We Can Throw the Ball!

Yay! Yesterday was the first day we could handle the ball for the high school season here in Hawaii. It was so cool to show up to practice and see most of the girls already there. Not only that, they were already dressed and ready to go (shoes on, gloves out, etc) and most of them were already starting to stretch out or toss the ball around. I guess after the past few months of conditioning, they were anxious to finally do SOFTBALL stuff. It's so great to see girls who WANT to be out there on the field. Of course, I'm sure with time, the excitement will die down a bit, and we'll see the days were a few players here and there come running to the field and make it to practice in the nick of time. Hopefully we, as coaches, we'll be able to help keep the girls WANTING to come out to the field every day. Yes, some of it is on them. If they don't want to be there, they don't want to be there. BUT we can also do our best to keep practice fun and interesting and provide the girls with the opportunity to feel like they actually accomplished something out there.

So how is your season going so far? Still got the beginning of the season excitement?