Tue, 03 Apr 2007
Beginning Sports
This year is notable because my son Jonathan is starting to get
involved in organized sports. In January he played on a team in
the Christian Indoor Soccer League. This worked out well because all
the games and practices were done at a church right down the street
from us. Jonathan scored a picture perfect goal in the very first
game. It was a pure textbook play that I could not have even
staged any better. He broke away on the right side with the
ball and drilled it perfectly towards the goal and it went in.
That was the highlight of the soccer games and he was not able
to score any more the rest of the season (which was only 4 games
actually). But both my wife and I were incredibly excited to
see him play in this situation and to be part of the whole thing
in general.
This week, Jonathan has started T-ball. Last night I went to a practice session and it was really full of surprises for me. With soccer, I had no memories myself to recall as I never played on an organized soccer team when I was little. St. Louis is well known as a center for soccer in the country but when I was little, it was mostly played in the catholic schools. But now with baseball, seeing him starting to learn and taking his first swings during an organized practice, it brings back a flood of memories for me. Although I started playing a couple years later than Jonathan is, I am still remembering how I got started playing and many of my early experiences. Of course, things are so much better in many ways to the way I learned to play. We didn't have Tees to start hitting with when I was little. We started out with real baseballs and just stood up there and started to swing. The coach of Jonathan's team has so many good ideas of how to teach and get them going. It's really great to see.
It was really interesting to see the wide variation of style that the boys had as they started to try and swing at the ball. Some clearly had a strong slugger approach and one boy really was hitting some good balls out of the infield. Jonathan I think is doing well and has some ability. He can throw well and he can swing with good velocity although he tends to hit down on the ball. He has had a very natural arm motion even when he was very small (like 2 years old) he could throw a ball very well and accurately. And we have practiced batting in the back yard on many occasions so he already has a basic swing down.
Well we will have to see how things go and what position He likes to play the most. The other good thing about this league is that they allow the kids to play all positions so everyone gets a turn to try their skills at all the different things. It's going to be a fun summer!
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