Will's First Sporting Event

Today was Will's first kickball game. It was hosted by the YMCA, so it's very non-competitive. They say a pledge to good sportsmanlike conduct before the game and no one keeps score. Every kid plays and the rules are set up to give everyone as equal a footing as possible.

Will is in the 4-5 year old group. There are three boys (including Will) and three girls on his team, which is called Team Caring. Yeah, it's embarrassing.



He's the tallest one. He got on the field and played like he knew what he was doing. He ran fast, made the first out, and only had two small fits. Not a bad beginning.

Steve stayed on the field with him when he was in the out field. Well, really they were all within about 6 feet of the pitchers mount. Which ended up being a good thing because most of the balls weren't kicked more than 4-8 feet from home plate. When Will had to run bases, Steve raced him to each base.



There was 15 minutes of warm up time, and then four 8-minute innings. Which was plenty considering there was no shade and it was a hundred degrees.

It was a lot of work for Steve after a full day of, well . . . work. It was a hot and irritating hour for me as I have no patience with coaches that don't know what they are doing. But Will LOVED it. He got to meet some kids his own age he will probably be going to school with, run off some excessive energy, and participate in a team building organized event.

That's what counts.

Also makes for great photo opps.