softgabby
Gear Empress
Have you guys ever had something like this happen with your daughters?
After a short day of school today, we had a home field hockey game. I scored 2 goals in a 5-3 win. I got to the locker room and changed out of my field hockey gear and into my softball gear. We had a make up game from a rainout Sunday. So we had an hour to make it from the high school, across town to where our game was. We played ok. Not great...not horrible...just ok. Our team played erratically. Our pitcher was all over the place. She struck out 2 while walking 6 and allowing 5 hits in 4 innings of work. Our defense had 3 errors. I contributed to at least 1 of them by overthrowing the shortstop and the second baseman contributed to one by overthrowing to me to get a runner at home and allowing another runner to score. But the kicker was at the plate. I went 3 for 5 in the game. I had a RBI single, a 2 RBI double and another 2 RBI double. I also had a sac fly that advanced 1 to third and a strikeout. The kicker for me was the two doubles. The first one, I came up in the third with two on (second and third) and smacked a ball that in most fields we play on would have been a homerun and I watched it smack three quarters of the way up the 15 foot high chain link wall in left. The second one I came up with bases loaded in the fourth with one out and same thing only to right center. Our first baseman had the same thing happen to her to right field. Hers hit a little lower than mine to left did. We ended up losing 11-9 in 8 with the lights on after the sixth.
I feel discouraged by this loss. I almost feel like we're in a rut and don't know how to get out of it. Plus for me hitting two balls as hard as I could and only getting doubles off the fence is kinda disheartening as well. Has any of your daughters felt this way after a loss and how did you go about helping them keep from being too down on themselves? If it helps...our record is like 8-11.
After a short day of school today, we had a home field hockey game. I scored 2 goals in a 5-3 win. I got to the locker room and changed out of my field hockey gear and into my softball gear. We had a make up game from a rainout Sunday. So we had an hour to make it from the high school, across town to where our game was. We played ok. Not great...not horrible...just ok. Our team played erratically. Our pitcher was all over the place. She struck out 2 while walking 6 and allowing 5 hits in 4 innings of work. Our defense had 3 errors. I contributed to at least 1 of them by overthrowing the shortstop and the second baseman contributed to one by overthrowing to me to get a runner at home and allowing another runner to score. But the kicker was at the plate. I went 3 for 5 in the game. I had a RBI single, a 2 RBI double and another 2 RBI double. I also had a sac fly that advanced 1 to third and a strikeout. The kicker for me was the two doubles. The first one, I came up in the third with two on (second and third) and smacked a ball that in most fields we play on would have been a homerun and I watched it smack three quarters of the way up the 15 foot high chain link wall in left. The second one I came up with bases loaded in the fourth with one out and same thing only to right center. Our first baseman had the same thing happen to her to right field. Hers hit a little lower than mine to left did. We ended up losing 11-9 in 8 with the lights on after the sixth.
I feel discouraged by this loss. I almost feel like we're in a rut and don't know how to get out of it. Plus for me hitting two balls as hard as I could and only getting doubles off the fence is kinda disheartening as well. Has any of your daughters felt this way after a loss and how did you go about helping them keep from being too down on themselves? If it helps...our record is like 8-11.
