------------------------------------------------- A coach is someone to teach you, guide you, and make you a better person as well as a player. And whether you know it or not they make a big impact on your life, well at least mine did. Everyone has someone that they can go towards and look to when life gets hard. For me that was my softball coach. She has taught me so many things and has always been there for me on and off the field, she is someone that I can really look up to.
Baseball strung a chord with us right away. Every time we turn on the television, we always come across baseball. Therefore, baseball has influenced American sports tremendously. Legendary players have made tremendous marks in the history of baseball such as Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. Overall, baseball is an extremely interesting topic to choose for the history fair this year.
Being a good teammate is one of the reasons I have always been appointed captain of any team. As the pitcher, my attitude and performance sets the tone for the whole team. I will never forget when I won my first MVP award the other coach told me, "I never saw a talented girl who could stand on that mound with a smile on no matter what and hold everything together quite like you." Not only does that apply to my attitude when it comes to game time, but also my attitude in life
Pitching requires accuracy obtained through an acceptable pattern of trained physical behavior and, if used correctly, defines strikeouts and homeruns. Pitching teaches control, patience, and discipline in order for a team to win. Yogi Berra, a major league baseball player, once said “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”. Failure and resilience are inevitable in everyday life, and baseball teaches these lessons throughout a process of wins and losses referred to as a season, and are acquired as a
As the end of the top half of the first inning was coming to the end, the bases were loaded, two outs and I was up to bat. It was a pitcher to pitcher battle. First pitch was a ball, second pitch I swung at and missed, then I worked the count to two balls and two strikes. The next pitch I foul off and breathe as I know I still have a chance to knock in some more runs. A few pitches later I’m still fouling them off and keeping myself alive in the battle.
Strike one! Strike two! The anticipation of the third strike is inevitable. All I could do is stand there and wait until the batter was struck out or the ball was hit. In a softball game, players have to be attentive because in one moment, a ball can strike your face without warning.
For me, going to a baseball would not be the same if Wrigley Field was ever to get demolished. Going to games as a little kid such as Kerry Wood twenty game strikeout and Gary Gaetti walk off homerun to beat the Giants in the wildcard, Wrigley Field has grown apart of me. The first time I stepped foot in Wrigley Field I got the shivers after noticing how old it felt. Walking down the concession halls as a youngster for the first time gave me the spooks because it was so dark and dingy. Having that old ballpark feel to it made it really
I am really glad it has been excepted. I happy to say I am a softball player as of eight years. This has been my second year on the New Century Middle School softball team. This year we were county champions. It is a very entertaining sport but you have to be talented and a hard worker to be able to
In some leagues of fast pitch softball, there is a double first base that has been developed for safety purposes. One base is located in fair territory and one is in foul territory. The base in foul territory is colored orange, and the runner should use it when trying to beat out a close play to first base. This base stays in place on the field in softball rather than baseball because of the number of bunting situations that occur throughout the game. The strike zone is from the batters knees to their shoulder with the width of home plate.
It was the first time playing at a competition level like that. I would have to say at first everything was surreal and I didn’t believe that I actually made the team. I was kind of wondering how I made the team but half way through the season my coach told me I was just the back up catcher on the team. I was kind of mad that he told me that but by the middle of the season I was a starter on the outfield and I was starting catcher sometimes, and starting pitcher a lot. The things that made me start in those positions were listening to my coaches and what they had to offer and help me with.