March Madness Begins...

Today is the first day of the NCAA basketball tournament known as March Madness. 64 teams competing to find out who is the best PERIOD!! Its a great time to be a sports fan. People fill out brackets to win or lose money, in my case, lose. Which is why I didn't fill one out this year. I was lazy, had other things goin on & just didn't feel like doing it. Does that take away from my tourney experience?? Maybe, but I haven't noticed it being any different yet.
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My sons baseball practice the other day... Well now, I don't know if I have the time to really touch on this subject, but I'll try.
I'm a competitive person, I love sports. I play & I watch. So for my son to be playing sports, its interesting to me. My dad wanted me to succeed & like any dad, I want my son to do the same. But he is only 4, ( 5 on May, 1st ). That being said, I know it is important for him to have fun playing, so that he WANTS to play. I don't want to be his coach. I'm too impatient for that, but at the same time I need to remember that, just sit back & let his coach do what he is doing. Which I am... I don't want to be one of those dads. But he is taking on a difficult task of teaching a bunch of little kids, who 95% of them, have never played baseball... how to play. My personal opinion on the first day of practice is this. He was trying to fit a lot of information into what little time he had. I could see my son trying to process all that was being said to him & trying to make it work. My son needs a little more one on one time, thats where I come in... at home. But overall, he had a blast, with exception to his first bloody nose, which came when a volunteer coach decided to lob hard baseballs way up in the air to a bunch of kids who can't even squeeze their baseball gloves. Good call!! Why not use whiffle balls or tennis balls, or even throwing them under hand?? Regardless, he took a ball to his face & nose started bleeding. But being the trooper that he is... got back on the horse & was out there trying it again. So, now that I know what he needs to work on, we'll do it at home, at our pace, with more one on one interaction. I think thats all I have to vent about for now... Til next time...