CJ BEATTY SOFTBALL ACADEMY BLOG

When people hear "mentally tough softball player," sometimes they picture the girl who never cries. Never gets nervous. Never gets frustrated. Never gets upset. Nothing bothers her. Nah. That's not what we're talking about. Sis, you're allowed to have emotions. You're allowed to be disappointed. You...

You ever watch a player who looks completely different in practice than she does in a game? Practice? Sis is loose. She's swinging hard. She's making plays. She's talking. She's having fun. Then game time comes around and... Everything gets tight. She's thinking instead of playing. She's scared to s...

You ever watch your daughter make one mistake and suddenly, in her mind, the whole game is over? One strikeout. One error. One bad pitch. And here we go... "I suck." "I can't do anything right." "I'm the worst player out here." "Coach is probably going to take me out." Parents, meanwhile, you're sit...

Your daughter gets in the car. The bag gets tossed in the back. The door closes, and you already know. Today is not the day. Maybe she struck out three times. Maybe she made the error that scored the winning run. Maybe she did not pitch well, barely played, or had a rough weekend from beginning to e...

If you have a daughter who plays softball, you already know how quickly her confidence can change. One weekend she walks to the plate thinking, "I got this." The next weekend she strikes out twice, makes an error, and starts saying, "I cannot hit," or, "Everybody else is better than me."

Parents us...