baseball

As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying “Southern Bank of Commerce Mets.” I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, “Do y’all know why I am here?” One of the kids said, “No, why?” Your Coach Cook has asked me to come and speak to you about the importance of practicing the fundamentals of baseball.

There are three fundamental skills of baseball: hitting, catching, and throwing. Coach Cook asked me to talk to all of you, because he thinks you all do not want to practice. To succeed in baseball, you must practice because repetition is the key. Whenever one repeats an action it becomes customary and easy for one to perform a task.

When I was a ballplayer, my teams were very successful because my coaches told us the importance of practicing. One year my coach could not coach us because he did not have the time to do it. That same year the teams were shuffled and everybody had different teammates. My best friend, Wes Cook, made it on my team. Wes was the best player anybody had ever seen. However, He did not enjoy practicing. He thought he could succeed without practicing

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The first batter I faced was the most powerful hitter in the league. I would call Wes and ask him if he wanted to come with us and he would tell me that he was busy playing Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. As a player swings he needs to keep his eye on the ball, so that the rotation has not changed.

As the season starting winding down, my team was tied for first place with the Winn-Dixie Giants. Coach did not make the team practice hard; we just had to catch fly balls, ground balls, and practice hitting. It has been shown in history, that the great baseball players are the ones that work diligently day after day. He has excelled in every aspect of the game and he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox to play major league baseball.

Baseball is a just like any other sport. But they have also got permission from their parents to start practicing for next year. So what I am trying to tell you kids is that if you practice and learn from your mistakes, you can be a superior player and excel in baseball. It requires hand-eye coordination and a good aim. If the swing is tilted down, the ball has a tendency to roll across the green turf on the field.

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