As a parent I couldn't make them love softball. My daughters choose Softball each for different reasons. I did give them opportunities to love other sports but they didn't like to run enough for track, s---r, or field hockey. Didn't have the height for basketball and hated the booty shorts of volleyball. Couldn't skate well enough ice hockey of figure skating. Downhill skiing was much to cold. Wasn't close enough to a lake for rowing or a river for kayaking. Competitive skydiving was nixed for obvious reasons....
They loved being in the circle and the pressure of the game pivoting on the next pitch and then the next pitch. One enjoyed the strategy and the other other enjoyed the spinning pitches and her 'hey, try to hit this' attitude.
Both went through college playing and I miss their games.
I didn't pick softball for either one...
...but I did make it possible for them to love it.