samflamont:

Get out in your yard and play some baseball.  Turn your front yard into Tiger Stadium or your favorite park and imagine the cute old couple and their dog on the porch as 50,000 screaming fans and a crazy barking mascot.  Once you get to the stadium (front yard) let the games begin and have fun.  We played from the front of the house all the way across the street and over the other sidewalk.  We had tree interference and car interference but we had baseball.  This is the best form of baseball I have ever played, just kids playing in the front yard.  It is great because it isn’t structured, it is just a bunch of kids who love to play and love to play together.  Front yard baseball is the most productive things kids can do.  No, they might not learn the perfect swing or how to field a ground ball the exact way with perfect form but what they do learn is the ever important love for the game.  Passion is what it is all about, passion keeps kids motivated and front yard baseball grows this passion.  Parents don’t worry they are learning, they are learning how to compromise, how to make rules, and how to love baseball.  Don’t stop play and try to teach, as a matter of fact if you are even in view don’t say anything.  Even if the kids argue stay quiet, they will figure it out plus arguing calls is a part of the game.  Kids fight, they argue, and then they make up, this is all part of their development and friends will be friends and tomorrow will be another day.  Another day for learning and growing.  Get outside and play ball, have fun, and learn what it feels like to dream.