I don't know where to start, I think she's an amazing athlete
It's rare that you see somebody with her power, speed, athleticism. She wants to get better, so I don't care if she hit 10 home runs last season
you know, how can I get better. I think at this level a lot of them work
I don't know very few of them that work as hard as she does. Because a lot of times all that you see are these success stories, people definitely don't
understand or even think about how much work that she actually puts in
That really separates the good from the great. She separated herself and her work ethic and her mentality when she comes into work
There's never a time where she misses. My name is Gabby Wilson, I'm 15 years old, and I play softball
This is my happy place
I learned a lot from sports, the value of hard work and leadership and just being active
And so when they were young, you know, you're looking for things to get them active. And in sports, daddy gravitated more to softball
It's just relaxing. It's my routine, I guess. I always hit off the tee and I always do rapids and run toss with my dad
I remember playing T-ball and I was like, oh, I like this, this is fun. And I was like taller than everyone and I was stronger
And so I was like, oh, I'm, you know, I'm actually kind of good at this
And I liked, you know, since then I liked playing it. And when I was around 10, my dad was like
I think we should start getting into select. Whenever my dad mentioned that to me
I started thinking, hey, I can be better than the people I'm playing with. And so that motivated me
And I started, you know, going outside and throwing with him every day and I started hitting
And that's kind of when I started, you know, the work ethic that I have now
My dad is always here, working with me, giving me tips. He listens to my coach whenever she coaches me
so he just repeats what she says so I can remember It dangerous sometimes but he does it You know I don know if there was a specific moment when she walked up and said this is it She just made a commitment that she got in the high school
It was, I like the other ones, but I love softball. And so she just really devoted all her time and energy to that
And it's really helped her to kind of elevate her game across the board. So I just want her to take advantage of the time and get better
Even if it's just 1%, just get better. Yes, hitting is my favorite aspect of softball
When I was younger, it obviously didn't look like it does now. I've grown so much, and you can definitely see it when I'm hitting with my dad
Good job on the hand speed with the wood bat, but keep pushing yourself
That'll help you to run faster when they're running to some of those faster pitchers in the games and in your tournaments
Yes, sir. FitLab is sort of CrossFit
We go there and there's different stations that we do with different exercises
And it could be weightlifting, it could be hurdle hops, it could be ladder drill
When she first came in, we wanted to work on a couple of weaknesses, which we call areas
of development, such as hamstring and glute development, also hip flexors, shoulder mobility
and core stabilization. She can hit the ball and she tested out very well on her strength
We needed her to be a more mobile athlete and reduce the risk of injury
We met Tristan probably a little bit over a year ago. We had several of our friends, Gabby's personal coach
they recommended we go check him out. He does a great job at helping you to get better at your sport
We saw the impact that he was having in Gabby. In a very short period of time, she got faster, she got stronger
If she finds out she has to run five miles to get faster, she'll go do it
If she finds out she has to lift these weights to get stronger, she'll go do it
She sets her mind to it and she does it And she been very self She does it all herself she a sponge she a sponge She a hard worker She somebody that when she comes in here
she leaves better than when she comes in every time. I just pretty much give her the blueprint
and she runs with it and I just continue to check in with her. She's a dream client
I really enjoy being a part of her journey. She makes it very easy for me
Sometimes it is really draining. I get tired a lot because I'm working every day
So sometimes I don't want to be there, but I have this big competitive spirit and I do know that other people are working
I want to be better than you. So I'm going to work harder than you because it's kind of my mindset
Free time is pretty rare for Gabby, but when she does get it, she'll often get reading in
Sometimes we'll have an air hockey tournament upstairs. I like to spend as much time with my family as I can so family is really important
Gabby has two younger brothers. Malachi is a year younger than her and Sean is three years
younger than her. Gabby's always been a good big sister. She's always led her brothers, taught them
She interferes with their fight, stops them from fighting. Sympathetic when they get in trouble but they're not when she gets in trouble
We like to be there to kind of support one another. There's nothing else we'd rather do than to be with them practicing or doing sports and enjoying family time
Because we understand that she's a sophomore in high school, so two years from now she'll be in college
We're trying to enjoy every bit of it while we can. Best athlete. Oh, me? I have more homeruns than you
So? One of the things me and my brothers like to do together is baking
It's really fun for us because it kind of takes our mind off of all the other responsibilities that we have
Now you can start for dinner. Pour dinner at the end. We have a little business called Wilson's Desserts
I think Malachi made us some cake balls as a surprise for Valentine's Day
and my dad was like these are really good We kind of just said oh we should just start this business together And we already sold a couple cookies and cake pops to people
So it's really fun. It tastes good. Yeah, I know. This is my room
This was actually made for me by my grandpa. He made a lot of the stuff in my room for me, but he made this to hold my tournament rings
This one is a really nice one. I like it. It's from one of the Allstate games that I played
This one is probably a big one because it was my first home run
It was actually on my 13th birthday. I, my humans were like, that would be so cool
You should hit a home run for your birthday. And I went up to the plate and I was like, that would be funny if I hit a home run
And then I hit one over and so then the next day, I hit that one and you know, they just kept coming
This is an MVP medal that you get whenever you go to the Allstate game. So this is the first one I got because my first home run that I hit, this is when I got the MVP medal to go to the Allstate games the first time
I haven't really decided what I want to do yet when I go to college, but I do know that I want to play college softball
There are a couple of schools that I would love to go to, but really, I just want to play for a big competitive program
she has a dream of uh of playing uh college softball at a big program and and so we we want
our dreams to come true obviously from that standpoint but we also want her to get a great
education and so we want her to be prepared to be have a successful life successful career or
whatever she decides that she wants to go do and have fun doing it i ask her quite often like are
you are you enjoying the work are you enjoying playing softball and her answer is always immediately yes and I think the reason I ask her that question or we ask her is you're blinking it's
going to be over so I hope you're enjoying it because we are and and take take advantage of
every moment