Softball

Crots Softball My Dad tended to live vicariously through my siblings and me, which I assume explains why he consistently expected us to love the things he loved. He came home one day extremely enthusiastic with news of having signed me up for softball. I’ve always been quite athletic, so I decided softball could be something I became passionate about. About a week later, I geared up in my brown, spaghetti-strap tank top, denim shorts, and busted converse to attend my first practice. My dad…

My freshman year of high school I went out for softball. I had loved softball when I was younger and had always been the star of the team. I wasn’t expecting to come in and be a hot shot, but I also wasn’t expecting to be the bottom man of the totem pole. We had a large team and the coaches knew that to get everyone playing time they would need to have some of us suit up for the first game and save others for a different game that would be easier. I was thrilled when coach said my name in the…

Two strikes go and now I know I have to hit the next one. The pitcher winds up and “crack!” I’m off to the races. The softball field is the one place I’ve always been comfortable, content. When I step onto the field nothing else exists; I don’t have work, an exam to worry about, or a long list of chores to complete. Ever since I was young I knew I wanted to play college level softball. Making it into the NCAA has always been a dream of mine. My first encounter with the field occurred when I was…

On the fourth weekend of October, the Emmaus Youth Association, (EYA), entered two U12 travel softball teams into the end of the year softball tournament at Northampton High School to see who would become the Lehigh Valley U12 Softball champion. The two teams were Emmaus Yellow coached by Bill Held, and Emmaus Green coached by Traci Krapf. In this double elimination tournament, a tournament that has a team lose two games instead of the traditional one, the Emmaus Green’s bats went silent as…

It was a warm April afternoon. Everyone on the softball team was dismissed at 9th period (2:15 p.m.). We waited for our bus to come and take us to Upper Perk. When everyone loaded the bus, you can smell confidence in the air. As the 7th and 8th grade teams waited for their coaches and the bus, we sat and talked about how bad the hallway smelled because it was the hallway to the boy’s locker room. When we saw our coaches we loaded the bus with the equipment and ourselves. When we arrived at…

Throughout school, I have been very involved with extracurricular activities and helping the community. In high school, I was part of the Varsity Softball Team for four years. I received All State Academic in 2014 and Second team All District. I played on the Junior Varsity Basketball Team for two years and on the varsity level for one year. I participated on the Varsity track team one year. Not only was I involved with the athletic aspect of school, but I also became very engaged with the…

something bad to happen that day. It was my parents anniversary night, May 11th, 2017, and of course, I had a softball game. We knew that the opposing team was better than us, but we still played hard, until the accident, that is when everything fell apart. My parents anniversary night was on one of my last home games of the season, but not the teams. Our game was at the Hyatt Elementary softball/baseball fields. The team, coaches, and parents knew that we were going to lose, but they never…

“Nice swing,” hollers Jeremy, my softball coach, as he places another ball into the pitching machine (6). One after another, I can hear the nice sound of the crack of my bat as I drill line drives up the middle. “Let’s end on a good hit,” Coach calls out. He puts the ball in the machine and I take a vigorous swing. The ball flies with power straight over my coaches head. “Okay, I’m good with that one!” I say proudly acknowledging my hit. Then my coach turns off the machine and brings…

My sophomore year of high school, I played softball for the Quitman Lady Wolverines. My primary position has always been second base; however, I started the year the year off playing short stop and played there for several games. During the Cedar Creek tournament, I injured my wrist throwing a ball from short stop to first base. I was taken from my position and put into left field. I continued to move around the field and I never had a permanent position. I ended the season playing in left…

Baseball vs. Softball Ted Williams once said “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” Softball is exactly the same way. Some people may say softball and baseball are the same sport. However, they may be similar in some ways, but there are also some major differences. In softball, the ball is normally bigger than a baseball. Also, the bases are 60ft apart. In baseball the bases are 90 ft apart.Girls tend to…