Rappahannock News

Boys — softball is a real sport

- BY ISABELLE ROBEY

The sport that helps me through school the most is so ball. I have been playing so ball since I was 9 years old, and I will be playing for the school this season. I think sports are important to education because they help students feel more involved in school.

So ball is one of the most looked down upon sports, especially by baseball players in middle and high school who are mad about the rules. The main rule they are mad about is that the girls pitch underhand. Lower fences is another rule the men hate, but the most important one is the balls are bigger. The girls get hate on rules they can’t even control. The boys who hate on the sport are most likely not involved and are trying to make themselves more involved. Even Though the boys try to make my life di cult by teasing, I still have the girls I play so ball with to help me get through it all.

One of the most important things so ball helps me with is doing well in a group setting. My dad taught me that sports help a lot with working well in classes when I have to do group work or projects. He said, “one day you're going to have to work with people you don’t like and so ball will help you with dealing with people like that.” And he was right. Playing so ball has helped me deal with people I do not like.

So ball also helps me with anger management. I get angry easily and so ball helps me calm myself down. It gives me ways to let my anger out in a safe way. One of those ways is batting practice because it helps me with physical anger and lets me hit things that won’t hurt someone else. Another way is pitching drills. It helps me with the anger that makes me want to throw things at people. Those two factors are the main cause of me calming down more quickly and helps me not get into st ghts.

I hope that playing so ball through middle and high school will help me get into college and make me a better person overall. The most important thing to remember is that playing sports can de nitely make someone a better person through experience with team meetings and outings and even just practices and games. An amazing example of this is when someone starts to play a sport who has no friends or is a bully. They can become friends with their teammates or learn that people are di erent but have similariti­es.

So ball has been an amazing factor in how I get through school and other aspects of my life. It helped me see the importance of friendship and teamwork through working with my teammates and coaches. That is why I think sports help student’s education.

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