MY SON SUCKS AT BASEBALL
My oldest son sucks at baseball...there I said it. He has played baseball every year since T-Ball...and now after his season he will have aged out of the league. He has played all of those seasons, but looks like he learned to catch last week. He is actually a decent hitter, but half the time will just stand there, and strike out without taking a swing. He plays the required minimum amount of time, usually only bats once before being replaced.
Now, I would not have classified myself as a "jock" back in my day. I did play little league all the way through, and honestly, was always one of the best players on the team. I played high school baseball, and hated having to give it up when I graduated. I did the whole softball thing in the Air Force, and on church teams
I will be completely candid and say I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact I have non-athletic sons. I suppose being a man, it's just expected....noooo not expected, hoped that your sons would be love sports...love watching them, and love playing them. I can honestly say none of my boys have a watched complete sporting event of any kind.
All of these issues made me an embarrassed father, a father who dreaded going to his son's sporting events...a father who would sit away from the parents of the teams stars. In fact I would have to say it wasn't until the beginning of my oldest son's final year of baseball, that I finally understood...understood the problem was mine, not my son's. He loves playing baseball...and in fact will tell you it is his favorite sport to play...even more than basketball, which is actually decent at. He has fun playing, has fun being put in Right Field, the Siberia of the baseball diamond.
I now tell him to have fun...and in fact check to make sure he is having fun. He still receives all of the unsolicited advice on hitting he can stand, but ultimately just tell him to try his best and have fun. Once I was able to own my own baggage, I now have fun at his games right along with him.
Now, I would not have classified myself as a "jock" back in my day. I did play little league all the way through, and honestly, was always one of the best players on the team. I played high school baseball, and hated having to give it up when I graduated. I did the whole softball thing in the Air Force, and on church teams
I will be completely candid and say I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact I have non-athletic sons. I suppose being a man, it's just expected....noooo not expected, hoped that your sons would be love sports...love watching them, and love playing them. I can honestly say none of my boys have a watched complete sporting event of any kind.
All of these issues made me an embarrassed father, a father who dreaded going to his son's sporting events...a father who would sit away from the parents of the teams stars. In fact I would have to say it wasn't until the beginning of my oldest son's final year of baseball, that I finally understood...understood the problem was mine, not my son's. He loves playing baseball...and in fact will tell you it is his favorite sport to play...even more than basketball, which is actually decent at. He has fun playing, has fun being put in Right Field, the Siberia of the baseball diamond.
I now tell him to have fun...and in fact check to make sure he is having fun. He still receives all of the unsolicited advice on hitting he can stand, but ultimately just tell him to try his best and have fun. Once I was able to own my own baggage, I now have fun at his games right along with him.
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