How Softball Changed My Life

As soon as my dad could put a glove on my hand the learning process began and after my first practice I fell in love with the game. From that point on all I did was softball, it was my safe place, my other home and the one thing I knew I could do something great in. I would always want to just throw with my dad or my brother, as little as I was I wanted to show them that I could catch the hard balls they threw. Of course though, I couldn’t but I was in the process of getting there. This game isn’t just a big part of my life, since I was nine years old it has been my life. I started travel softball when I was nine, I played all year long since then up until now, I am seventeen. Eight years of softball, I’ve had a couple injuries, frustrating …show more content…
My parents have spent so much money for me to just play a sport but I’m so thankful for it. My coaches have spent their own personal time to help make me better and get to where I am today. All the hard work I’ve put into this sport has paid off. My goal when I got into high school was to make varsity my freshman year. That sort of happened, I made varsity but I was a pinch runner. I wasn’t completely okay with that but it was still a learning experience and when I had my chance I shined, just like I’ve been taught to do my whole life. Watching the girls before me put that much heart and work into the game gave me something to strive for, I told myself I was going to be just like them, humble about the game and the “fame” that came with it. Sophomore year I was the starting third baseman on the most loving, caring, put together team I could’ve been on. It is such a blessing to be a part of a team that makes it to the fourth round in playoffs every year, sadly we haven’t made it to state but every time we lose in playoffs it just gives us more of an urge to work harder and beat that team in the fourth round to get to state. The community around me made me a better person all around. The love and support I get is