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At age eight, I had no idea that a sport could have any real impact on a person’s life. I thought that sports were just a thing kids and people did to have fun and kill time. Never once did I think that a little yellow ball with red laces would change my life, but it did. I would not be the person I am today without the game of softball. Softball has taught me how to be confident, strong and devoted to achieving my goals no matter what.
Although softball is a game played on a field with a physical ball and bat against another team it could not be more of a mental game played against yourself. I believe this trait of mental toughness is my biggest achievement from playing this game. In this sport, you must learn how to fail. There is not a way to be perfect in softball, you will fail and you have to learn how to deal with it. Do you cower and give up or do you forget and become better? I have learned to push past obstacles that keep me from reaching my goal and to use my mistakes as learning tools.
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Softball has also taught me how to be devoted to myself and to my goals.
At age twelve, I had already set my goal of wanting to be a collegiate softball player. I knew that it was not going to be an easy thing to accomplish, but I had my heart set. I was determined to make it happen. I began to push myself everyday. As soon as my homework was done, I would get my pitches and work out in as to make myself a better athlete and softball player. Through four long years of hard work, it all paid off and made every second worth it. I am now fully committed and signed to play softball at Marian University next year. There were several times when I thought about giving up because of the obstacle and doubts that people threw at me, but my love for this sport pushed me past it and made me stronger than ever. I refuse to turn away from a challenge and I think that’s a very valuable trait to have in life. I owe that all to
softball. While softball has taught me so many good traits to have in life, it has also helped me to grow. I have gotten the opportunity to travel around the country playing the sport I love. Softball has introduced me to so many great people. By playing this game I have become part of the softball family, a family that grows with every tournament. I’m not just talking about your teammates and their parents, I’m referring to your coaches, other teams coaches and others who just have such a love for this game that they’ll help and support you in anyway they can. All of these people have been so influential in my life helping me grow on and off the field and giving me all the tools I need to achieve my dreams. Softball is so much more than just a sport to me, it is a way of life. It has taught me how to be strong, to be brave and to be confident. I owe everything I am to that little yellow ball with red laces. I intend to continue to help the sport grow as much as I can. My biggest goal of this game is to help the next generations find the love and passion for this sport as I have. I want other young girls to experience the impact that softball can have on your life and help them to make a life out of this sport. As I said before, when I first started I didn’t understand the effect a sport could have on a person’s life, but now that I have grown playing softball at every level possible I know that it can be the whole reason you are who you become. You will get out of this sport what you put into it, and I believe that’s a beautiful thing.
It was the beginning of a new softball season, and I couldn't wait to get out there with my team. At our first practice I remember feeling back at home on the field. Just when I thought this was going to be our teams best season, my parents moved me to a private school. Leaving what I was familiar with was not an easy task, and deciding if I would continue my passion of softball with a different team was even more difficult.
Softball, what is it to people. Most people see it as just a game others a way of life and many others believe in something else. Even if you don’t play softball or any sport at that matter. We can all agree that when we find our passion we find meaning to it. It can impact your life in a good or bad way.
I tried out and made my highschool team. While playing on my highschool team I joined a travel team for the Brooklyn Cyclones while still playing for my church’s high school team. My passion for softball could not be taken away from me. Even when I failed, I did not give up on my dream. Giving up on my dream of being successful in softball would be equivalent to letting down my past self who was just a little girl who fell in love with softball. Playing softball was my parents way of wearing me out, but it was my way of getting away from the problems of the real world and into a world of my own. Between two white chalk lines nothing else mattered, but playing the game I fell in love with when I was only ten years old. On the field, I was able to feel pure bliss. Playing softball for seven years has not only given me joy, but it has also taught me life skills that I use from day to day. I learned to work as a team to achieve a common goal, to communicate with others better, I have learned to cherish my wins while accepting my losses and I have learned no matter what happens in life, you always have to put your heart and soul into everything you
I spend six days per week for twelve months straight practicing catching, throwing, and hitting a softball. My friends call me crazy when I have to leave their house at ten o’clock on a Friday night to go play in a midnight madness softball tournament. They think I am insane for travelling to away, out-of-state tournaments each weekend. However, ten years of competitive, travel softball and nearly nine hundred games have molded me into the person I am today. Many people do not understand why I spend the majority of my time playing competitive softball, and they fail to recognize that my entire identity is a result of this sport. However, I am aware that I would not be who I am without it.
If you are not willing to put in the extra work, progress will never be made. Thus, I view softball as an instrumental learning tool that has shaped me into who I am. I have learned more than the fundamentals of the game; I have learned how to overcome adversity as well as the rewards of hard work. Adversity comes in many forms – a hitting slump, losing a starting position, an injury, etc. – and the field is where all my issues seemed to be resolved. Whether it is more batting practice or a confidence boost from a teammate, success comes from working hard. Because of the hardships on the field, I have been able to translate the valuable lessons into the real world and plan to take them with me in my future career. I have learned that I am stronger than I previously thought, regardless of the challenges that lie ahead. I have become aware that being successful is not given but earned. I have realized that life and softball have more in common than I initially
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