I Love Softball

I believe that softball isn’t just something you just start for no reason. There’s always some underlying reason as to why you continue to play the game. I started when I was about 5 years old and at that age it may have been because of my parents wanting me to play a sport, but once I decided that I wanted to keep playing as I got older, my parents never made me. I just wanted to keep playing because I loved it. As you get older and learn more about the skill it becomes more about your love for the game than anything else. Yes, it’s definitely fun to play with your friends and have team bonding, but it’s also such a satisfying feeling when you win. I think that I play the game because I just have a love for it. If I didn’t have softball I

The team has to be your priority. Even if you don’t play all the much, you have to be there for the team. My freshman year I really didn’t play all that much, I had a couple shots at Varsity but not very many. Yes, I would have loved to play, but that’s not the point I knew that the best players had to be out on the field at that point in time. I knew that me sitting on the bench not cheering or being mad was not how I was, I wanted to cheer the girls on and make them feel like I was on there side, which I was all the way. I just think you have to learn that even if you aren’t out there on the field playing, it’s nothing against you. It’s just what is best for the team. Going above and beyond as a teammate is just being there when someone needs you, encouraging others, and even giving constructive criticism to your teammates. As a teammate I try to be the best that I can be. I want to be that teammate that younger girls can look up to, or even find me approachable, and able to ask me questions about the game. I don’t want to be that teammate that no one likes, your goal as a teammate in my opinion is to just let others know that you are there for them, and even if you aren’t playing at that time to just cheer people on and know that your number will get called eventually and you can prove yourself. Softball isn’t just a sport you play for yourself, your team should be like your family. You spend 6 out of the 7 days a week with these girls and more than 2 hours a night with them, you should love them like they are your sisters. I think that’s what going above and beyond as a teammate is all