Descriptive Essay: Being On The Ball Field

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Being on the Ball Field “Dink!”, as the ball drives off the bat into play and I’m ready to field at shortstop and fire one to get the runner out. That noise is the sound of a softball which is the sport I grew playing for nine years. Let me say, there is nothing soft about this sport that leaves me with bruises after just about every practice. On the field is where I feel the happiest and in my zone. Most people find their pleasure in other sports such as football or soccer, others collect rocks or even rock climbing, but mine is on the field. Playing softball is where I am perfectly content and don’t have to worry about outside problems because I have the game right in front of me to worry about. Everyone has their own comfort place …show more content…

I was trying out for the 16u Athletics and this would be my second season from the team because it was time to move from 14u to 16u. Finally, it was time for time trials and we had just gotten done warming up for practice. There was two people going ahead of me for our running times to first. I was now up and bolted from home to first and as soon as I felt my right leg hit the bag, it felt like my muscle was ripped from my leg and it hurt to take any more steps. I’ve never felt that kind of pain before and I may have overreacted in the moment, but that was a pain I will not forget. After I hit the bag, I trotted off and told and my coach I hurt my leg and he said to go sit down and the parents called my dad over. In that moment, I thought I tore my hamstring and I would have to go through physical training. As my dad was walking over, he was steaming because he knew I possibly tore my muscle from not drinking enough water and from swim earlier that day. At the time I did school swim and softball at the same time and my dad thought it was too much for me, but I chose to challenge that and pushed myself too far. So, we packed up my gear and he scolded me the entire car ride from tryouts saying I need to take better care of my body and take time to stretch. The good news from this is that it was only a tear and I could still play, but I had to take it

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