Thursday, May 3, 2012

Baseball practice

Soccer season is winding down.  We have 3 more games until we're done for the (outdoor) season.  Baseball is starting up.  B joined a coach pitch team and had his first practice on Wed.  J (& DH's) team starts next week.

A friend of mine told me about the hitting rope they used when their son switched to machine pitch.  It was a climbing rope on a swingset with a big knot in it.

We didn't have a climbing rope but DH improvised.


Drill through a baseball

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Cut off the branches that are getting in the way
 
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Hang the ball from the rope tethered to the tree

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Hit the ball 

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And again 

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And again

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3 comments:

Kristin said...

Looks like fun! Can C make something like that for me for tennis?

susan said...

Very cool. Especially the beer needed to perform the task! Is the rope anchored at the bottom? I can't tell...

Sarah said...

Susan - Yes, it is tied to the bottom of the tree. Without the anchor it was wrapping around the tree, multiple times.