Baseball Lessons Learned
It would be safe to say that the sport of baseball has been an important activity in my life.
I was about 5 years old when my dad first took me outside on the patio of our home to teach me how to catch a ball. He said “stand with your hands apart and when the ball comes to you close your hands around it”. Well, better said than done. When my dad tossed the ball, I just stood there frozen, my hands still apart, the ball bouncing off the top of my head. Luckily for me, and my dad, he had the common sense to use a tennis ball…
Since then, over the twelve years I've been playing, I have become a better-rounded player. I have learned a great amount about the game as well as my physical abilities. However I have also learned many important lessons
on life as well, through the sport. From respect to building determination after a loss, baseball and my parents have shaped me into the person I am today.
I was about 5 years old when my dad first took me outside on the patio of our home to teach me how to catch a ball. He said “stand with your hands apart and when the ball comes to you close your hands around it”. Well, better said than done. When my dad tossed the ball, I just stood there frozen, my hands still apart, the ball bouncing off the top of my head. Luckily for me, and my dad, he had the common sense to use a tennis ball…
Since then, over the twelve years I've been playing, I have become a better-rounded player. I have learned a great amount about the game as well as my physical abilities. However I have also learned many important lessons
on life as well, through the sport. From respect to building determination after a loss, baseball and my parents have shaped me into the person I am today.