She has become a "push up and pull-up machine" at Army
We are excited at how much stronger she is versus a year ago. To be honest, as a power-hitting catcher, she was struggling to get the Army pullup done for her pre-West Point fitness test and had to go to a cross fit place to learn how to do it correctly and fire off the right muscles. Now? She is jumping up on the bar and knocking them out so that she can attend Air Assault school in the summer and she has been training for doing the Norwegian ruck march (30km) in 4 weeks (if Coach oks it). With the new strength and power, we are excited to see how that transitions into her hitting. I don't think she will catch much but I think they use her as a PH and DP this season after leading Army in BA and 4th in RBIs in the Fall.
With that strength, she really had to go back to basics with her swing and has had to work hard to get her mechanics correct with the additional muscle. She struggled in November and December a bit but seems to be really hitting a groove the last two weeks to hopefully peak a bit early and help the team win some games.
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9 more days until the start of the softball season for me!
-- AirborneHokie96
Jan 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM ET
AirborneHokie96
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01/28/26 11:05 AM ET
We told her not to get too high and not to get too low during the season
-- AirborneHokie96
Jan 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM ET
AirborneHokie96
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01/29/26 12:55 PM ET
Hope your daughter has great season **
-- BAMAHOKIE
Jan 28, 2026 at 07:23 PM ET
BAMAHOKIE
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01/28/26 07:23 PM ET
She has become a "push up and pull-up machine" at Army
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-- AirborneHokie96
Jan 29, 2026 at 08:14 AM ET
AirborneHokie96
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01/29/26 08:14 AM ET