This years team is completely new besides for me and our center fielder Takota Tierney. So there is lots of opportunity to grow and improve every day. Practice starts indoors for the first few weeks because of all the snow. It is awesome that even though we have all the snow we have access to scrimmage indoors at the RCTC bubble. We also ended up playing our first two games of the season in there as well. This year we did not have an outdoor practice before our first outdoor game that was this past week. Our first scrimmages and games have been kind of rough but the exciting part is that we improve drastically every time. You can see things starting to click and the kids beginning to understand things they previously had not. If we keep improving at our current rate we could be very competitive come playoffs this year.
Last year I set a very high standard for myself to reach again this year. To reach above and beyond that standard I put in more work this off season than ever before and am still working hard to get better. I have very high expectations for myself and even though this year has started off slow I know things will come. This year will be the biggest mental test for me so far because of all the different pressures from outsiders and myself. With all of my prior preparation I feel confident that things will come together and I will be able to compete at my usual level.
Overall I am very excited for this season as so many things are different from the past. The team is completely new and their are so many opportunities to come. No matter how things ends up, I definitely am going to enjoy this season. :)
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