Reflective Essay: The Sport Of Softball

All my life I've grown up watching my older sister play the game of softball. Being the little sister, I looked up to her and always wanted to mirror her every move. From the clothes she wore to the way she walked. But the best thing I ever did was mirror the way she played softball. She pushed me to be at the top of my game and play every game like it was my last. As she played high school softball I dreamt of playing second base and wearing her jersey. And that's exactly what I did. Four years later i'm the starting second basemen wearing number nine (the same number she wore). Wanting to top the 2013 team, we knew what we had to do. In 2013 they won 3rd place in the state tournament. So in 2015 we did something that Tahoma softball has never done, we clenched the 4A state title. By doing that it changed the way I looked at softball.
Coming off a 3-2 victory in extra innings in the semi finals we wanted the win even …show more content…
Knowing we did it before fuels the want to win it again even more. By having that win under our belts has changed the way Tahoma plays softball. It changed the way I look at the game of softball. Before playing softball for Tahoma, I didn't know what I felt like to want something. Playing club ball it was just routine. Playing tournaments on the weekends and not really playing for anything. Of course I wanted to win every game but I just didn't feel the need to. Playing for the high school was a whole different game. The players actually wanted to win. We had something to fight for. By having something to fight for made me want to play even more. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. To this day I still can't get over that we won. Now I look at softball as a privilege. I get to play with the best team in the state everyday. I know I won't get to play with these girls very long so I'm not going to take it for