Batting

As my spiked cleat slides across the torn and tattered mound, familiar vibrations run up my leg. My foot finds its place, and once again I explode off the mound, whipping my arm around my body as fast as possible. The ball flies out of my palm and toward the catcher, a sharp popping sound ringing through the air as the ball finds its way into her glove. The ball is quickly thrown back to me as the first strike is called and I pace around the white lines of the pitching circle, my cleats…

My favorite hobby is playing softball during school ball and ASA ball. You can learn to play softball by joining a team and practicing on your free time. Softball can be a difficult sport if you don’t listen; you’re not going to know what to do if you don’t pay attention. When you play, you want to be able to play multiple postitions so that you don’t have to sit the bench. I was taught to play all positions but my main posistioins are shortstop and centerfield; if you are fast you will play one…

The coaching session that I have selected will be based around softball. In particular, the skill of batting. This will be aimed at a total of sixteen year seven and eight children. This session would be most beneficial for children who have little experience, or are not very strong at batting. The main focus of the session is to have children understand and perform the correct sequence of events that contribute to a successful swing in softball. The goals of this session include improving…

I would go back to the day where i could have won the championship for my team. It was a super hot day, about 95 degrees out and no wind, we had a big game that day and every one was nervous. It was the championship game versus one of the best teams in the country, the Florida Gators. The smallest kid on there team was bigger than me, these guys were giants. We keep up with them being behind only one run through out the whole game, it was the last inning with two players on base and I'm up to…

It was a scorching summer afternoon around three o’ clock PM at J.D Redd Park. I was anxiously waiting in third base for the batter to approach the plate and smack the yarn covered ball just enough for me to make it to the home plate. As the sun hits my face I see the pitcher retract his right arm getting ready to throw it. As I see the ball leave the pitcher’s hand, I breathed in the humid air, making preparations to sprint as fast as I could and make it to the home plate. Before I could even…

Do you enjoy shooting? Do you like tactile sports? Are you competitive? Do you like to see how good of a shot you are? Do you like to aim at moving targets? Do you like getting off the couch and doing something different once in awhile? Are you social? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you might try one or all of the following shooting sports: Paintball - In this sport, you are generally on a team trying to take out the other team or capture their flag and bring it back to…

The topic I choose to do my research project on was on how to pitch a softball. I decided this because I have always wanted to play softball and learn the basics, but I never have been able to because I have extremely weak knees. So choosing this topic was easy. Right at the beginning of the week I started to plan the project and figured out what I needed in order to do this project. Now that I knew what I needed it was time to start. On day one I couldn’t do anything because I didn’t have a…

Ding! The sound of when you hit the baseball. When the crowd starts yelling, and cheering. When you run to first base looking to turn to second base, and then you slide into second and the umpire calls you safe. The feeling of joy and happiness, for me that is baseball. I do this because it is a hobby, and it is one of my favorite things to do. If you make a play, that is one of the best feelings I could feel. I do this with my team go out and play baseball, try our hardest, play to win, and…

I walked up to the home plate ; Mr.jaan pitched the ball and I was thinking just do it. I was thinking so hard in fact that I got one strike for doing so. Next Mr.jaan got a the ball and made it bounce so he said it was a ball .On the third roll I kicked so high and long that Oskar could catch it but it slip out of his hands and then I started to run as fast as lighting or people just call me the the Jogging Cow. While I was running the only thing I can think of was run but the problem was…

I stepped into the batters box with trembling hands. The sun beat down on me with rays that could cut through metal. The sweat was trickling down my forehead and into my eyes making it hard to see. The butterflies in my stomach were frantic causing my stomach to do flips. I had to hide my fear and try to focus on the pitcher; however, the other team could sense my tension and started to creep in. I needed this hit. If I strike out, I will cost my team the game. I put thought to the back of head…