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Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Curval on May 07, 2006, 08:31:42 AM

Game 3 last week had to be "called" as it rained.

Game 4, yesterday, was an amazing game for our team.  

We practice on Monday nights.  Basically we now have a system in place so that the kids stay interested and get some one on one instruction.  One of the parents of my kids helps out by manning the "T" and has one line for batsmen and about 4 kids shagging down the hits.  Roughly 4 kids are in line to hit.  This leaves 3 kids for me to pay particular attention to.  Everyone is rotated throughout the practice getting a chance to hit, shag balls and then have some time with me.

The 3 kids I have are thrown groundballs constantly by me.  The object is to simply stop the ball and throw it back to me as quickly as possible, simulating a throw to first base.  While doing this I will watch the kids and then if necessary tell two of them to play a bit of "catch" while I spend some time with the one I feel needs some additional instruction.

Our little system works really well and the dividends paid off this Saturday.  The kids were amazing.  We got more outs than the other team had hits.  One of my girls, playing in the infield, was frankly outstanding.  She got 5 or 6 outs by stopping grounders and throwing on to first base.  Even the opposing team's parents were really impressed with my team.  I could hear them nattering away throughout the game.

My guys were also outstanding with their bats.  I think we had 3 occasions where the ball was called "foul" because the T was hit rather than the ball and it didn't make the mandatory 10 feet away from the plate to make it a "fair ball".  The rest of the time they were hammering the ball into play with many of them making it way into the outfield.  This was in sharp contrast to the other team.  At times it was an almost painful wait for their batsmen to make decent contact.  Swing - miss.  Swing - hit the T...time and time again.

My kids are so tired of hearing me say "Keep your eye on the ball" that they automatically look at me and say "I know, I know...eye on the ball" before I can say anything.  I don't even bother to turn the ball to place the logo where they need to hit it on the T for most of them anymore...it isn't necessary.  They get up to the plate and 9 times out of 10 make good contact.

The BEST part about the whole thing is that the kids all get along really well, they have a great time and before and after the games I have a hard time walking around because I will inevitably have one of them hugging me.  Great bunch of kids!!!

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Furball on May 07, 2006, 08:37:35 AM

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Originally posted by Curval
The BEST part about the whole thing is that the kids all get along really well, they have a great time and before and after the games I have a hard time walking around because I will inevitably have one of them hugging me.  Great bunch of kids!!!

Good news! when they get a bit older you can take the same team and get them to play a better sport like cricket or football  :)

Sounds great Curval, sounds like you are enjoying it just as much as the kids!

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Mr Big on May 07, 2006, 10:19:06 AM

Way to go with the kids, Curval. I would never be able to handle a job like that, and STILL make it fun for everyone. Good job.

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Toad on May 07, 2006, 05:20:21 PM

Good job, Curval.

Tell me, does the team uniform include pink bermuda shorts?  ;)

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: rpm on May 08, 2006, 01:09:27 AM

Sounds like you are doing a great job Curval. Just one little thing, they are batters, not batsmen. ;)

Live in paradise AND get to play baseball. Does it get any better for a kid?

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Nilsen on May 08, 2006, 01:17:43 AM

Whats the difference between t-ball and baseball?

Are tight pants and little hats worn in both games?

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: rpm on May 08, 2006, 01:29:48 AM

T-Ball has the ball on a pedistal so little kids can hit it.

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Nilsen on May 08, 2006, 01:38:30 AM

aha.. so there is no pitcher and receiver

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: rpm on May 08, 2006, 02:55:11 AM

Kinda, it's like regular, but different.

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Nilsen on May 08, 2006, 03:10:16 AM

i get it.. its the same but different

like whisky and whiskey

bush and cheney

horse and donkey

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: rpm on May 08, 2006, 03:13:40 AM

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Nilsen on May 08, 2006, 03:19:10 AM

We used to play a similar game in school. called it "brentball". I used to love it, but we didnt get the hats and tights. :)

Our gym teacher didnt like soccer either so if one pupil or less didnt want to play soccer we had that instead :D

I was usually that one pupil (that the rest of the class learned to hate when we had gym)

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: rpm on May 08, 2006, 03:24:41 AM

Sounds like you were wise for your years knowing to play any other game besides soccer.

Title: T-Ball Game 4 Report
Post by: Reschke on May 08, 2006, 08:49:40 AM

Curval that last statment is absolute truth. As long as the kids get along all will be good. Our team this season has two kids on it that cause huge amounts of grief and as a result most of the team has not gotten along with each other at all and they have only won 3 ball games. Our last game is tonight and honestly most of the kids have already started getting ready for football (American) season which starts in a couple of months.