty to seventy hours a week, you would think that all of this would pay off a livable wage for a 19 or 20-year-old who has to pay for the household, food, and potential families. Minor league baseball players do not make enough to have a livable wage despite the number of hours that they put into their sports.

It’s difficult to pinpoint a specific moment in one’s life in which your life is transformed. We often realize that this moment is so signingagent when looking back on personal experiences and don’t realize it at the time. For me, this moment occurred when I realized that I had taken what I love most for granted. It all started back in 2004 when my family suggested that I get into a sport at a young age.

As a young tyke, I was much more extroverted and outgoing, compared my current social relationships, and this excitement lead to my upcoming passion for baseball. During the summer of 2009, I had just reached my 9th birthday and my best friend Nicholas and I decided to join a baseball team. Joining the baseball team was a way for both of us to get together more often to hang out and explore the world together. So as a young child who was still experiencing the world, joining sports was an entertaining way to experience what the world had to offer. Baseball was just a part of the beginning.

I attended my first Astros game at the age of nine. The popcorn scented air paired with the roaring of fans drove me to fall in love with the game of baseball. I learned of the bases, pitches and catches in minutes and immediately planned my own life to follow baseball trail. For months I begged my mother to place me in a little league. She was reluctant at first and impossible to convince when told the price of little league fees.

I play softball because of the love I have for the game, and because of the feeling that takes my breath away every time I step onto the field. The softball field at Glendale Community College is now my new home for the next two years. Hearing your name being called and lining up alongside the first base line with your teammates before the game makes you feel worthy and excited to play such an amazing sport. As we gather in a tight circle just before we rush to our positions,

. “ sports do not build character they reveal it “. Once i was a little girl my sister played softball and i thought what the heck i should try it. Once I tried out softball after my first game I was hooked and i had to play until my softball career was over and started playing travel ball and play in college. “ ever since my sister played softball i wanted to because i wanted to be her and be as good as her and i did become just like her “.

Sports are my passion. Ever since I was little I was fascinated with the big leagues and how sports worked. I have looked up to so many people that are in the big leagues, and I have learned from them. The sport that I have stuck with since I was 4 is softball, softball is made up of 11 people that you will soon to call your sisters. The game is made up of hard work, dedication, and understanding.

I started pitching and the game had begun. I was nervous and my first couple warm up pitches were rough. I thought it was going to be a long game with the way I was already struggling.

My journey through tough hope has affected me in many ways like this one. When I didn 't make the baseball team I really wanted to make. I was really upset and mad with myself for not making the team. I didn 't practice hard enough to make the team.

My freshen year was a very hectic time. Moving from a small middle school into The High school was a huge change, but really isn 't as bad as most would think. I was coming to the climax of my baseball career. In my offseason I played football and planned on trying out for the baseball team a few weeks after returning from Christmas break. But, my plans were about to change.

I enjoy playing softball and tennis, I also participate in speech and debate at Bettendorf High School. I’ve played softball since I was seven years old and I just started playing tennis for the high school last year and I was number one on the junior varsity squad. My sister proceeded to get me interested in speech and debate, I started with Lincoln-Douglas debate and placed semi-finalist at one of the tournaments last year and traveled to Dallas, Texas for Nationals because I qualified in Eastern Iowa districts. This year I will be starting a new event called Original Oratory and I will also be continuing in Lincoln-Douglas.

I had to get my mind right that whole weekend because I knew it was going to be a big game for me. I just have to go out there and “Ball out.” People doubted me and said I couldn 't guard number 3 so I watch pros and trained myself because I knew he was a good receiver. When people doubt me I get mad and try my best to prove them wrong.