Ok here is the truth
I played slow pitch softball for many many years.
I mean I am not talking about church league softball (too good for that)
I am talking about every weekend as soon as it turned warm until the summer was long over.
I am talking seven games in a day travel the southeast softball.
And we were pretty good,
But that never got me the quality points that most stupendous athletes get from their kids.
"Dad they were throwing it underhanded right ? said my son on more than once occasion.
The biggest thing was is that I did not have a comeback for that one, because yes, they were throwing it underhand.
The announcement Monday that slow pitch softball was coming back to the GHSA is almost just as shocking.
I mean, I know we have tons of fast pitch gurus that are making a living off of overzealous parents that see their kid as the next great hitter or pitcher in the fast pitch game, but seriously, can they do that for slow pitch.
"ok Bobbie Sue, put a little more arch on the ball and follow through" ?
I just don't think it will work.
Seriously, I don't know how to take this news, and I am not sure who will play it.
Will the girls who play fast pitch come out and play the much slower game that some of them have never ever played, or will they laugh at it.
My guess is that some of em will play and some of em wont.
It will be interesting if all of the schools in the area will even play slow pitch.I really cant see Joey Hiller or Jeff Treadway pushing his fast pitch kids to play , but I could be wrong. It will be a spring sport, so it goes against soccer, track , and lacrosse.Oh and lets not forget tennis, which is a little like hitting a softball, except its moving at faster speeds. So maybe they will .
I guess the first decision will be whether or not to pick the sport up. Just because it is offered by the gHSA does not mean a school has to have it as a sport. I would not be shocked if most of the schools in Macon do play it.
So I think I may have another career change coming if slow pitch does come back. "After all, I can teach how to hit a ball that's thrown underhanded.
I am sure in a ghsa school coming close to you very soon that the very first beach volleyball team or maybe synchronized swimming will be presented. Lets come up with 5 or 6 more sports to drain the talent pools of schools even more
You're right. Finding players to move backwards will be a tough sell.
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