Zach's First T-Ball Practice

Zach had his first t-ball practice today. It was quite cute and his coaches did a fantastic job. When the kids first arrived, they had them throw the ball back and forth. That was quite interesting and Zach was quite a hoot. The kids really handled turns well and were supportive of one another. You could definitely tell the four-year-olds from the three-year-olds.

In the picture below, a ball rolls past Zach.

Zach is getting some instruction on how to use his glove. Personally, I'm pleased he has it on the correct hand. That was a battle last week, but he has it now.

The kids huddled up for a few minutes with the coaches, ran the bases to warm up and then did some stretches.

Then the kids got into to position and took turns batting. This was so cute. Often, after hitting the ball they wanted to chase it instead of running the bases, but they each got to practice running the bases.

Zach manning 3rd base...sort of.

Clara was such a trooper. The practice was right outside our building, which has a playground next to the little field. She played for a while and then came on over to watch.

Zach was funny batting, and had to be directed to each and every base. He ran fairly well though!
After each kid had a turn batting and fielding, they all got in a line to bat while a grown up stood on each base. They wanted the kids to only worry about running the bases so each grown up would yell their name when it was time for the child to run to that base. By then, they had been at it for an hour and you could tell the kids were pretty much done. The coaches presented each player with a rice crispy treat in the shape of a circle with frosting designed to look like baseballs! Clara was even given one too. It was a lot of fun and Zach is very pleased that he had practice.