Reading this thread, it seems that we as parents have a pretty high opinion of our daughters. Which is the way it should be. Be proud. It's pretty cool what they're doing and how well they do it.
When I think back to when my daughter started playing softball at 7, I was just hoping she could put the ball in play, or stop a ground ball. Then there's the first time she catches a ball in the air in a game, or the first time she gets a clean single into the outfield, or an extra-base hit (or that ground ball HR to the pitcher). I remember the first all-star team she made. We were pretty rough. One of her teammates got a line-drive to CF vs. a ''real'' pitcher. I remember thinking that would be really cool if my daughter could ever do that, even once.
I think that if someone had shown me a video of what she was going to look like six years later, playing year-round at age 14, and the quality of play around her, I think I would've been half stunned, half thrilled beyond belief.
I have to remind myself of that when she's in a 1-for-9 stretch. It's pretty cool being the parent of a kid who has reached a certain level of proficiency doing a year-round sport. For the joy they give us, we should give them and their teammates standing ovations after every game.
When I think back to when my daughter started playing softball at 7, I was just hoping she could put the ball in play, or stop a ground ball. Then there's the first time she catches a ball in the air in a game, or the first time she gets a clean single into the outfield, or an extra-base hit (or that ground ball HR to the pitcher). I remember the first all-star team she made. We were pretty rough. One of her teammates got a line-drive to CF vs. a ''real'' pitcher. I remember thinking that would be really cool if my daughter could ever do that, even once.
I think that if someone had shown me a video of what she was going to look like six years later, playing year-round at age 14, and the quality of play around her, I think I would've been half stunned, half thrilled beyond belief.
I have to remind myself of that when she's in a 1-for-9 stretch. It's pretty cool being the parent of a kid who has reached a certain level of proficiency doing a year-round sport. For the joy they give us, we should give them and their teammates standing ovations after every game.