Saturday, April 04, 2009

Ain't no mountain high enough...

WHOA! Been a while, hasn't it? Well, let's see here... Well, our varsity basketball team went to the state tournament, but lost in the quarter-finals. It was a great ride and it was really cool to play in Llyod Noble (OU's home floor). Pretty nifty... Then, Spring Break came. It was a good week of really just nothing. I had a list of stuff to do and I got most of my things done. I felt rather accomplished. As soon as we got back from break, it was right into Freshman baseball. We've had a game ALMOST every day in the last couple of weeks. It's enough to wear you out... but this is a pretty good group of kids and we're doing pretty well. We just came back from a tournament this weekend and went 2-2. Not bad, but we should have done better than we did. We still have some ways to go.

So... on the bus ride home I had a "flashback" (silly Wayne's World music here). Funny how some of the very first lessons that you had as a child come back to you. I remember the very first baseball practice I had in 2nd grade. We were in a field... not a baseball field, but a field at a school. "Where's the diamond?!?!?! We are going to play on a real diamond, right?" That' was a good one. But I'll never forget our first lesson... hitting. We took our right hand and stuck it into the backs of our pants and brought our left arm out in front of our right shoulders. Then Coach Welch (still even remember his name) took us through our step, swing... steps and that was pretty much it for hitting. Didn't even pick up a bat (which I thought was odd at the time, but now that I'm a coach... not a bad move). So I say that to say... when we were struggling with our hitting today this was the image I thought of. Going back to this one little drill that I remember, may be "old-school" but it may help some of the guys out. Not sure... but I thought that it was interesting that I remembered it.

Oh! Yes, kids are doing well and Jeanise is doing well too. :-) Joel had a friend spend the night last night and that went better than I thought it would. Our little boy, ain't so little anymore. AND... he got enrolled into Kindergarten for next year! AH!!!!! We're getting older...

3 comments:

Beth said...

I love baseball! Isn't it such a fun sport? Good luck with the season! I'm sure your team will do great if you are the coach =]

Joel is going to be in Kindergarten next year? Oh my goodness! That boy is getting so big! I still remember when he was born and how cute he was... Can't believe he's going to be in Kindergarten. But then again I can't believe I'm almost done with my first year of college. CRAZY!

Shane Coffman said...

Whoa...Joel's steppin' up to having sleepovers?

Wow. He's growing up.

Mike Morton said...

Don't even get me started, Elizabeth! I remember when we had just gotten back from Japan and I was sitting in our living room while dad was talking to grandma about a new cousin that had been born... Think that was sometime in July? ;-) Then, when I was on up in Newton on a college vacation, holding you as a newborn. Talk about old!

Yep, Shane... he's getting too big for his britches... literally.