hit by the ball

[Anonymous]

Teach her that you take you base the first time and charge the mound on the second. Make sure she knows that she has to drop the bat, but the helmet is fair game as a weapon. Pretending to walk to first until she’s clear of the catcher gives her a better chance of reaching the pitcher before it gets broken up

[Anonymous]

If she can't handle this, then this is not the sport for her. Probably any ball-based sport is not the sport for her, frankly. In my daughter's very first soccer game, she got hit by the ball in the stomach - the girl kicking it was twice her size, it knocked my child down and knocked the wind out of her. She said she was so scared because she couldn't breathe and couldn't talk for a few seconds. Guess what? It's a year and a half later and she's still playing soccer. She may not be the most aggressive kid, and she may cringe when the ball comes towards her sometimes, but she's still playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD started softball and got hit on the leg from a pitch and so did 2 other girls on her team.

I was not expecting this, anything we can do? The pitchers really suck at this age. (Elementary)

Softball parent here: it was likely intentional. My DD pitches for a C level travel team, and she was taught by her pitching coach to start brushing batters back at the U10 level. Just tell your DD to charge the mound next time it happens and the pitcher will back off.

A little chin music!

[Anonymous]

Make sure she doesn't rub it.

[Anonymous]

Just tell her to mouth beyotch to the pitcher and take first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell her not rub as she runs to first base - that's the sign of a sissy.

I've lost count of how many times my daughter has been nailed by pitches over the years. She wears the bruises with pride. Especially the ones were you can see the ball's stitching.

Now when you get to high school, those girls throw hard, so you may want to reconsider softball if this a problem for your daughter.

Yup, my daughter is the same way. Those are her favorite ones. She's also catcher and most of her upper left arm is bruised from taking foul balls off the left shoulder.

These girls are tough

[Anonymous]

My son plays baseball, but same concept of getting hit by a ball…the younger ages are rough because they have little control/are learning. Have the coach teach her how to turn her body/hold the bat when she thinks she’ll get hit.

It’ll get better as they gain better control (though of course it hurts more because they throw harder).

My son doesn’t enjoy getting hit by a ball, unlike some of these girls here. He doesn’t go around showing people his bruises. It’s ok to say that part of diamond sports sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she can't handle this, then this is not the sport for her. Probably any ball-based sport is not the sport for her, frankly. In my daughter's very first soccer game, she got hit by the ball in the stomach - the girl kicking it was twice her size, it knocked my child down and knocked the wind out of her. She said she was so scared because she couldn't breathe and couldn't talk for a few seconds. Guess what? It's a year and a half later and she's still playing soccer. She may not be the most aggressive kid, and she may cringe when the ball comes towards her sometimes, but she's still playing.

Seriously. And I am surprised, OP, that you were not expecting it. Yes, there are way more girls getting hit by pitch in the early years of rec kid pitch, but this is part of the sport at every level, and not just with sucky pitchers. My 13 year old daughter is a great pitcher with 75+ strike percentage but she hits a few batters every season and at 50-65 mph (the range of what we see now), that hurts a lot more than whatever they are throwing in 10u or 12u rec (25 to 40 mph?). At this age, most of the girls just run to first without even showing any sign of discomfort.

[Anonymous]

At least they wear masks. Which means no broken noses, cheek, or eye sockets. The worst would be, maybe a broken hand or knuckles from being hit in the hand by a pitch.

The absolute worst would be a pitcher getting hit in the chest and having her heart stop.

But for the batter, and body shots shake it off and keep moving especially at the elementary age.

I have a son who plays baseball, and I wish it were more acceptable for boys to wear protective gear like the girls do.

Girls wear masks while batting and while fielding.

[Anonymous]

What you can do is stop helicopter parenting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD started softball and got hit on the leg from a pitch and so did 2 other girls on her team.

I was not expecting this, anything we can do? The pitchers really suck at this age. (Elementary)

There's no crying in (softball.)

But seriously, it happens.

[Anonymous]

My DD quit softball the season after it switched from coach pitch to kid pitch because of this. She does however still play other ball-based sports, including volleyball and basketball, years later so not sure if you don't like getting hit with a softball at 30 mph (or up) that translates to not liking other ball-based sports.

That first year of kid pitch I swear every game some kid was hit, a few of them went down in a really dramatic fashion with screams, parents charging home plate, etc. High drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD quit softball the season after it switched from coach pitch to kid pitch because of this. She does however still play other ball-based sports, including volleyball and basketball, years later so not sure if you don't like getting hit with a softball at 30 mph (or up) that translates to not liking other ball-based sports.

That first year of kid pitch I swear every game some kid was hit, a few of them went down in a really dramatic fashion with screams, parents charging home plate, etc. High drama.

That is so ridiculous, the screaming and parents. The girls do not throw that hard and the girls sometimes stand there just letting it hit them without even trying to get out of the way. At least, that's what I see on my daughter's softball team. My son gets large welts and bruises when he gets hit by a baseball, which is very rare now, because they get better about knowing to get out of the way. But the girls act like they aren't allowed to move out of the way.

[Anonymous]

This is normal. She needs to learn how to move out of the way.

[Anonymous]

Vividly remember the first time I got hit by a pitch and tried to complain to my dad about it.
His response was "awesome! that will help your on base percentage!"