Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Wide World Of Sports

Adam is ending his latest endeavor into the world of sports with the close of basketball season in the coming weeks. Soon it will be time to sign up for T-Ball thus coming full circle. I thought I'd share my thoughts on the 3 sports he's played this year.

T-Ball was my favorite though I didn't realize it at the time. The second game Adam started crying because he only wanted to bat and not play outfield, but that was the only bumped. He didn't care where you put him in the field as long as he got to play. I helped coach and really didn't mind. It was fun for both of us. Plus he got to play pitcher a couple of times.

Football immediately brings to mind collisions, contusions, and chaos. Not three things you want your 5 yr-old involved in. The great thing about football though was all the running. Offense, defense, it didn't matter as long as he could run up and down the field. It got cold a few of those nights, but Adam had a blast.

Basketball was going to be the sport we were going to be fantastic at. Adam hits nothing but net all day long at home. Come game time and the facts are basketball is an individual sport where it's acceptable to hold the ball for entire quarters at a stretch. It's not even the good kids that do it either. Some simply refuse to pass the ball.

Anyway like I said it's all almost over and soon we will be playing T-Ball again.

Tonight's Chips Off The Old Blockhead:
# I don't think I've ever met a female Kelly that was mean. Cathy's of course. Beth's more than likely. Kelly's are always cheerful though.

# Adam has been sleeping in the floor the last couple of nights. Tonight I thought he'd love to sleep in a tent...no dice, back in bed he went for some reason.

#Have you seen The Chew? It's a talk show made up of cooks all talking and making tons of recipes everyday @ 12. That's also the same time I take my lunch and I think it's the reason I'm eating everything in site for an hour.

2 comments:

The Father of Five said...

I'm not a sports guy whatsoever... My boys played t-ball, baseball, and a little bit of basketball.

My daughters do dance and the older one plays basketball, volleyball, and softball.

I always enjoy watching my kids play but never get bitten by that competitive bug - that was until my youngest son (now 14) joined the trap shooting league last year. I immediately became the equivalent of a soccer mom. A trap shooting dad.

Season is starting up again in March, and I CAN'T WAIT!!

Charlie Blockhead said...

Is that like skeet shooting? I kinda see Adam as I Field & Track kinda guy. Maybe basketball. The problem is our goal at home is regular sized and the one they play on is only like 6 feet tall. He never gets a good read on how hard to throw it.