Last night was the last game of spring teeball. Noah has shown a lot of improvement this year and his interest has mirrored this. Partway through the year we had our first home run on the team. After this Noah started trying to hit the ball high over the fielders heads but was only able to muster pop ups over the pitcher. I've been coaching him between games to just hit the ball hard and don't worry about the rest.
Well last night we finally had the breakthrough. His first time up he smoked the hardest ball he's ever hit right up the middle past the outfielders before they could get over and it just kept rolling. League rules stipulate the players stop running when the ball makes it back to the infield and that stops a lot of home runs. Luckily Noah knew what was up and he never slowed down at first. When he got to third (where I was coaching) the ball was in the outfielders hand running back to the infield. I was scared he would throw the ball soon and I'd have to stop Noah do I yelled and pointed at home. He kicked into another gear and hustled all the way home where he slid in safe. He was so excited. I've never seen a bigger smile on his face.