Esme was eligible to play in our local girls softball league this year and was very excited to play. We got a glove from her cousin Emma and picked up some more gear from Play It Again Sports. Jimmy is taking the reins on this one since he played baseball as a kid. I dabbled in softball, but was never very good.
They had a 4 part evaluation with pitching, running, throwing and fielding, and hitting. They give each player a number and they rotate through stations. This allows them to make the teams as equitable as possible. We didn't practice any pitching so that was a new mechanic for her.
Hitting was a little tricky since she didn't really know how to stand. She ended up getting hit in the hand with a ball, but powered through to take one more pitch.
Jimmy worked on some more hitting mechanics with Parker's plastic bat and wiffle ball.
Practice starts next week with game to follow in May.
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