A cheesy thread, but bear with me...
Being the dad to 3 girls who love playing fastpitch is rewarding and challenging at the same time, as we all know.
Many of you are like me, where you are teaching them the skills of the game.
There are many types of attitudes, physical capabilities and limitations to teaching our DDs.
Here's some of what I've seen so far from my DDs.
My 2nd DD is a sandcastle. We can build her skills up to near perfection in short order. Defense, throwing and swing.
And give her 1 week of not playing or practicing...and it seems a lot of those beautifully defined skills have eroded...."what happened," I say to myself.
Bring back some of the wet sand and start building...as she gets older she's turning into more of a block wall...
My 3rd DD is a Block wall. If any of you have built brick or block walls, you know how this works.
You build a foundation, and the block wall stands firm. If you want to add or modify another skill (or the block wall), simply remove some blocks and add to the wall with mortar and more blocks.
Simple as that, her skills never seem to erode or go away....Man, is that nice!
My oldest DD is a concrete pillar. Not stubborn or arrogant... it just takes a lot of work, and time, to modify a skill and get it to stick.
And if she loses a skill over the winter, or for whatever reason, it takes time and effort to build it back.
But once the skill is built back up over time, it is rock solid.
What type is your DD?
Add to the list if you'd like...
Being the dad to 3 girls who love playing fastpitch is rewarding and challenging at the same time, as we all know.
Many of you are like me, where you are teaching them the skills of the game.
There are many types of attitudes, physical capabilities and limitations to teaching our DDs.
Here's some of what I've seen so far from my DDs.
My 2nd DD is a sandcastle. We can build her skills up to near perfection in short order. Defense, throwing and swing.
And give her 1 week of not playing or practicing...and it seems a lot of those beautifully defined skills have eroded...."what happened," I say to myself.
Bring back some of the wet sand and start building...as she gets older she's turning into more of a block wall...
My 3rd DD is a Block wall. If any of you have built brick or block walls, you know how this works.
You build a foundation, and the block wall stands firm. If you want to add or modify another skill (or the block wall), simply remove some blocks and add to the wall with mortar and more blocks.
Simple as that, her skills never seem to erode or go away....Man, is that nice!
My oldest DD is a concrete pillar. Not stubborn or arrogant... it just takes a lot of work, and time, to modify a skill and get it to stick.
And if she loses a skill over the winter, or for whatever reason, it takes time and effort to build it back.
But once the skill is built back up over time, it is rock solid.
What type is your DD?
Add to the list if you'd like...