I love coaching. Honest!

Did you know that it's ok to be late for a softball game if you're a starter? It is, if you have a doctor's appointment. It is NOT, however, if you say you have a doctor's appointment and are really getting your bellybutton pierced. Grrr. We will deal with this situation at practice tomorrow.

We lost our first game of the season today. 9-3. Not horrible, considering we hadn't had a practice on the field or seen live pitching yet. And it was a non-conference game, so now we have a week to fix the problems before we have a conference game.

We did have a triple play, though. That was pretty stinking awesome. Bases loaded. Liner to short. Catches it, throws home. Catcher tags out the girl coming from third, then throws to second. Second baseman tags out the girl trying to get back. I loved it! So, obviously, the game wasn't all bad. Couple of hits here and there, couple of good plays, couple of errors, and couple of walks given up by the pitcher. LOTS of room for improvement. I hope!

Long day

Some days, working with teenagers is tough. Some days working in a small school is tough. Most days it isn't so bad -- but today was frustrating. Softball starts next week, and I've been working on a line-up and trying to be more organized. We didn't have the best season last year, so I've really been trying to come up with some different ideas and options for practices and how we do things. I think I have a group of talented girls who could really do well. But. My pitcher doesn't want to pitch. My catcher quit today because she has "too much else to do." No one else wants to pitch OR catch. The only kids who come to open gym on a regular basis are middle school boys who want to play basketball. ARRGH!!!!

Tomorrow MUST be better.

I am SO not ready yet!

So, softball practice starts in 2 weeks. Technically, only a week and a half. I have so much to do before then! I found some new ideas about practice and drills and stuff today, so I need to go through all 200 pages or so of that! I really want to change things up this year. Last year was not so hot, and I think making a change in how I run practice and what we do could help us get better.

Open gyms could start as early as tomorrow! We have to wait until basketball is over -- the girls have been done for a week or so, but the boys have their first tournament game tonight. They've only won one game this year, so there's a good chance I'll have open gym tomorrow. :)