Fast Pitch Experience

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when I was in sixth grade, I joined a tournament fast pitch team for the summer. I had played softball since i was four years old but this was my second year playing fast pitch. I had played in a recreational league the year before so I had a little bit of knowledge on how to play the game. The coach for the team I played for had very little experience as a coach, but had a lot of experience playing fast pitch so she knew lot about the game. She never let me play after I had went to very practice and I did the best I could. I was not the best player on the team but I also was not the worst. When it came time for our last tournament, a couple players had gotten in trouble and could not play so they put me in. I remember playing outfield and

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