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There’s Nothing Soft About My Game

By: K.P.

I love fast pitch so much! It is my favorite sport in the world. Did you know that over 1 million girls in the U.S. play softball every summer? Yeah, it’s pretty amazing!
I have played softball for eight seasons and plan to continue playing. For the second year now I have played travel or club softball. I like it a lot it is so much fun to travel around and meet new girls. It’s a long process to become a club softball player.
The first step in the process is knowing the fundamentals and knowing the game. So in the summer you should really work hard and maybe go to the
Local batting cages. Next, find out when your local teams are holding their try-out sessions. Even if you’re scared don’t be; if you don’t make keep working and then there’s always next year. You may want to try out for several teams so if you don’ t make one you might make the other. Usually a try-out is just like a practice except some of the girls might not do as well as others.
Once you make the team you start practices and maybe do stuff with the girls on your team. Like my team had a night where we went and bowled and ate pizza. We had a blast! My biggest fear of joining the team was meeting and getting to know the other girls. But you’ll do fine just be yourself and act normal.
Practices are mostly helping you stay healthy and stay in shape. You do A LOT I mean A Lot of conditioning like running, agility, and stuff like that. At the beginning of practice you usually stretch, run and throw with partners. Then we work on fielding and batting in the cages and off tees and soft toss. We work every Sunday from 5:30 to 7:00 and when I say we work I mean we WORK! At the end of practice we do either full court suicides or agility courses. After all of the practicing and hard working it all pays off at tournaments and maybe even a shot at nationals!

So that goes to prove that there is NOTHING soft about my game…….. SOFTBALL!!!

If SOFTBALL were easy it would be called…….. BASEBALL!!

The Ball Player’s Prayer
by Hal Skinner

God grant me wisdom,
to tell a strike from a ball,
to know where to throw
and never to fall.

Keep me always in the base line,
running straight and true
and I’ll look for your sign,
to stretch one into two.

God give me vision,
to see every pitch,
so if a player needs help,
then I will see which.

Let me always hustle,
so I’ll be at my best
and take pride in myself,
in sports and the rest.

God be my strength,
when I throw the ball
when I’m far from home plate,
or against a wall.

So I never miss a base,
please guide my feet,
bring me home safely,
so my job is complete.

When I help younger players,
let me always give praise,
so they’ll see you in me,
in all of my ways.

God please guide our coach,
to be fair and smart,
to teach us to be good,
let it come from his heart.

Let me take a loss,
just as well as a win,
to do any less,
is surely a sin.

As long as I can play,
let me make my parents proud,
as proud as I am,
when they yell my name out loud.

However my games end,
let me always have fun
and if Heaven has All Stars,
I want to be one.

When my games here are over
and my seasons are done,
let me play on your team.
just like your son.

Amen.