Point, Step, THROW

Tonight was Hannah's first night of T-Ball.  She was very excited and really wanted the whole family there to watch her practice.  This T-Ball session she is in is a very short 3 week session.

2 evenings per week for an hour- 6 sessions total.

In these sessions they will teach the kids basic skills and rules.

How to throw, catch, field balls, run bases, etc.

There are a total of four teams that meet at this time slot: purple, red, green and light blue.

When we got to the field you could see Hannah's eyes light up when she saw all of the kids and all of the excitement.  Brian walked her over to the coaches to get her name tag.  They greeted them and then told them to grab a ball and start warming up- so they did.

Brian on one side and Hannah with her back to me (which is one reason why I don't have any good pictures of that).  They played catch until the coaches called everyone over to get started.

They started by doing stretches and running a short distance.  Then on to the drills.

Throwing- point, step, throw!

Fielding and catching pop flies and always starting in the Ready position.

By the way.....NOT just cause she's my kid- she is one of the best throwers on her team, really.  Can't catch a ball yet to save her life but the girl can throw!

Here is how Hailey does T-ball.

Hailey did really well sitting and watching Hannah.  Every so often she would yell "Hi Hannah!" and wave to her but Hannah was paying attention to her coach/team so she never did turn around and acknowledge whether or not she heard her.

I couldn't help but hold back the tears as I sat from the sidelines and watched Hannah and Brian together.  It was so sweet and seeing them BOTH really enjoy spending this time together just melted my heart.

Hailey got bored with about 10 minutes left so we played 'High Five'

So far so good- looks like Hannah just might be joining the full summer T-ball season!