I got to coach Heather's team this year. She is part of the machine pitch league. Our team won 5 and lost 3. Heather was one of the oldest on the team and one of the few who had played before. She was awesome. She hit nearly every time she got up to bat and even caught a high fly and tagged the runner for a double play in our last game. I was proud of her.
Lindsey had more of a ho hum season. I tried to coach her team to avoid the experience she had last year but they had enough coaches. She got to play in field this year and hit the ball every time she got up to bat unless she was walked. Her coaches were not agressive, however, and didn't teach or encourage them to steal bases. Lindsey started doing it on her own finally.
Luke had his best season yet. The coaches he had had for the last two or three years finally decided to call it quits. This was actually good news for us. They always drafted Luke and then hardly played him and when they did it was always right field. We always felt like he would do better if they gave him the chance. He got coaches who gave him the chance to play second base and short stop. He loved it and his confidence grew so much which is a huge part of baseball. His team won nearly every game and got along great. One of our friends from the ward was on his team so we had a blast watching the games together with his family. While the season was short, it was one of the better ones.
