- Jun 8, 2016
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Ok this post may come off as ridiculous so my apologies in advance.
My 8 YO DD is a decent ballplayer. The problem is she doesn't look like Lindor at SS or Mike Trout at the plate (or Orlando Cabrera and Manny Ramirez if we want to go back further). In my mind when I see her catch a ball going to her right at SS I know what it looks like when Lindor does it and she obviously doesn't look like Lindor. Same thing with her swing. It would be easier if I could mentally file away a picture of what she looked like doing these same things last year to reassure myself that she is improving but at that moment in time the only picture I have at my disposal is somebody doing it at the highest level..if that makes sense. It is especially true when I am hitting her ground balls because it is easy for me to see what she is doing (when I am pitching to her it is harder for me to see what is going on..which is good )
Now I know expecting an 8 YO girl to look like Lindor at SS or Trout hitting is silly but my question is what sort of mental strategies do you DFPs use to overcome this? Maybe I am the only idiot who has this problem and if so then feel free to go tell me to see a shrink..my wife has already done that so you would be in good company. Now I will say that this is really for me since I have gotten pretty good at not letting my DD see my "frustration"..but it kind of does ruin it for me sometimes when 95% of the time, whether she is successful or not, all I really see is what she isn't doing correctly.
My 8 YO DD is a decent ballplayer. The problem is she doesn't look like Lindor at SS or Mike Trout at the plate (or Orlando Cabrera and Manny Ramirez if we want to go back further). In my mind when I see her catch a ball going to her right at SS I know what it looks like when Lindor does it and she obviously doesn't look like Lindor. Same thing with her swing. It would be easier if I could mentally file away a picture of what she looked like doing these same things last year to reassure myself that she is improving but at that moment in time the only picture I have at my disposal is somebody doing it at the highest level..if that makes sense. It is especially true when I am hitting her ground balls because it is easy for me to see what she is doing (when I am pitching to her it is harder for me to see what is going on..which is good )
Now I know expecting an 8 YO girl to look like Lindor at SS or Trout hitting is silly but my question is what sort of mental strategies do you DFPs use to overcome this? Maybe I am the only idiot who has this problem and if so then feel free to go tell me to see a shrink..my wife has already done that so you would be in good company. Now I will say that this is really for me since I have gotten pretty good at not letting my DD see my "frustration"..but it kind of does ruin it for me sometimes when 95% of the time, whether she is successful or not, all I really see is what she isn't doing correctly.