School’s out, summer has begun, and Eve has started softball practice. With baseball having been a significant part of my life from an early age, I can’t help but be involved as an assistant coach. Isn’t the standard progression of childhood development sit up, crawl, walk, run around the bases?
This is the youngest level of organized play and one of things I’ve noticed so far is how little these kids know about the sport. This makes perfect sense since they’ve never played before, but aren’t these things common knowledge? While hitting, you don’t have to swing at every pitch...