I've always tried to take a realistic look at things. I do my best to "Not Believe the Hype." I guess I need to believe it now. Since my daughter first started to play sports, everyone has always talked about how gifted she is. I've always tried to ignore it for a few reasons:
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I figure that they are being nice.
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While I push her, I've always been afraid to push her too far and really test what she could do before this year.
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I just don't believe the hype.
Now, even I am a convert. I've watched her over the past year, really improve (might I say explode) in sports. Starting in basketball last year, she has had an amazing run. She dominated our basketball team last year over some boys on the team. She was the dominant player in the softball league last spring and she was not in the oldest age group in this softball league. She played a full season in middle school soccer and scored three goals as well as started on her team as a sixth grader. This year, she made the middle school B basketball team. I figured that she would sit on the bench. In the first game, I had to run outside right before the start and didn't make it in to see the tipoff, as I walked back in, I saw that my daughter was on the court. I said, "What is she doing out there?" My wife replied, "She starts honey." She scored 6 points in the game and Webb won 25-24. She scored 4 points in her second game, and first home game, and Webb won 24-7. A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to prepare everyone that she might not make the B team in basketball because school was a step up from rec-leagues. Earlier this week, I was trying to prepare everyone that she was probably going to sit on the bench most of the games. I'm a believa now.