Improving my Softball Pitching!!!

By: Lauren Kenny

My Project!For my project, I wanted to improve my softball pitching.

This is because I might want to try out for softball at school. I was focusing on pitching accuracy, so that

means I was measuring strikes and balls. Strikes are what I wanted to throw. I measured how many strikes I could

get out of 10 pitches before and after the project. I started out being able to throw about 3 strikes out of 10 pitches. I now can throw about 4 to 5 strikes out of 10

pitches which means I improved a little bit. My sister was my catcher every time I practiced, so she gave me some

tips on how to improve.

Sub Goal #1My first sub goal was to drink 6-8 cups of water

everyday. This would help me stay hydrated and focused. I would try to

have 1 or 2 cups of water before school, 1 or 2 cups of water at school, 3 or 4 cups of water between the end of school and dinner, and 1 cup of

water at dinner.

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Subgoal 1: drink 6-8 cups of water everyday

Sub Goal #2My second sub goal was to do as many push-ups

as I could without stopping every other

day. This would keep me fit and help with the

push-up test.(When I started I could do about 7 push-ups

without stopping. I now can do about 15!)

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Subgoal 2: do as many push-ups as I can without stopping every other day

Sub Goal #3My third sub goal was to practice pitching 20-30 minutes twice a week. This would eventually

improve my pitching skills.(I started out being able to make about 3 strikes out of 10 pitches. I now can

make about 4 to 5 strikes out of 10 pitches.)

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Subgoal 3: practice pitching for 20-30 minutes twice a week

Improving my Softball Pitching

Subgoal 1: drink 6-8 cups of water everyday

Subgoal 2: do as many push-ups as I can without stopping every other day

Subgoal 3: practice pitching for 20-30 minutes twice a week

Dates:10/18/2010 x10/19/201010/20/2010 x10/21/201010/22/2010 x10/23/2010 x10/24/201010/25/201010/26/2010 x10/27/2010 x10/28/2010 x10/29/2010 x10/30/2010 x10/31/2010 x11/1/2010 x11/2/201011/3/201011/4/201011/5/2010 x11/6/2010 x x11/7/2010 x11/8/2010 x11/9/201011/10/201011/11/201011/12/2010 x x11/13/2010 x11/14/2010 x x11/15/2010 x11/16/201011/17/201011/18/201011/19/2010 x11/20/2010 x11/21/2010 x11/22/2010 x11/23/201011/24/2010 x11/25/2010 x11/26/2010 x11/27/201011/28/2010 x

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Problems I Encountered!During this project I faced a few problems. One was related to my first sub goal that was to drink 6-8 cups of water everyday. My problem was reaching this sub goal because some days I wanted to drink milk or juice for my meals, but I knew I had to drink water. Also, I had problems with my second sub goal which was to do as many push-ups as I could without stopping every other day. When I did my push-ups, I knew I needed to push myself, but some days I wanted to do 1 push-up and stop because it would still count as doing the push-ups for the day. Instead of doing that, I was honest with myself which helped me improve. My last problem was with my third sub goal which was to practice pitching for 20-30 minutes twice a week. The problem was I needed someone to pitch to because if I pitched by myself with no one catching it, I would lose my softball. This was a problem because people weren’t always available to pitch to. Since I saw this problem, I made sure I practiced longer than 20-30 minutes the days I did practice so I would get the same amount of time practicing. Even though I had all these problems, I found some way to do what I had to do, to meet my goals!

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