"Play softball", Dad said...

[Do4g78]

... "It'll be fun", he said.

She's 6U playing up in 8U... first practice this season, learning to catch. Ball bounced right past her glove. She toughed it out, though (better than her old man would've at her age)!

 

[Eric F]

Ouch! Being the dad of a catcher, I'm used to seeing stitches marks on my DD's body...but not her face!! Heal quickly, little one!

Also...Welcome to DFP!! Enjoy the ride.

 

[Lenski]

Ouchie!

Help her out dad. Buy a couple of Incrediballs, take her out in the back yard, and work with her on how to catch and field a ball.

 

[CLM265]

Make a smart kind of purchase.

 

[bleacher coach]

no disrespect but if you have her playing up in 8u but can play in 6u , maybe you should leave her in 6u so she can learn to catch and work on the fundamentals.

 

[quincy]

You do need to be careful at this age, some players throw it way to hard. They are learning too.

 

[bleacher coach]

You do need to be careful at this age, some players throw it way to hard. They are learning too.

Agree , especially if she is on a team with mostly older girls who are on there 2nd year of 8u.

 

[Do4g78]

"Learning to catch" was probably not the correct term.. she had been doing really well with the 6U squishy softballs. They'd hit her in the shoulder and she would be fine (maybe give me a funny look for a second). This was the first time, in practice, we used the real softballs. Figures this one didn't hit the shoulder.

I was, actually, torn between keeping her in 6U or moving her up to 8U. All the advice I got was to move her up as, at this level, there isn't much of a difference between the two (as opposed to, say 10U playing up in 12U) and playing her up would develop her skills quicker. We're in the lower tier division with either 1) other 6U teams playing up and 2) older girls who've never played before so, hopefully, the move was warranted.

And, thanks for the welcome (have been a long time lurker)! She's the first of four so I could be around for a while.

 

[quincy]

6U is like trying to heard cats, if she pays attention she will be fine in 8U.

 

[WARRIORMIKE]

Hit by ball........


I have to use that one next time when CPS comes to my house. Falling down the stairs was getting old




J/k everyone...... Calm down.