baseball
As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying “Southern Bank of Commerce Mets.” I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, “Do y’all know why I am here?” One of the kids said, “No, why?” Your Coach Cook has asked me to come and speak to you about the importance of practicing the fundamentals of baseball.There are three fundamental skills of baseball: hitting, catching, and throwing. Coach Cook asked me to talk to all of you, because he thinks you all do not want to practice. To succeed in baseball, you must practice because repetition is the key. Whenever one repeats an action it becomes customary and easy for one to perform a task. When I was a ballplayer, my teams were very successful because my coaches told us the importance of practicing. One year my coach could not coach us because he did not have the time to do it. That same year the teams were shuffled and everybody had different teammates. My best friend, Wes Cook, made it on my team. Wes was the best player anybody had ever seen. However, He did not enjoy practicing. He thought he could succeed without practicing
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Approximate Word count = 1640
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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