High pressure 6th grade baseball situation, "shooter ready?" Game won!

[jeffhughes]

Some of you guys know my 12 y/o son John. For the last six months he has competed in USPSA, ProAm, Steel Challenge, or IDPA on a near weekly basis. Training with the guys at USSA and shooting matches almost every weekend has been good for him in all aspects of his life.

Last night he had his first baseball game of the season and we saw this first hand.

He ended up as batter up in the last inning, 2 outs, 1 run down, 2 runners on base. When his buddy struck out, I went to the fence and looked him in the eye and quietly said "shooter ready?", he nodded yes.

He approached the plate, swung at the first pitch, and connected(a charlie, not an alpha). He got to first, both his teammates scored, and we had one happy team(and one very happy boy).

There is no doubt in my mind he would have choked without his competition shooting experience.

Fun ride home...

 

[dennishoddy]

Good story!

 

[jtischauser]

Nice! That gave me goose bumps.

 

[Josh Beauchamp]

Kick ass! I had a moment real similar back in the 4th grade(just minus the competitive shooting experience). Nothing like the feeling of being the game winning hero!

 

[CBR]

Thank you for the post from fathers everywhere.

 

[jeffhughes]

When he nodded, it was like Doug or Rob was holding the timer over his head, his confidence was palpable. I'll never forget it...

 

[jtischauser]

Make sure you tell him this story as often as possible too!

That feeling of utmost confidence knowing you're gonna crush it is awesome, I'm told.

 

[DoctorJJ]

It could have only been a better story if he would have said "beep that $h!t and get the f#â'¬k out of the way".