Darby had softball practice tonight. We have one more week before the pre-season tournament, and the season starts immediately thereafter. I think we'll be okay with hitting. Fielding is TBD mostly because we haven't settled into positions. Pitching is our big weakness (isn't it everybody's?). All the girls want to pitch, but not all of them have the goods. Darby REALLY wants to pitch, and we've been practicing her pitching outside of team practice, but the jury is still out as to whether she has the goods either. Though she's probably one of the better choices. Her technique is not bad. The bigger issue of the moment is the distance. She has to get that ball over the plate some thirty-five feet away. The other problem is she that she has a lot of infield experience and we'd seriously missed out during those games she'd be pitching.
The coaches have decided on a pitching-only practice on Sunday. Realistically we've probably only got two more full-team practices after that and before the tournament. I'm a bit worried, but in a lot of ways I think we're in better shape and have more potential than at the beginning of last season.
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