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Fastpitch Softball – Success!

Just when my daughter was about to give up on continuing to play fastpitch softball, she found a team!

Before we moved from Chicago, my daughter was on a “select” travel team and was learning so much.  She had begun playing in the park district league and really had a love of the game.  She was fortunate in getting good coaches who were able to teach her good techniques.

Unfortunately, after moving to Texas, we had difficulty finding a team that had an opening for another player, or, wasn’t SO competitive.  Some of the teams here are so intense, the girls don’t even look like they’re enjoying themselves, it is only about winning.  My daughter was very intimidated by it all.

She spent the spring playing for the local park district, but her skills were going down because the skill levels of the other girls were not so good.  We did get her on with a pitching coach and that helped, but we just couldn’t find a good team.  Until a few weeks ago.

We ran into a parent of a former team member who told us about a “select” team his daughter had just joined.  My husband took my daughter a few days later to work out with the team, and she loved it.  She had so much fun, the coaches and other team members were all great.  Not only were they working hard, but they were having fun doing it.  She was asked to join the team and, without hesitation, did so.

They played a double header last night, and, in the first game, my daughter made her first appearance as a pitcher on this team.  She was very nervous, but she did an excellent job.  She came in during the 2nd inning with 2 outs and 2 girls on base.  She immediately threw 2 strikes and then the batter got a piece of the next pitch.  It was an infield hit and the short stop snapped it up and threw it to 1st for the final out of the inning.  It was AWESOME!

She pitched the next 2 innings without flaw.  2 pitches were hit by batters right back at her and she was able to grab them and throw to 1st to make the outs.  She was really on top of her game last night and I think she was having so much fun.  She didn’t pitch in the 2nd game, but that’s okay, she got her first time up out of the way and now all of the nerves and butterflies can settle down.

I’m just so happy for her to have found a softball home!