USA Softball Slam

Author's Note: I wrote this story to show my love for Jennie Finch. I always look up to her, and I wish everyone would appreciate her as much as I do.

BANG! There goes the softball as Jennie Finch swings the bat as fast as lighting. The ball flies off into the distance miles away. Jennie runs quickly, knowing that she hit the softball far, so she rounds the base. Outfielders are still scrambling to catch the ball, she keeps running. Taking one last stride Jennie slams her foot down on home plate!  Suddenly, there is an up-roar; this is what the crowd has been waiting for! Here’s why; half the people came  to see Jennie hit the ball. In addition, they couldn’t pass up the chance to see the wicked pitch that she can put down on any plate at any time. Yet the umpire still can’t say anything but…STRIKE! 

Have you ever heard of Jennie Finch? Well, I have. She is a big inspiration to me and I look up to Jennie Finch in many ways. Just like I look up to both of my softball coaches. They always use Jennie Finch to show us technique. We also have watched her whenever there was a softball game on.

In fact, when we were being taught to lock our front knee and use our hips, the coaches took a video of Jennie Finch and showed us what she did amazing and that’s what we needed to do.  Showing me this video helped a lot, and now I can lock my knee and use my hips really well. For instance when you bend your front knee when swinging a bat, you have less power; that is because when you bend your knee you already wasted your hips. You want to use your hips to snap, so you can follow though and hit the ball far and hard. If I were to lock my font knee then use my hips the ball will go much farther faster.

 

 At the end of the day, I look up to Jennie Finch because I one day hope to be able to be just as good as her. She never gives up and keeps working on what she needs to improve on; that is one thing I will never forget. You never give up, you never quit, and don’t look down on yourself; those are three hard things not to do, if you do just dust yourself off and get back up. These are the reasons I look up to Jennie Finch, I hope you appreciate her as much as I do.