Fred here -
One of the more popular topics that I'm presented with by families that I work with is - What to do in in the months where softball isn't the main focus. It seems in this current day and age that athletes are honed in on 1 particular sport early in their career, and really dont expand their interests into other activities.
While I think it's important to constantly work on your "main sport", it is also extremely beneficial to partake in other physical (and mental) activities. Playing other sports will help develop other muscles in the body and should help prevent some common injuries that we typically see from strictly softball/baseball players - which usually happens from overuse of a developing muscle. It's also nice just to get away from the grind of one particular sport, and engage with new people to possibly pick up on some important intangibles (being coachable, interacting with new teammates, embracing a new practice grind, etc.)
I understand that there's always a small fear of missing travel/high school workouts and not being a part of the team during the actual season, but it's still important for kids to be kids, and softball should never feel like a job. When speaking to friends of mine who happen to be college coaches, they actually prefer to recruit a multi-sport athlete over an individual that only focuses on one sport.
Keep grinding
-FPF