One of our families has a connection to a college player who is home for the summer - she was gracious enough to be a guest at our 10U practice last night. She came in the second half of practice, spent about 30 minutes (worth it) sitting down with them and answering all their questions (and they actually had a full 30 minutes worth of really good questions) about college, softball, travelling, motivation, overcoming slumps, facing Auburn, Missouri,...and everything in between. They were particularly impressed with the swag (she passed around her custom glove and they handled it like it was a newborn baby).
After the talk, she took them through some of the drills her team does. I have never seen this group absolutely FLY around the field like they did last night. It was like they had 10 energy drinks - diving after balls, backing each other up, rocket throws (you know...all the stuff they are SUPPOSED to do ALL the time) - but they were on fire. Hoping to take some of that mo' into this weekend's tourney...
But if you can get a college player (or just awesome older girls) to guest at a practice, do it. Helps if they happen to be really, really good communicators (I absolutely see coaching in this young woman's future) - but man, the lift it gave our girls was incredible.
After the talk, she took them through some of the drills her team does. I have never seen this group absolutely FLY around the field like they did last night. It was like they had 10 energy drinks - diving after balls, backing each other up, rocket throws (you know...all the stuff they are SUPPOSED to do ALL the time) - but they were on fire. Hoping to take some of that mo' into this weekend's tourney...
But if you can get a college player (or just awesome older girls) to guest at a practice, do it. Helps if they happen to be really, really good communicators (I absolutely see coaching in this young woman's future) - but man, the lift it gave our girls was incredible.