It has been a long time since we have posted but that does not mean that life was not involved with softball. Alicia has been training all through the winter months. She has been practicing with her new team the NC Lady Titans. Alicia looked at many teams this fall/winter but chose the Lady Titans because they are a very athletic team and work hard in their practices.
Some of the teams she looked at were Team TFS 14U, Carolina Fusion 16U, thought about the HP Heat but the decision came down to what team she was most comfortable with and our family not being sure we were ready to travel to Colorado and other states to play yet.
Alicia has continued her pitching lessons weekly with Vanessa and now has an awesome knuckle ball (currently her favorite pitch). She has also been working with Gwen Johnson on her hitting. There was one warm day in which Gwen had her hitting at the UNCG softball field. Alicia had most of her hits way out in the field and the UNCG field seems much bigger than the fields she usually plays on. Gwen is always amazed at the power Alicia has for the size of her.
Even when the weather was bad, Alicia and her father would be practicing throwing in the upstairs hall. Alicia's mother was worried that their would be holes in the walls but she did not touch a wall. The hall is approximately 38 feet long and 4 feet wide.
In the near future I will post some pictures of some of the tools she uses to practice. Her father made her a balance beam like the one in the softball training video, "The Softball Pitching Edge DVD ,Featuring Cheri Kempf."( put out by Human Kinetics)
Alicia is very confident and excited about this week's Northern Guilford Middle School softball try outs.
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