- Mar 8, 2016
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DD's journey
At 9 years old she made me take her to the field for practice if the coach cancelled one of th 2x a day practices for the all star tournament.
At 10 years old she said she wanted to play in high school and we decided we would get her on a travel team so she would be able to compete with the other girls who are playing travel when she got to high school
At 11 years old she said her goal was to play in college(neither dd or her parents understood what this meant
At 12 years old she had the same goal
At 13 years old she had the same goal
At 14 years old she her attention span was one text message long. She didn't want to plan anything longer than 5 minutes into the future
At 15 years old she again wants to play in college and is doing the the work to try and make it happen
When I look back 20 years from now I am sure I will cherish the time spent with dd practicing. She used to beg me to schedule time at an indoor facility over winter and I would take her even when I was to tired after work. I am glad I spent ever minute I did. She had a great start to her freshman year of high school ball but the last 2 games she has only hit one ball hard. She was mad because the coach called out the middle of the order after last night's game for not doing their job. I told her she could be mad or she could work on her swing. She had me out putting balls on the tee till 11pm. Even if she doesn't hit well next game I am proud of the choice she made to work hard instead of being upset with the coach. My advice is to offer to practice with her. Practice ever time she wants too. Enjoy ever minute of it. They grow up fast.
At 9 years old she made me take her to the field for practice if the coach cancelled one of th 2x a day practices for the all star tournament.
At 10 years old she said she wanted to play in high school and we decided we would get her on a travel team so she would be able to compete with the other girls who are playing travel when she got to high school
At 11 years old she said her goal was to play in college(neither dd or her parents understood what this meant
At 12 years old she had the same goal
At 13 years old she had the same goal
At 14 years old she her attention span was one text message long. She didn't want to plan anything longer than 5 minutes into the future
At 15 years old she again wants to play in college and is doing the the work to try and make it happen
When I look back 20 years from now I am sure I will cherish the time spent with dd practicing. She used to beg me to schedule time at an indoor facility over winter and I would take her even when I was to tired after work. I am glad I spent ever minute I did. She had a great start to her freshman year of high school ball but the last 2 games she has only hit one ball hard. She was mad because the coach called out the middle of the order after last night's game for not doing their job. I told her she could be mad or she could work on her swing. She had me out putting balls on the tee till 11pm. Even if she doesn't hit well next game I am proud of the choice she made to work hard instead of being upset with the coach. My advice is to offer to practice with her. Practice ever time she wants too. Enjoy ever minute of it. They grow up fast.