Any softball parent who has been at this very long has heard the cliche - ''It's the journey.''
Yet most of what we read here is not about that. It's typically about performance, the quest for the elusive high-level swing or IR mechanics, how to get better. We even had a brag forum for days when it all comes together. Which is all fine.
But if you really believe it's the journey, what is it for your DD? What are challenges for her in softball that don't involve ball, bat or glove?
What has she overcome? Better still, what does she still struggle with? What is she really learning?
If you strip away the batting average, the ERA, the college potential, all the things that strangers don't care about, what are some things that make your DD human or even vulnerable, things that make her softball journey important and interesting?
Yet most of what we read here is not about that. It's typically about performance, the quest for the elusive high-level swing or IR mechanics, how to get better. We even had a brag forum for days when it all comes together. Which is all fine.
But if you really believe it's the journey, what is it for your DD? What are challenges for her in softball that don't involve ball, bat or glove?
What has she overcome? Better still, what does she still struggle with? What is she really learning?
If you strip away the batting average, the ERA, the college potential, all the things that strangers don't care about, what are some things that make your DD human or even vulnerable, things that make her softball journey important and interesting?