Softball

Monday, March 22 – Today in softball we began by stretching out and then we did our running drill. I found that I was able to run much faster than in the previous practices and that I was much less sore afterward. Then we got partners and practiced our throwing and catching with each other. Here, I found that I was working out the mechanics of throwing much better and much more easily. I could throw the ball farther than before and with more force. After this we were all assigned positions in the field so that we could practice fielding the ball. First I was in the outfield and I was having a little trouble catching the ball as a pop up. However I did very well whit grounders and I was moved up to the infield. Now I was playing third place which is my least favorite position but I did alright and the only real issue I ad was throwing the ball to first because it is the longest possible throw to make on the field. I moved one last time to the outfield before the end of practice and I did much better catching pop ups.

Tuesday, March 23 – Today we did not do much for Softball because we had to leave early to go to the sports meeting that was being held as an introduction to spring sports. We stretched out and did our running drills and we all found that we were improving. Then, for the rest of the practice we did some basic conditioning and did not really throw the ball around much. After practice we went to the softball meeting and listened to some of the coaches talk about what this season would like for us. They explained that we were now a varsity team which meant we would be practicing harder and playing more difficult games. I was still in disagreement with this decision because the Softball team had only been in existence for two years and there were some girls on the team who had never even played the game so to me it seemed unfair that they should be pushed onto a varsity team where they would most likely be ignored because the coaches would feel they had to spend more time working with their experienced players to prepare them for playing varsity teams. But there was really nothing I could do so I decided to accept and support the decision.

Wednesday, 24 – Today in Softball we started the practice by stretching out and doing our running drills. Then we broke off into two groups and had a sort of competition between the two groups to see who could throw the balls the fastest to each other. We lined up ten feet apart from each other and threw the ball down the line back and forth two times. My team finished the first so the other team had to do a running drill for losing. Then we did another game where we tried to see which group could catch the most pop ups out of 30 balls. In this game we lost and I was not surprised because I am not that good at catching pop ups. So we had to do the running drill this time. After this we did some batting practice where we hit the balls against a wall as rapidly as they were thrown to us. I did very well with this exercise.

Thursday, 25 – I could not come to practice today because I went to Habitat for Humanity.

Friday, 26 – There was no practice today because of rain and wind.