Softball

Ryder1 · March 2009

My dad is REALLY competitive and I now that, but he takes me and softball way too seriously. I play on a high level team, and I understand that, but he gets way over his head in trying to make me play better then everyone else. I practice with him every day, and almost everytime I end almost ready to cry. He continusly yells at me, and tells me I am not good enough to play. But I know I am good enough, I have been one of the best pitchers on my team for many years. He always says after I make a bad throw etc "Do you want to play softball or not? Concentrate!" but he yells it at me. Sometimes, when I don't understand something he is trying to teach me, I say "I don't understand." And he blows up yelling at me. If I ever quit softball, It won't be b/c I dont like it anymore, it will be becasue of him. I am sick of him treating me this way. I know he is just trying to make me a better player, and that he loves me, but sometimes I wish he would calm down and try to understand how hard he is being on me. I know some of you people on vp don't have dads and I am sorry. I just wish my dad was less competitive.

kimyo · March 2009

Oh gosh. Reminds me of my good old softball days. hehe Here, we end playing softball in 8th grade because the nearest traveling team is over 4 hours away. =P I played on a team where one of my friend's dad was really competitive. He used to be backup on a pro baseball team. So, that means that he was really competitive. =P She was the pitcher, and got yelled at a LOT. I even got yelled at, and he finds ways to win, even though the game wasn't over. Like, the limit of our games is 1 1/2 hours. Well, for the championship game, his team was leading and we were 2 points behind. I ended the inning, and it was 3 minutes OVER the limit. Come on, 3 minutes. He wouldn't let us play anymore and he threw a HUGE fit. Well, he punched and broke a bunch of his team's equipment, got into a fight with my coach, and to keep safety, we went ahead and ended the game. Then his daughter came up to me and said, "Aww! That color looks soo good on you!" (the ribbons of the championship game) I really couldn't care much about it anymore. She's not that good of a person anymore, maybe because her parents aren't the best people to look up to. =P Oh well, those days are over and I'm perfectly fine now. I have good memories and bad memories. Once you finish and look back, you would see that and you would care a little bit, but you wouldn't throw as big as a fit today as you did. Just take it from me. I don't even care about it anymore. Those medals are collecting dust. haha

saved09 · March 2009

I have a friend, and her dad is a really nice person, but she was supposed to be the 1st olypic Softball player from our town. At six years old, she was playing on our U12 team, and one game she struck out--the only time all season--and started bawling because her dad was going to ground her for striking out. Now she almost doesn't seem to like to play as much--i think because of how hard she was pushed. Her brother was treated the same, He almost lost his truck when he told his dad he wanted to quit baseball because his dad was yelling at him to get rid of his gf to play baseball better. Like i said, he is a very nice person, but he is very competitve, my dad offered to have him assistant coach for us one year and he declined because he knew other parents would hate the way he coached. Just remember that you are good enough and play your best. It's not worth it to forget that and not enjoy the game anymore. I regret that I am not playing because I let words from other coaches and players get to me and i was not having fun. Hope this makes you feel better

twilightgirl93 · March 2009

I know what you mean! I'm playing Varsity softball right now, and no one EVER seems to be happy! :roll: :x Well, I used to get yelled at all the time, but that stopped when my coaches finally yelled at me too much and I went off on them :oops: :P NOT A SMART IDEA! But I basically just told them that yelling never helps anyone so if they think they can do a better job to get out there and do it or else quit yelling at me because that usually makes people do worse... like I said, not a pretty sight and I wouldn't advise it, but I thought the story might make you laugh so...

just have as much fun as you can playing is all I can tell you. Don't worry about what other people think(as hard as that is to do :? ) Anyway, hoped it helped a little

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