It was a hot, summer day when there was the biggest and most important softball game of the year. It took place in Moville, Iowa. This softball game determined whether we go to Des Moines to play for state or not. We were getting ready for the game, up at the field, right next to Co-Op, the swimming pool, and the city park right on the highway. The coaches put you in stations to let you practice on your hits, catches, pitching, grounders, whatever would happen in a scenario. Everybody was mostly hitting home runs, which we call dingers, that’s how good we were with our hitting, and that’s what mostly gave us the runs, was our dingers. After we got done practicing hitting, we would practice catching pop flies and getting grounders. Outfielders would do their thing, the infielders would do their thing. Once we got done practicing that, we practiced on our throwing. No rainbow throws, no ground throws, basically, no bad throws or you run around the infield once. They wanted throws getting thrown right to the target, not under the target, not above the target, not aside the target. They worked us very hard everyday, that’s how we’ve come …show more content…
We unload everything from the bus, bats, helmets, t’s, nets, and the softballs from the front seats and take them to our dug out. We set everything up behind the dug out and in the right field where we are closest to and start practicing with a partner in stations. We get to choose our partners, but if we are messing around and not practicing, they choose for us, just for that game. First, West Sioux is on the side practicing catch, hitting balls in the out field, hitting a mat as hard as we can, and anything else they tell us to practice with while the opponent is in the infield practicing hitting, catching, doing scenarios, etc. Next, we switch… Woodbury goes off the field and we come in the field. We hit, catch, do scenarios, the same thing the other team
Dane Kutnick is in right field , Tanner Smith at first, and Jason VanDenLangenberg is catching. We have played 3 tournaments together, but we already looked like we have been playing together for a long time. We may not have known it yet, but they were going to turn one of the best plays of the year. We are going into the bottom of the 6th inning.
The mound is only forty-three feet from home plate, so the pitcher must have very fast reflexes to field a hit directed right back to her. She is off-balance from the momentum of the pitch and focused on the ball more than the batter, but her help in catching infield balls is crucial to the team. Batters hitting short bunts or the newly popular slap hits mean the pitcher and third baseman need to coordinate to cover both the shallow and deep infield (Spaventa, n.d.). The pitcher is closest to home plate and is relied upon to field the hits in front of
I can ask my mom or dad to take me to the field that way I can work on my mechanics. Asking my dad to hit ground balls to me will help me to become a better infielder. Playing catch, will also strengthen my arm and help me with the throw from second to first, or from shortstop to first. Part of my success, I owe to my batting and fielding coach, Danielle. She provides her knowledge of softball to make me a better player.
We started with throws from close away but then started to back it up. At about 100 feet we took a few throws and then started to work it back in until we were a foot away and then we put the baseballs in the bucket. When the coach wanted to have a talk with us, we all made a circle and he just talked about what we can do and a little about the other team.
Softball. My favorite sport. It’s not a contact sport so, the chances of me injuring another player are slim to none. Or so i thought….. I was in Traverse City last year with my team for a softball tournament.
Throughout the years of playing softball, my commitment grew not only on the field with my teammates, but also independently to make me become a better player
All you do is bat and ground the ball and through it to a person. You do have to run a lot. But compared to the rest of the rest of the sports baseball is the most laid back. I remember one game where I played third base and our team was so good no one got to third base so I just got to stand there and look pretty!
There is two teams of 9, one on the field and one hitting. All of the positions are the pitcher, catcher, 1st basemen, 2nd basemen, 3rd basemen, shortstop, right field, left field , and center field. For hitting and fielding there is a DP and a DH. DP means designated player. DH means designated hitter When you are hitting you can get a single which means you hit the ball and you got to first base, you can get a double, triple, or a home run, which means you hit the ball out of the park, unless
Leonardo Muro-Garcia Professor Benjamin Dally English 5 (Section 2) October 23rd, 2015 Sacramento High School Baseball Baseball History: The first organized game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The Knickerbockers faced a team called the New York Nines, who won the game 23 to 1.The baseball we play today still follows many of the rules Cartwright thought up in 1845. (Creative Classroom April/May 1990) According to Erik Borg, a “discourse community” is a community where the “members actively share goals and communicate with other members to pursue those goals” (398).
It was the beginning of Spring 2015 and I was in 4th grade. Baseball season was right around the corner and I was shopping for gear. My baseball team, the Alameda All-Stars, was put together by me and my twin brother, Austin, when we asked our friends if they wanted to play with us. At practice coach sent us to warm up our arms and run around the field, then take positions for grounders from an assistant coach.
I had a feeling that I was gonna pitch that day, so I had to get my mind right. When I got to the field I sat my bag and everything else in the same spot, grabbed my glove, stretched, and started warming up. At the time I was very superstitious and I had to do the same thing every single pregame. Right before the game started my coach talked to all of us and then I would give my pregame speech to hype of the team.
However, sometimes things happen and people have got to just keep pushing through it. My third year of softball my team was very proficient, strong, and confident. When it came time to go to our first tournament, we were unquestionably excited. We knew we were going to do excellent because our team was undefeated, and with our confidence, we could do anything we wanted.
We then watch carefully the opposing team’s pitcher as she warms up. As a lead off hitter, it is my job to do anything possible to get on base. By working the count I am frisking with the pitcher to get into her head. I then get exactly what I want, a pitch that could change the outcome of the entire game. Once I take a swing at the perfect pitch you can hear the crack of the bat forcefully pushing the ball to get a base hit.
A softball field is very simple. It has this red tinted dirt, fresh cut green grass, 4 white bases, freshly white chalked lines, and a group of girls that love the game. The softball field is so simple, but yet so beautiful to look at and play on. The cages come along with the softball field as well. The cages or even more simple than the field, all it has is a net, some turf ground, a bucket of
Every man desires to sew wide. Military or defense you may have to go to any service-related chest must be broadened. Anyway, clothes only look good when your chest wide. To the gym in the morning or evening when it is more important is that you set a goal, or you have moved on from a stage.