He's been doing great all summer hitting off the tee, and his hitting has steadily gotten better. But a few months ago when I tried to have him hit to me pitching, it didn't work. He flailed at the ball, but had no idea really of how to hold the bat on his own or how to use the bat to hit the ball.
What a difference a few months can make. We went out earlier this week to play baseball and soccer (his request), and he ended up hitting off the tee for like half an hour, practicing his swing over and over. He seemed reasonably steady, so I offered to pitch to him. Lo and behold, it worked! He's not perfect, of course, but you can now tell that when he swings he's aiming for the ball. And so we've now played baseball basically every day since.
One evening Sarah was able to come join us for a few minutes, so we have video evidence.
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| From 2012 August |
The Tornadoes game in August also gave him a huge jump in terminology. Mostly this is good. Sometimes it's hilarious (pretty much every hit, whether it goes forward or backward, is a "home run"). And every once in a while I want to throw a brush-back pitch as he explains for the fourteenth time exactly how I'm supposed to pitch ("Daddy, you have to throw it at the same height as my bat!").
In any case, we're very excited for next year, when we can pick up on this late summer improvement and see where he can go.
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