It's outta here! Watch as a one-armed softball player, 16, performs an impressive bat trick - before whacking the ball off camera with a powerful swing

• Katelyn Pavey from Lanesville, Indiana was born with a rare skeletal disorder that left her left arm underdeveloped
• But, as captain of her high school softball team, she is still a skilled athlete - and mastered the cool trick after just a few tries
• Katelyn was inspired by Marisa Arriaga, another 16-year-old from Cedar Hill, Texas, who first flaunted the skillful trick in a popular video 

By Carly Stern For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:11 EST, 31 August 2015 | Updated: 18:14 EST, 31 August 2015

After one 16-year-old from Texas recorded herself performing a seriously cool softball trick, people across the internet were majorly impressed - including another 16-year-old from Indiana, who decided to master the trick herself. Even though she has only one arm.

Marisa Arriaga from Cedar Hill, Texas, first earned internet fame after thousands of people took notice of her short video, in which she is seen kicking up her bat from the ground, bouncing it behind her back, and whacking a softball that she had seamlessly kicked off a tee.

Late last week, though, a fan of hers - Katelyn Pavey from Lanesville, Indiana - decided to get in on the action, pulling off the same jaw-dropping trick with just one arm.

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You go, girl! Katelyn Pavey (pictured) was born with a rare skeletal disorder that left her without the use of her left arm, which is smaller than a normal arm - but she still plays softball with some serious skill 

Out of the park! The 16-year-old from Indiana was inspired to try the impressive bat trick after watching a popular video of another high school performing it

Katelyn was born with phocomelia, a rare skeletal disorder that saw her born with shortened limbs that didn't develop properly in the womb. She has just two fingers on her left arm, which is only as long as most people's arms are to their elbows.

But that hasn't stopped her from being a skilled athlete. In fact, Katelyn has been playing the game since she was two, has a .579 batting average, and is even the captain of her high school team.

'I think if I didn't have one arm I wouldn't try as hard as I am because I push myself to be better than this person,' she told WLKY. 'I want to be the best there is. "I can't" is not a word at our house.'

And she certainly wasn't saying 'I can't' when she saw Marisa Arriaga's trick, which took the internet by storm.  

'I saw the girl from Texas, Marisa, do hers and a lot of other people try bat tricks, and I've always wanted to try it and see if I could do it,' she told ESPN W. 'I thought it looked fun so I wanted to try it and inspire people.'

She's got game: Marisa Arriaga (pictured) first performed the trick in a video that went viral last week

Eye-opening: The 16-year-old, who lives in Texas, kicked, bounced, and grabbed the bat before kicking a ball of a tee and hitting it

So, after only about five tries - and with some help of her two younger sisters - Katelyn said she's practiced the trick enough to be able to perform it on camera. 

Using just her right arm - whereas Marisa used both her right and left for parts of the trick - Katelyn nails the display with ease. And now her video has gone viral as well, being picked up by both local news stations and ESPN.

Katelyn doesn't mind the attention, and is actually pretty used to it from playing with just one arm on her high school team, where she is often the leadoff hitter. 

'People that've never seen her before come to the fence to watch her play,' her dad, Eric Pavey, told WLKY. 'It's almost a novelty to see a one-armed player, but when you see a one-armed softball player that can actually play, there's a little bit of a difference.'

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Athletic support: Marisa shared a video of Katelyn's trick, clearly impressive that she had inspired copycats

So sporty: Both of the girls are seemingly excellent players, and Katelyn is even her team's captain

Often opposing teams underestimate her, walking in closer when she gets up to bat. But her own teammates know better than to expect anything but athleticism from the determined redhead.

'I've always seen her catch it, tosses the ball up, takes the glove under her arm and catches it and throws it,' one teammate, Rachel Ayer, said.

And while what she can do is definitely impressive, she also has at least one role model to look to for her own inspiration. Former MLB player Jim Abbott, who played for several teams including the New York Yankees, famously pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993.

Marisa, for her part, seems happy to share the spotlight, and even retweeted a video of Katelyn emulating her trick. 

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