Posted by: Mom () on Tue Apr 20 12:07:19 2004

My 10 year old son just played his very first scrimmage this year. He played minors last year and did well. He's been to the batting cages 3 times in the past two weeks and he has a batting devise in the basement (which he uses often).

Today, his first day as a major, he struck out each time at bat. :( For any of you who have been there and know what he's feeling (he wants to quit) do you have any words of encouragement that I could pass on to him?

Clearly he is down. I feel that baseball is as much a MENTAL game as it is physical. I want to help him with his confidence.

Wishing he was having fun.