So my son made a great team this year and is playing against some of the best competition in the NE as a 13u. This is the first time ever seeing this level of pitching. He has done very well up to this point. We are three games into the season (with the last two being against what is probably the best team in the state). He is struggling big time and I am bummed. He is 2-9 (with 4 ks) and is not trusting his form (hitting grounders vs line drives). The two bright spots, are he did have a foul ball "HR" (300+) which shows him and I he can handle this level and he is only one of three kids who managed to hit a kid throwing 80 (although his was ground out the other two kids hit safely). He has been practicing since January and absolutely crushes the ball in practice. A number of the kids on his team are doing extremely well, and the opposing team from the last 2 games absolutely destroyed the ball. I honestly felt he could hang with them and be one of the better hitters on the team.
So last night after the game I really got down thinking maybe he isn't as good as I had hoped. I am not knocking him, but trying to be realistic. He did fine in the field, but just had routine plays nothing too difficult, but if he can't hit, is baseball career won't last too long. Then I got to thinking even more, if he can't hit, should I really be spending money on hitting lessons? Is there hope? so needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night, tossing and turning, thinking is this due to his first time facing pitching like this or is the reality that maybe he just isn't all that I had hoped?