We are currently in Conroe, Tx. Playing in the Hotshots Invitational Travel Softball Tournament. There is scouts everywhere. Tx. A&M , Tx Longhorns, Baylor, Florida Gators, Ole Ms, Michigan……. If you get in the right tournaments with the right team you will get seen. If your not on the right team you will get put on the wrong fields. Or you will have to go to a softball camp to be seen. Only other way is State Playoffs in H.S. We are the crazy softball parents that drive all over the country. This trip is 10 days of softball over 13 days and it’s currently 108 degrees here just north of Houston, Tx. We enjoy watching her play, but she misses out on a ton of stuff that other kids get to do. I have asked her multiple times if she was ready to give it up and she says no way. It’s not for everyone. We spend $18,500 a year with normal gas prices and that’s not counting any food or drinks. We started this journey at 8 years old and now she is 15. So 7 years total in travel and she is going to be in 10th grade next year. We drive 2 to 3 hours to practice six times a year, and 1hr 30min to hitting lessons once a week and I take care of her defense. Yes we could have just paid cash for her college instead of wishing on a scholarship. I know we are crazy, but we still are not as crazy as some of these National Teams that play in California one weekend then the next weekend they are in South Carolina then the next in South Florida……. They fly into practice every month and fly in to play tournaments. We get in the same tournaments when close to home and try to mooch off the other teams getting seen consistently. At 7:20pm tonight we play a National Team and the colleges will be watching them, so our girls will be seen also. I did not proof read this because I got to go. Busy busy. Lol.

It is hard to kill or catch anything sitting on the couch!