softball pitching

Liesl diligently practiced her pitching and then got to pitch in a game -- she was a little nervous to begin, but did really well. Some walks, some strikes, some hits -- two innings, a totally reasonable first outing. She pitched again a few days later and did even better. Softball has been terrific this season; the girls have improved so much in both skills and game awareness, and they've started to bond as a team and have a lot of fun. It's a different group of girls than she normally sees at school or soccer practice and that's also excellent.

It was a beautiful evening for softball - blue sky and puffy clouds, a break from this spring's incessant rain.

Softball benches are very loud -- the girls chant and cheer and sing constantly. Here's Liesl with Ana Lu, Fiona, and Jane, chanting and stomping.

Back to the field, here at first base.

On 3rd base. Liesl usually gets a hit, or she gets walked, and then steals all the bases. The fielding isn't up to throwing out kids at bases most of the time.

Practicing pitching again.