Since she was eight years old she has dreamed of playing softball in the Olympics.
She is 13 y/o and one of the top players on her B level team, but now recognizes she is not one of the top players in our area. The other day she turned to me and said she knows she is never going to play in the Olympics and she is never going to play D1 ball. I told her I didn't think she would make the Olympic team, but that did not mean she would never play D1. We briefly discussed the fact that just because she is not a top player now, it doesn't mean she won't peak in the next few years.
Anyone have the experience of a solid B level player becoming an A level player in their mid-teens?
Keep in mind we live where it gets a bit cold in the winter, so she does not have the opportunities to play and practice (more than once a week) in the winter.
She is 13 y/o and one of the top players on her B level team, but now recognizes she is not one of the top players in our area. The other day she turned to me and said she knows she is never going to play in the Olympics and she is never going to play D1 ball. I told her I didn't think she would make the Olympic team, but that did not mean she would never play D1. We briefly discussed the fact that just because she is not a top player now, it doesn't mean she won't peak in the next few years.
Anyone have the experience of a solid B level player becoming an A level player in their mid-teens?
Keep in mind we live where it gets a bit cold in the winter, so she does not have the opportunities to play and practice (more than once a week) in the winter.