Anyone's LO in T-ball? We just had our first practice last night and it was so cute. But man, it's like herding cats to get 4 year olds to play such a complicated game.
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We are! We had our first practice on March 2nd and opening ceremony/first game was on March 4th. They are so cute out there, but you are right, it is like herding cats! We try to have 2 parents in the dugout when they are batting and the coach plus two other parents out in the field.
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@travellingbee: We are, too! The first practice and game were so so cute. Nobody knows what they're doing. They rotate positions every inning, there's no score, and the coaches (including my husband who volunteered!) constantly tell the kids where to go and what to do.
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@KT326: @pregnantbee: So funny. We haven't had a game yet but I can't wait to take pictures of that mess! Haha!
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@travellingbee: We've only had 1 practice and 1 game so far. It's adorable. My husband wants to take our son to a sports store to buy him his own helmet since he borrowed a too big one for the game last week, so ran while holding it the whole time. Hehe.
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@pregnantbee: @travellingbee: After a couple of games they seem to kind of get it now. They ask to be in certain positions when they first go out and then the coach rotates them. Of course everyone wants to be the one to get the ball so they all go running for it!
How many innings do you guys do? They try to have everyone bat twice, so two innings. But one game everyone was really on it and we were able to get three in! DS slept well that night!
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@KT326: Uh. I have no idea how many innings. BUT everyone gets a turn to bat and run. And to make it more fun for the last batter up, the last batter in each inning automatically gets to run all the bases. Way to help them be psyched to go last.
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@pregnantbee: We do the same, they call it the home run batter. Of course we usually have to tell them to keep running, they all stop on first
DH tried to get a helmet for our son but the store we went to was sold out. Our league does provide batting helmets but I think it would be nice to have our own.
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@KT326: Hahaha. The kids all only throw to first regardless of which base the kids are on/running to.
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Yes! We signed up through the Y initially when LO was 3...they had a cute 3-5 year old class where they just essentially taught them the basics and did fun drills.
LO is now 4.5 and we're doing it one more time before starting in the local league. They do something called quickball rather than t-ball with that age. It's more of a stationed approach teaching them fundamentals instead of trying to hold a game.
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We are! I wish games and practices were a little shorter just because it's hard keeping the youngest entertained while we just watch -- he just wants to play also lol.
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