Good luck today!!!!
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Our tryouts started this past Monday and the girls had a one-on-one meeting with the coaches after Wednesday's tryout practice. In the meeting the coaches told each girl exactly where they currently stood and what their expectation would be. For everyone else still in the tryout phase, best of luck!
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Oldest DD made varsity as a freshman! Admittedly, the school isn't very strong in softball (she is one of 2 freshmen on varsity), but I am happy she will be facing a tougher level of competition than she would have been if she was on JV. It looks like she will be one of the three starting pitchers. She already pitched the entire first game in their first scrimmage last weekend, and is scheduled to pitch the first game of their tournament this weekend (if it doesn't rain).
Oldest DD made varsity as a freshman! Admittedly, the school isn't very strong in softball (she is one of 2 freshmen on varsity), but I am happy she will be facing a tougher level of competition than she would have been if she was on JV. It looks like she will be one of the three starting pitchers. She already pitched the entire first game in their first scrimmage last weekend, and is scheduled to pitch the first game of their tournament this weekend (if it doesn't rain).
Good for her!
She might get rocked a few times as a freshman, but this will be great experience for her learning how to pitch to stronger hitters.
She might get rocked a few times as a freshman, but this will be great experience for her learning how to pitch to stronger hitters.
My DD made Varsity as a freshman last year - only freshman that did. She started every game but one. My DD played a little tentatively - we think that it was a confidence problem as the youngster on the team but her batting average sure took a hit. Was back up to hitting a .447 for summer ball with way harder pitching so that is the only thing that we can point to. Just an FYI...
Good luck to those trying out this week. Ours won't start for another week and we are still finalizing the BB season.
I know some posters like bashing school ball, it has been DD’s best experience playing SB.
From the heart, good luck everyone!
From the heart, good luck everyone!
Agreed. DD #1 quit softball in the fall of her freshman year, but came out of retirement to play on her freshman SB team. She went to a very small middle school, but, by statistical fluke, about half the players on the freshman team were friends of hers from middle school. Some of the girls on that team are still very close friends of hers. She had a blast, but never played softball again.
To give you some idea how close the friendships were on that team: at one point it looked like I was going to leave the country for work related reasons. (I eventually decided to stay in the US. Worse for my career, but better for the family). At that point it was obvious DD #1 had to stay in the US to finish out HS. The parents of one of the girls on the team just said: "She's family to us, she can stay with us for a couple of years, don't worry about it." DD #1 and that girl will probably be friends the rest of their lives.
