I used to post on this forum a few years back. Every once in a while I get a synopsis of current posts in email, and I'll look here.
It would be nice if there were some sort of sticky thread so that we could update as to what former softball players are doing now. Is there life after softball?
I will start with the 2 kids of mine who played softball.
DD 1 only played for a few years, 7th- 9th grades.
At one point she started rising very rapidly.
Fall of 8th grade she was in 12 U rec league (little league)
Spring of 8th grade she was 14 U rec (LL)
Summer of 8th grade she was 14 U tournament ball
Fall of 9th grade she was 16 U TB.
That was too quick a jump for her, from 12 U rec ball to 16 U t-ball in about a year. She quit softball after that, then came back to play JV 2 her freshman year, then quit again. She was playing in a slow pitch rec league this summer for her work, and was upset she couldn't steal bases.
One interesting tidbit -- there was a girl who played in DD1's first AND last softball game. They started and quit softball together, and have been close friends since kindergarten.
DD 1 graduated from college in 2020, and is now in her first year at med school.
DD 3 played from 4th grade to 11th grade. She was considered to be the top player in her LL for kids born 2002. For a while it looked like she was likely to play D-III college ball. Things did not work out for her on her HS team. She was very good in playing softball, but not HS softball politics. She only played for her freshman year in HS. She pitched for the JV team, and won more games than all other pitchers in varsity, JV and JV 2 combined. But the varsity coaches didn't like her for some reason. She did very well at TB, but not her school team. The last game she started as a pitcher was a Sunday afternoon, her second victory of the day. So at least she ended up strong.
Interesting tidbit -- after looking over some of her rosters, I discovered there was a girl who was on her teams the first and the last softball game she ever played. That was mostly coincidental. DD 3's TB organization broke up, so she went back to her old team.
DD 3 is in the 3rd year of a 5-year college/co-op program, and is sharing an apartment with her non-softball playing sister, DD2, who is a 5th year senior at the same college in Boston. She graduated from HS in 2020, and is expected to graduate college in 2025.
Are there any other former softball parents who can give updates?
It would be nice if there were some sort of sticky thread so that we could update as to what former softball players are doing now. Is there life after softball?
I will start with the 2 kids of mine who played softball.
DD 1 only played for a few years, 7th- 9th grades.
At one point she started rising very rapidly.
Fall of 8th grade she was in 12 U rec league (little league)
Spring of 8th grade she was 14 U rec (LL)
Summer of 8th grade she was 14 U tournament ball
Fall of 9th grade she was 16 U TB.
That was too quick a jump for her, from 12 U rec ball to 16 U t-ball in about a year. She quit softball after that, then came back to play JV 2 her freshman year, then quit again. She was playing in a slow pitch rec league this summer for her work, and was upset she couldn't steal bases.
One interesting tidbit -- there was a girl who played in DD1's first AND last softball game. They started and quit softball together, and have been close friends since kindergarten.
DD 1 graduated from college in 2020, and is now in her first year at med school.
DD 3 played from 4th grade to 11th grade. She was considered to be the top player in her LL for kids born 2002. For a while it looked like she was likely to play D-III college ball. Things did not work out for her on her HS team. She was very good in playing softball, but not HS softball politics. She only played for her freshman year in HS. She pitched for the JV team, and won more games than all other pitchers in varsity, JV and JV 2 combined. But the varsity coaches didn't like her for some reason. She did very well at TB, but not her school team. The last game she started as a pitcher was a Sunday afternoon, her second victory of the day. So at least she ended up strong.
Interesting tidbit -- after looking over some of her rosters, I discovered there was a girl who was on her teams the first and the last softball game she ever played. That was mostly coincidental. DD 3's TB organization broke up, so she went back to her old team.
DD 3 is in the 3rd year of a 5-year college/co-op program, and is sharing an apartment with her non-softball playing sister, DD2, who is a 5th year senior at the same college in Boston. She graduated from HS in 2020, and is expected to graduate college in 2025.
Are there any other former softball parents who can give updates?