Play ball
This summer Myles became very interested in baseball. Between my nephew Crispian, and Myles' nephew Collin, there was a lot of baseball talk while we were in the US. To say he was very keen to play baseball would be an understatement.
Our first year in Beijing, I had not heard about the extracurricular sports programs in the city until a few weeks into the fall season. The only fall sport that had not yet started that fit our schedule (no or limited Sundays) was soccer. We had two great years with the soccer program, as I wrote about for the August issue of beijing kids. Had Myles not had his heart set on baseball this year, we would have continued with soccer. We even would have crazily done both, but for the overlap in time between the two sports.
Our now-regular Saturday routine has returned. Driving about an hour to get to the international school, we enjoy Starbucks and shopping for imported groceries in the expat-heavy neighborhoods. It's tiring, but so worth it.
This last Saturday was the first real skills practice with some game time. As Myles went up to bat for the first time, he asked his coach if the red clay didn't look like volcanic soil. Umm, sure kid; keep your eye on the ball.
This age group is normally coach-pitched but for the first day the coaches elected to stick with a tee to work on mechanics.
At the end of the practice/game, all the kids get to run the bases.
The next many Saturdays are now booked. It's going to be a great time.
Our first year in Beijing, I had not heard about the extracurricular sports programs in the city until a few weeks into the fall season. The only fall sport that had not yet started that fit our schedule (no or limited Sundays) was soccer. We had two great years with the soccer program, as I wrote about for the August issue of beijing kids. Had Myles not had his heart set on baseball this year, we would have continued with soccer. We even would have crazily done both, but for the overlap in time between the two sports.
Our now-regular Saturday routine has returned. Driving about an hour to get to the international school, we enjoy Starbucks and shopping for imported groceries in the expat-heavy neighborhoods. It's tiring, but so worth it.
This last Saturday was the first real skills practice with some game time. As Myles went up to bat for the first time, he asked his coach if the red clay didn't look like volcanic soil. Umm, sure kid; keep your eye on the ball.
This age group is normally coach-pitched but for the first day the coaches elected to stick with a tee to work on mechanics.
At the end of the practice/game, all the kids get to run the bases.
The next many Saturdays are now booked. It's going to be a great time.
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