Softball

14 years of my life have been devoted to one sport, softball. Due to this immense amount of time spent participating in one sport I have learned a mass variety of technical lingo which is specific to the sport of softball. It is interesting to think that one does not know all that I know about softball because it is so natural to me. I have grown up in the world of softball. My dad has been my coach many a time and my mom always there on the side line as a supporter and cheerleader. I started the trend and it also got passed along to my younger sister who has been playing softball for 10 years. Even my best friend plays softball, and so it is weird when I come across someone who does not understand what the “drop third strike” rule is or the difference between a bunt and a slap.
I love the world of softball and it saddens me to think that I might lose it someday. I hope to pass it on to my children in the future, and maybe be their coach. I would love to pass this world and knowledge on to my kids and maybe someone else’s kids by being a coach. I would hate to think that 14 years of learning all that I have had gone to waste. I also would enjoy having my kids gain the experiences from softball that I have.
One of my most memorable experiences while playing softball has happened while I was a part of the Dominion High School softball team. The last few weeks of my senior season were the highlight of my softball career. Our team had grown so close to each other and we were getting along great. We had our inside jokes such as whenever we felt we had been robbed of a hit we would yell out “Bojangles.” The most spectacular win we had was the first playoff game of the season we were the 6th seed out 8 teams and not expected to win against the 3rd seed who just so happened to be our school rivals. We amazingly pulled out an awesome win, after we had been tied the entire game 0-0, we scored the first run in the seventh inning and came back to stop the other team from scoring to end and win the game 1-0 letting us advance to the next round, despite what everyone had thought would happen. I would like to think of this as the largest upset of the season.
Games like that are the reason I love the sport, and why I have stuck with it for 14 years. Its passion, and heart that drives one to stick with a sport for so long. Feeling the unity of a team and to pull out an amazing win as we did is something I hope everyone gets to enjoy at least once in their lives. I feel like everyone should experience playing a sport or being on a team of sorts during their life time, I would recommend softball, but that’s just me, there are many other sports out there and one does not have to be amazingly skilled at the sport to enjoy what it brings to life.