This weekend, the girls in the softball team started to pitch for the first time this season and it was quite entertaining. In our youth softball league, the 8U (8 & under) division is considered a learning league. The coaches did most of the pitching to "feed" the balls to the batters. In the middle of the season, the players would start to pitch. It was quite interesting to see the reactions on both the pitchers and the batters. Instead of the relatively nice and safe pitches delivered by the coaches, they would face the wild and unpredictable pitches from their peers.
We had three girl pitchers for this weekend's game and Abby was the last one. She had some control problems to drive the balls to the 1st base side. Since it was a consistent error, I figured it was the mechanical issues that we can address later on. Aside from that, her pitching was quite powerful and she delivered some really mean strikes, which surprised me as well.
Abby is a quick learner and has good skills. But she doesn't like to practice much, therefore I wouldn't expect too much stability from her. Anyway, having fun is the most important thing, I suppose.
Abby is a girl that has too much in her mind and gets distracted easily. It's quite a challenge to keep her entertained and focused. The only thing that can quiet her down is reading. When she gets a good book on hand, she could sit there for hours. But not anything else. Her attention on things other than reading can hardly last over 10 minutes.
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