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10 reasons softball
can change your life
Below is a brief summary of a much larger, more comprehensive, excellent article by Amanda Scarborough.
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“There are so many things to learn through sports… What is it about working with your teammates that stretches you as a person? What is it about the beautiful combination of failing and winning that keeps us coming back for more?”
1. TRAVEL. “ I consider travel such a great way to explore the world and to get to know another culture and another state.”
2. NETWORKING. “When you play a sport, it can become an instant bond with anyone you meet who played that same sport.”
3. TIME MANAGEMENT. “As an athlete, you learn that if you are on time, you’re late, and if you’re early you’re on time.”
4. MANAGE RELATIONSHIPS. “When you play sports, you have to pay attention to everyone’s personality and learn what the best way to is to talk to each person.”
FOR THE FULL STORY.
“There are so many things to learn through sports… What is it about working with your teammates that stretches you as a person? What is it about the beautiful combination of failing and winning that keeps us coming back for more?”
1. TRAVEL. “ I consider travel such a great way to explore the world and to get to know another culture and another state.”
2. NETWORKING. “When you play a sport, it can become an instant bond with anyone you meet who played that same sport.”
3. TIME MANAGEMENT. “As an athlete, you learn that if you are on time, you’re late, and if you’re early you’re on time.”
4. MANAGE RELATIONSHIPS. “When you play sports, you have to pay attention to everyone’s personality and learn what the best way to is to talk to each person.”
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Wesley Wolverine senior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE)
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5. COMMUNICATIONS. “If you cannot communicate, life is going to be a long, tough road ahead… So you know you want something or you need something. It’s in your mind. How are you going to be able to articulate it so that someone actually HEARS what you are saying?” with coaches, teammates and parents.
6. FAILURE. “If you are learning from your mistakes and making adjustments, you have no reason to fear failure.”
7. WINNING. “A winner only knows one speed – FULL OUT, because they know if you go full out you have a higher chance to WIN. A winner knows that some days if you want to win, you have to fight. Not with someone else, but with yourself. Fight to win. Fight to be the very best you… you’re pure fight and determination to give your all every single time you take the field.”
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| Wesley Wolverine sophomore #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA) |
8. NEVER GIVE UP. “Softball teaches us (if we let it) a work ethic that makes us forget failure and forget people around us who may not believe in us… Put an idea in your head, feel it in your heart if it’s your passion and keep moving forward, outworking everybody around you along the way. Hard work pays off.”
9. PRESENCE. “Well in life we aren’t always going to get what we want, and as adults it should not affect our body language and the energy we are giving off towards others. Throughout a game and a practice you have opportunities to practice your presence and your body language – at the plate AND in the circle... Your presence speaks volumes about who you are as a player, a person and as a leader.”
10. BE PRESENT AND LET GO. “We are going to make mistakes throughout games and throughout life. We can’t take ourselves too seriously. If we hang on to those mistakes, it’s so much harder to rebound and be present in the next play ahead. You quickly have to learn, but not judge, your mistakes.”
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