John has a crazy busy fall sports schedule this year. For September and October John is playing in a Y flag football league, is on two club basketball teams, and is also playing fall chamber baseball. Scott and I disagreed over how intense John's sports schedule should be this fall, and you can tell that in the end I didn't have much say over how our family should handle John's love of sports. Scott won (not that I had a chance).
Needless to say our family has been busy with lots of practices and games. A few photo highlights are below.
John is playing baseball this fall with his same team, the Yankees. John is blessed to be on a team with one of the best coaches around and is surrounded by a whole crew of sports-like obsessed boys like him. I love this team and was more than willing to encourage John's participation this fall with baseball.
Below John is at bat. His hitting skills have improved so much in the last couple of years. This past Saturday John hit two singles, a double, and struck out once in his four times at bat. Not bad for a little guy (age 7) playing machine-pitch baseball!
Below John is on third base (after hitting a double and then running to second after another player hit a single, I think). Scott is serving as third base coach this season. Most of the parents think Scott is going to throw out his shoulder from continuously motioning the boys through to run on to home plate as they round second.
Our team is very strong so Scott has many opportunities to bring the boys home. I am glad he is involved with John's sports and find it amusing to watch the wind-up action around third base from my comfortable perch on the bleachers.
Finally I get a sweet smile out of my boy in the dugout. John was lunging at me screaming, "no pictures, mom!" in this photo. But you can't tell, and we can see a smile as a bonus.
John is #13 below, warming up as his teammates take the plate.
Playing third base below.
John is playing on two basketball teams - the Hurricanes and the Next Years Stars. Both are relatively challenging leagues where the boys have to demonstrate their interest before being asked to join the teams. First photo is from a Next Years Stars game. I find it really difficult to take good action shots with the rapid action of basketball, despite the fabulous camera I use for most photos of the children.
The last two photos are from Hurricanes games. Despite all of the orange, I have never associated the basketball Hurricanes with Scott and John's beloved Miami Hurricanes.
I could write a whole other post about John's basketball shoes, but if he were able to record a podcast to describe them this is what he would say. "I have these customized basketball shoes that I need to do my best on the court. My dad bought them for me off of the internet because I am a good basketball player. I chose bright colors for my custom shoes because I want to stand out on the court. Players know I am coming because I am really good at basketball. I really love my crazy colored basketball shoes, plus they say "King John", just like LeBron's shoes say "King James", inside."
Whew. I love John's interest in sports, but this fall is a beating with so many practices and games on the schedule. More to come as this fall is just the beginning.
Very cool! That's a lot of games and practices for you, too!
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