T-Ball

Tyler is starting T-Ball this year. On Monday he had his first practice at 5:45 and his first game at 6:15. It was fun & entertaining to watch. I love watching a bunch of 5-8 year olds standing out in the field finding rocks to put in their pockets rather than watching for the ball. They a e suppose to play 7 innings...but it took over an hour to play 3 innings so they called it a game. Tyler is concerned about the fact that they don't keep score. He really needed to know if they were winning or not. The coach told him that everyone is a winner in T-ball. Afterwards Tyler said, "but not everyone is a winner because someone has to have more points". Smart boy.

They started him out in the pitching position. Although, the coach actually pitches. It is just up to Tyler to play the position. It was so funny because the first time he stopped a ball from rolling past him he picked up and started jumping up and down and saying "I got it! I got it!" We were all yelling, "throw it to first base!" And he was like "Huh?". He was so thrilled to have got the ball that he didn't want to give it up. Oh the time it takes to learn a sport. At least he was not alone. I guess when everyone only has 1 30 minute practice right before, what does one expect! I can't wait to see him develop his skills as he figures it out.

One thing that almost all of the kids can do is hit the ball really good. There is a 7 run rule per inning, and I think both teams always got to 7 runs (rather than 3 outs) to end the inning. Because everyone can hit and nobody can field. Here is Tyler practicing his swing before his turn. He is number 25. Isn't he too cute!!!!

And through the fence, that is Tyler waiting for his pitch. He hit the ball very good on both of his turns up to bat. But he never made it home because the innings ended. So every Monday night we will be at T-ball. I'll keep everyone updated on his progress :)