I weigh 135 and am 5 foot 7.5.
Fastpitch softball tryouts happened this week and I made junior varsity.
I’m a pitcher, and this is what our daily practice involves:
- 25 minutes of running laps around the field (it sucks, haha)
- Agility lines including skipping, high knees, butt kicks, lunges, and a bunch of sprint and "break downs" (shuffle at the end) at 50%, 75%, and 100% numerous times. These agility lines are roughly 60 feet.
- Base sprinting for about 10 minutes non stop.
Then we play catch for a little while, bat, run more bases, ground infield and "drop step" in the outfield, which basically includes chasing down balls.
Then we condition for 45 minutes, which is generally a group of 4 people and we run continuous sprints back and forth down the baselines in a relay team. Then we do sprints with cones and a couple "cool down" laps.
It is mostly conditioning, and lasts 3.5 hours, 5 to 6 days a week.
We play for 12 weeks. Do you think I’ll get really strong and possibly lose a few pounds?