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Hectic Morning of Softball

23rd August 2008

Hectic Morning of Softball

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After staying up extra late the past 2 weeks watching the Olympics, I had to get up early this morning to get my daughter out to the ball fields.  Softball tryouts were today.

Maybe because we’ve been staying up late, or maybe it just wasn’t meant to be, today did not go well.  She just looked like she was dragging.  No enthusiasm, no energy.  I was sort of hard to watch and it went on for 3 hours.

I’m very sad for my daughter, I thought softball was what she wanted to do.  She tells me it is.  She loves the game.  She plays so very well.  But when it comes to a tryout, she just can’t seem to pull it all together.  She looks like she’s miserable.  Today, for the first time, I felt like I was forcing her to do something she didn’t want to do.

I’m going to try to let it go for now.  She will have to decide what she wants to do.  The one thing she lacks is confidence.  She has the skills and the talent, but she never thinks she is as good as she is or can be.  I don’t know how to build her confidence.  It makes me want to cry.  How can she be so gifted and not know it?

It makes me even sadder to think that she may not choose to try again and all of her talent will go to waste.  But, in the end, it is her choice.  I just have to give her room to make a decision.

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  1. 1 On August 23rd, 2008, carol said:

    We faced the same situation with our son and hockey. After dropping out for a year, he decided to go back. He lost a lot in that year but we hope he learned a life lesson. Time will tell.

    carol’s last blog post..Scary Maze Game

    posted on August 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm

  2. 2 On August 24th, 2008, lynne said:

    Carol – Our daughter took most of last year off from softball when we relocated to Texas. Part of that was because I didn’t have a clue where any teams were, but at the same time, she wasn’t doing anything to find a team either. In the spring, I got her on a recreational team, and we’ve been trying to get her on a competitive team for months. I really thought that was what she wanted. From her body language at the tryout yesterday, I have to question if she wants it or not.

    posted on August 24th, 2008 at 9:37 am

  3. 3 On August 25th, 2008, Grace said:

    Maybe she just doesn’t feel like playing anymore.
    She’s also got hormones running rampant ya know. ;-)

    posted on August 25th, 2008 at 11:11 am

  4. 4 On August 26th, 2008, Lynn K. said:

    Maybe she isn’t up for the competitive team. I know here where we live, those teams aren’t much fun. She is still young too, and has plenty of time to decide to play or not.

    Lynn K.’s last blog post..A Pet Peeve

    posted on August 26th, 2008 at 8:30 pm