The Bigs & Ball


We (as in the Bigs and I) are currently on mid-winter break. It is a break that I treasure and I would gladly work longer into the summer in order to have this time. Jeff's district had Monday and Tuesday off and so on Monday, after we took the Littles' to school, we took the Bigs to lunch and then headed off to play some ball. We had hoped to hit a batting cage but when that fell through we went over to our church gym to have a catch (and hit some tennis balls). I worked mostly with Al while Jeff worked with Joe. I am still nervous throwing to Al, but she did pretty well.

Joe has been playing winter ball and I feel like it has been a horrible experience for him. He sits around for an hour and a half on Saturdays, watches pitches and gets walked (as in no one really hits so no action at the plate or in the field). He is by far the smallest on his team and is even playing with fifth graders (this is not a good thing in our eyes). Not only has he not learned anything (as we had hoped) it almost feels as if he's getting worse and so it was great to be able to work with him and FINALLY see him do some fielding and swing the bat.

Jeff and I decided that we definitely won't be signing Joe up for winter ball next year, but thought we should do something with him (even if it is just us working with him in the off season). I called up my brother (who is a Varsity Baseball Coach) and Joe and I went out to see him so he could work on Joe's swing.


Danny broke down Joe's swing and they did some drills to help him. Though we were only there for an hour or so, Joe's swing started to look a lot better. He liked working with his uncle and we're hoping that we'll be out there again soon for another lesson with Uncle Dan. You're the best Uncle Dan!

The video can be viewed on YouTube by clicking HERE.
(that's for you mom!)

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  1. Debby@Just BreatheFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    Sounds like a good day. Glad your brother was able to help Joe out. Cute video. I think catch is so much fun!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    Love Ali's "step/throw". Way to get them ready for spring - hope Dan has time to do it again. I'm sure it was helpful to Joey!
    Nana D.

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