T-Ball

Matthew and Anna are both playing T-Ball this summer.  Matthew is playing "Combo Baseball" where the coach pitches to them a few times and if they don't get a hit they put it on the tee.  It seems to work well for the transition from t-ball to baseball.  Anna is playing T-Ball for the first time.  We got Matthew a new glove for left handed throwers so he is a lot more comfortable now.  He had a glove for righties before 'cause that's all we could find in Okinawa, but now he's a bit older, we're in the states where left handed gloves abound, and Matthew is a little more serious about playing, so it was time to get him the right (or correct, or left) glove.  Anna is a righty and has a nice pink glove.

 Here's Anna taking some practice swings at the ball.  She did pretty good!

Here she is after her first hit...she hit it so fast I missed getting the picture.  Good job Anna!  And she ran around the bases the right way.  We're off to a good start.

 Here's Anna on (I think) third base, getting ready to run home.  She did great and was having fun!

 Here's Anna hitting again.  She did really good hitting off the tee.

 And here's Scott helping Anna run the bases.   She did good at her first T-Ball game.

And after Anna's game was Matthew's game.  Here's Matthew getting ready to hit.  He was able to hit the balls the coach pitched to him and didn't need to use the tee this time. 

He tipped the ball this time, but got a good hit on one of the next ones.  He ran the bases well.  He also got to play the pitcher position during one of the innings.  This just involves getting the first crack at fielding the ball.  I think we might need to practice what to do in the field, but he did pretty good and threw the ball to first base a lot when he was supposed to.  Overall, the kids both had a good time at T-Ball and that's what counts.  Now all we need is this HOT (100+ degree) weather to let up a little so watching them play is a little more pleasant.