This is what Ladybug's softball coach calls her. Duck on a June Bug. I love to watch their face when she does it right whether it is her fast hands while hitting, a long shot, her throwing or catching. They kind of just shake their heads like how did she do that. I love it for her too because you can tell how happy it makes her.
We have had to work very hard this year in softball. There have been some tears. She has done pretty good. She has only had one strike out the whole season, she pretty much always connects with the ball. She is not doing too bad in the field. She stops most of the balls.
There has been a lot of mental coaching:
Practice how you play - show'em what you can do - stay focused.
Keep the end in mind - what do you want to happen?
Make a plan - what are you doing to do this week to get better at your batting?
Lots of reminders:
Fielding - You have to stay in front of the ball. You may get hit but you have stop it.
Batting - Put your weight back, swing 100% every time.
Well Saturday's game came together for the entire team! They all got out there and played. My pictures show the girls getting hit after hit after hit. It was so exciting to watch. According to the coach we had 34 total hits, scored 16 runs and made 10 outs in the field.
The deal was if the team got 3 strike outs or less, he would buy icee's for everyone. There are games where we had gotten up to 9 strikeouts and you can't win a game when you do that. The girls only had 3 strikeouts for the game. They all did awesome.
This was also one of Ladybug's over all best games.
She stopped several hard balls at short stop and make great throws to first base. She stopped a ball in left field and threw it to the pitcher before the runner could get past first base. 
She hit five for five times today. 3 of the five hits dropped past the infielders and one was a hard grounder that went straight to left field. It was her overall best hitting game so far.
She has worked hard and we got to watch the hard work payoff. She was so excited.
She went into this game wanting the game ball. I told her she had to keep the end in mind and she kept that end in mind and did it. I was so excited for her because at the end of the game coaches talk, the girls were pointing to Jess to get the game ball. It was overwhelming watching the other teammates acknowledge her good playing.
It goes to show what hard work can do and how it can pay off. We were so proud of her and the entire Lady Bears team.
Well for some reason, the concession stand was expectantly closed when the game was over. So coach took all the girls to orange leaf for yogurt.
Great job Lady Bears!!
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