Pre-game rituals

[Dirtybird]

What are some of your DD pre-game rituals or superstitions?

 

[BaldNBeautiful]

The bus is ready to pull out and I yell "HEAD 'EM UP!", and the team yells back "MOOOOVE 'EM OUT!" then one (and only one) yells "RAWHIDE!"
Don't know how this got started.....

 

[JAD]

 

[BaldNBeautiful]

Hahahaha!
If we win I act like Elwood, if we lose I am more like Jake!

 

[softgabby]

I have a couple of superstitions. One I have to listen to music before a game. Listening to music helps psych me up psychologically to play. I have a playlist on my phone's Spotify app called "Beast Mode" it's pretty much full of hard rock/metal music and just stuff to pump me up before going out to play. Another superstition I have is that I must wear mismatching toe socks. I don't know why I started doing this...but it's worked for me. I know I'm reviving a dead thread but thought it'd be fun to comment on.

 

[Mom_Coach_Fan]

Does a stop at Starbucks for a cool lime refresher count! LOL

 

[canyonjoe]

The last couple of years has been she acts annoyed at anything I say, puts her head phones on and asks what city we are playing in that day and later for
money to get some sort of Ice drink. After that it's fun. I hate early morning games.

 

[softgabby]

Does a stop at Starbucks for a cool lime refresher count! LOL

I know exactly what you mean. I'm kinda addicted to their frozen vanilla lattes and frozen Mocha lattes myself.

 

[softgabby]

The last couple of years has been she acts annoyed at anything I say, puts her head phones on and asks what city we are playing in that day and later for
money to get some sort of Ice drink. After that it's fun. I hate early morning games.

I usually listen to music before we hit the field to practice. If we're travelling to an away game, I usually listen to music as we're heading to our location to play. Once we get to where we're supposed to be...I'm all business. I might listen to a little bit while we're sitting in the dugout before the game. If we're playing a double, I'll listen passively while talking to my parents or my brother or sister.

 

[Cobb_of_Fury]

The last couple of years has been she acts annoyed at anything I say, puts her head phones on ...

My DD has the same ritual - except it could be early morning, Late afternoon, Evening, midnight - I Hate the Teenage years