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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out softball league has a vague sense that we are losing athletes to volleyball.[/quote]
No offense, but softball sucks, no wonder girls are looking for a different sport. [/quote]

Yeah. I played softball when I was 9-12 as a kid and I was always irritated we weren’t just playing baseball. I even asked my mom if I could do little league but she said no. Now I see they’ve added full face shields to the sport and it just adds to the insult. No other sport besides football/hockey is doing that. Are we teaching girls to the that scared? I digress…
OP- a lot of these athletes popping up in Volleyball are kids who had their sport shut down or minimized during the pandemic. They tried to stick with it or maybe tried to do something else that was available. My daughter has tried every sport out there and stuck with a few for more than 1 season but recently discovered a love for volleyball through a school team. She had an athletic background so picking up volleyball wasn’t hard for her. [/quote]

I'm a mom to a volleyball player and a softball player, and your post sounds really sexist.  Softball is great and harder than baseball in many ways.  It's a very supportive female-first sport.  The face shields are super important because if you get hit with a softball coming hard off a bat, it will shatter your nose and cheekbones and orbital socket.  Please don't act like girls are wimps for wearing important protective gear.  Typically only the pitcher and maybe some infielders wear them.  If you are on the mound, that ball is coming at you hard and fast.  One of the skill sets for a pitcher is being able to hit the dirt in a split second so you don't end up concussed.  Softball is different than baseball because with the heavier ball, you see more hard line drives (so more active play) -- you don't get those big sailing home runs much in softball.  [/quote]

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