My DD is starting her third year her first spring in TB. She is my worker, while both of my DD's have been fortunate in that academics come easy for them the oldest does just the bare minimum needed for an A while her sister puts in the work to get a high A. An example would be they had a writing project this year in her sixth grade gifted writing class to write a novel over the month of November her classmates did 5k-8k words, she did 25k. I have seen this translate to softball she does her catching and hitting drills nightly, begs me to take her to the field so she can hit, and is always up and ready to go to her catching and hitting lessons which are early on Saturdays. The biggest takeaway however is her confidence she has been talented but afraid to tryout whether it be for another softball team or for the play or musical at school. However her success in softball is giving her the confidence to fail. As such she just audition for and got a solo in her first choir concert. She has also shown a love about not just playing softball but learning the game, so we are making the two hour drive to Columbia Saturday to watch Maryland, Mizzou, and #4 Oregon play.