I wouldn't worry about losing your voice because you're starting to be louder. It's unlikely that it'll happen. I also play volleyball, but I happen to be one of the loud ones :) haha. I met this one guy during our drama production this year at school and he was extremely quiet. What I did to try to get him to speak louder was increase my volume obnoxiously anytime I would talk to him. The rest of the cast followed my example and eventually he started projecting more. I would suggest that during practice one day, your whole team joins you in exaggerating your volume levels. Even when you're speaking to one another, talk unnecessarily loud. It may help you get used to being louder around them.
Also, you can always try playing noise games. Who can call for the ball louder? Or play some two on two and yell jibberish back and forth to try and break the other team's concentration.

Let me know how it goes!

Cassie Leigh

You can always go to the batting cages or call up some girls on your teams to see if they wanna go to the gym and throw or something. Otherwise, ask your parents about joining a travel softball team. Travel teams ususally practice all year aroud at some indoor facility. Hope I helped.

You can get one of those nets...i don't know what they're called but if you throw a ball at them then it'll come back to you. Yeah you can pitch against that. Or, you can be like me and use a trampoline! lol...but yeah and there are a lot of ways to improve your performance in softball. Drop a qeustion in my column about what exactly you need help with in your performance ( like hitting, fielding, throwing etc.) and I'll help you out with some drills or something. ~*CaSSiE*~

You shouldn't decide whether or not to play the game you love based on what year you're going to play for. You should play because you love to play the game. I would be happy to play on any team so long as I got to play. I think that playing on JV could have advantages too. If you played on varsity you might not get as much floor time as you will on JV. Just think about it. Play basketball to play and because that's what you like to do. Don't second guess the game because of the team you'll be playing for. ~*CaSSiE*~

haha...ok 1st of all gurlz who play softball kik ass! I play softball 2 and I had the same problem you do. When you hit dinky grounders to the left side then the pitch was probably an outside pitch. There are three positions the ball will cross at the plate. Inside, Middle, and Outside. If the ball is an inside pitch you want the bat to meet the ball right at the front inside corner of the plate. That way you pull the ball. If the ball is up the middle make contact when the ball is right at the heart of the plate. Then you should drive the ball right up the middle. An outside pitch is the trickiest because everybody wants to pull an outside pitch. If the pitch is outside you have to keep all your momentum going toward right field(if you're a righty)or left field(if you're a lefty). Throw your hands right toward the ball and make contact when the ball crosses the back outside corner of the plate. That will help you to not pull the ball. What you can do to see the ball better is hand eye coordination exercises. You can write #'s or color all over the ball and have somebody pitch them too you. Then watch the ball all the way in across the plate and try to tell what number/color was on the ball. What you can do about keeping your body in place is make sure you go shoulder to shoulder with your chin when you swing. That will help you keep your head in place. You're looking for the ball before you hit it which might also be causing you to miss the heart of the ball. There is a saying that might help you with your swing. It goes "STRIDE"(getting all your wait back)"GLIDE"(bringing the bat back into ready position)"HIP AND FLIP"(throwing your hips while you punch the ball with the knob of the bat and finish your swing while piviting.) Sorry if that was a little a bit confusing. That's really all I can think of right now, but I'm sure you can ask your coach what's going on and without a doubt he'll be more than willing to help you. Otherwise you can go to a hitting clinique. Get back to me if you need more advice or wanna talk softball. You can IM on AIM on BaShBaBe1435 or e-mail me at sallygurl4eva@sbcglobal.net Good Luck ~*CaSSiE*~

PS. How old are you? Do you play travel ball? Who do you play for and where do you live? get back to me if you can. good luck with softball

Hey! My name is Cassie and I'm 21 years old. I live in the suburbs of Chicago where I like to spend time with the important people in my life, play softball, and volunteer in my community. I am currently a junior in college. Throughout my years of schooling I have been involved in activities such as: volleyball, basketball, softball, theater, poms, choir, band, foreign language club, science team, and academic achievement programs. I am a Secondary Lutheran Education Biology Major with a minor in Spanish Education.

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