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gardener · 09-03-2003, 10:24 AM

Bill, thank you! Your response was wonderfully encouraging and heartwarming, and I'll follow your advice.

As far as Jack Lalanne is concerned, about thirty years ago when he had an exercise show on TV I wondered why on earth would anybody bother with THAT, and then I'd light a cigarette and open another Heinekens.

But learning late is better than never learning at all, and Lalanne is now one of my heroes, too.

About goals, they do change with the changing stages on life's way. For 17-year-olds, it's often work out to look good on the beach and maybe get laid. At 30, it's being able to carry your kids on your shoulders when they get tired or when they just want a dad's attention. At 50....and so it goes.

Now, a grandfatherly question. One of my grandchildren, an 11-year-old, has been playing on a local girls' softball team the past two summers, mostly first and third base, with the occasional inning as a pitcher. Now she wants to aim next summer to be a pitcher, period (except for hitting, which she's good at). She wants to take lessons. (Didn't know there were such things!) The local style is something called fast windmill, something like that. My son and his wife are reluctant, since my daughter-in-law pitched all through high school and has knee problems to show for it. I'm sure you have an authoritative answer to the question should a 11-year-old smallish but determined girl aspire to pitch softball? And if so, what should she avoid in order not to have problems in later life?

Again, you made my day!

09-03-2003, 10:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
gardener Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: southern New Jersey Posts: 3,183	Bill, thank you! Your response was wonderfully encouraging and heartwarming, and I'll follow your advice. As far as Jack Lalanne is concerned, about thirty years ago when he had an exercise show on TV I wondered why on earth would anybody bother with THAT, and then I'd light a cigarette and open another Heinekens. But learning late is better than never learning at all, and Lalanne is now one of my heroes, too. About goals, they do change with the changing stages on life's way. For 17-year-olds, it's often work out to look good on the beach and maybe get laid. At 30, it's being able to carry your kids on your shoulders when they get tired or when they just want a dad's attention. At 50....and so it goes. Now, a grandfatherly question. One of my grandchildren, an 11-year-old, has been playing on a local girls' softball team the past two summers, mostly first and third base, with the occasional inning as a pitcher. Now she wants to aim next summer to be a pitcher, period (except for hitting, which she's good at). She wants to take lessons. (Didn't know there were such things!) The local style is something called fast windmill, something like that. My son and his wife are reluctant, since my daughter-in-law pitched all through high school and has knee problems to show for it. I'm sure you have an authoritative answer to the question should a 11-year-old smallish but determined girl aspire to pitch softball? And if so, what should she avoid in order not to have problems in later life? Again, you made my day! __________________ "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument." William Gibbs McAdoo. US Vice-President under Woodrow Wilson.