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[–] BigxRedxHusker@midwest.social 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

I've taken a big step back from most apps and social media in general, unless I'm playing Xbox online for 2 hours after 10p'm hardly using the Internet for anything else. .

Plus just got done with daughters club volleyball, now it's onto softball season.. working with her on pitching have to use a lot of YouTube for that because I don't know how to pitch fast softball. So we're both sort of learning as we go.

She's got a Canon for a arm. Like has made my hand hurt on multiple occasions from 40 feet for only being 11. Ive been trying to teach accuracy over speed and a actual coach said not to do that. If they have natural speed. Let them pitch fast and ccuracy will come later.

She's improved. I'd say 3/10 are strikes, 5/10 will probably get someone to swing at. The other two watch your shins or head 😅. Or in my case sitting on a 5 gallon bucket, the family jewelry. Have had a few close calls

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 9 hours ago

Sorry for delay. Had to take care of a few things offline.

step back from social media

That’s pretty huge. Everyone I’ve known who did that said it improved their life and mental health in lots of ways, and the harder their exit the more enthusiastic they were. Tried it myself back in 2012, and stuff probably wasn’t even as bad back then, but deleting google facebook twitter snap etc really did help me build better relationships and enjoy life more. I still text/chat people and use some forums like lemmy but never have to worry about an algorithm trying to fuck with my head lol

daughter mobile softball turret

That is wonderful! While I don’t have kids, I know the feeling of helping young people discover things they’re good at and it’s deeply gratifying. Really cool that you’re there to practice with her too. Having a parent who’s there isn’t a given yet helps so much with basically everything.

3/10 strikes 5/10 swing

From what I understand of baseball rules, that would mean like 8/10 over the plate or close enough for the hitter to attempt? 80% success sounds damn good for a new player. Is it possible she has some natural athleticism and/or hand-eye coordination?

learning together

Ditto re: softball knowledge; could only guess where to begin. Did see a few rounds of a softball game at a pub once and noticed the pitcher would deliberately bounce the ball, which I thought wasn’t a thing in regular baseball. Is this something pitchers in her league practice, like a type of pitch?

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Sounds like you know where to seek respite!

I bet the summer weather will be welcomed by you and yours, yeah?