Just what you wanted -
another test! Well this one isn't like any you'll get in
school. Top coaches in youth baseball and the big leagues
agree: Attitude is at least 75% of the key to success in
baseball! Let's find out if you have what it takes! Each
correct answer will score you "1 run!"
2. The manager wants the kids to practice their swing at home every night,
taking 50 good cuts on the tee. You:
A)
Start your batting drill as soon as you get home from school.
B)
Play a couple of baseball video games, and tell the manager you
worked on the
tee.
C)
Do your homework first, then practice.
3.) You just got a new bat for your birthday, and
one of your teammates higher in the lineup wants to use it in the game, before
you've used it. Do you:
A)
Tell him "no, use your own bat."
B) Lend it to him, since he's a
teammate.
C) Ask him if he'd mind letting
you be the first to use it; tell him he can
try it his next at bat.
4.) You're 3 for 3 today, and feeling great. The coach gives you the bunt
sign, but you know you can crush this pitcher for extra bases. So you:
A) Swing for the fences.
B) Lay down a bunt.
C) Complain to the coach that you don't want to bunt right now.
5.) Practice is really dragging on, and most of the guys are already goofing
off.
A) Since everyone else is goofing around, you figure it's alright to do
so also.
B) Complain to the coach that those guys are not following instructions.
C) Hustle even harder and try to get your teammates to follow suit.
6.) The team goof-off strikes out, as usual with
the bases loaded, and your team loses So you
A) Call him names so he
knows you're mad.
B) Take him aside and explain that if he tries harder in practice,
he'll hit
better in games and have more fun, too.
C) Talk among the other
players about what a nerd the guy is.
7.) It's just not your day. You make 3 errors and
go 0 for4 You're frustrated and discouraged. So you decide to:
A) Take up fishing.
B) Make excuses and blame the umps, your teammates, or the
hot dog you
ate for lunch.
C) Go home, do another activity, get your mind off baseball for a
few hours.
8.) Your team is getting hammered. It's the fifth
inning, and you're down by 7 runs. It's time to:
A) Suck it up and play your hardest and encourage your teammates
to do so too.
B) Calmly accept the fact that "you can't win 'em all."
C) See if you can tease the other team and make them mad so they
strike out and make
errors.
9.) Your team has lost every game this season. You wonder why you even bother
going to practices anymore. So you:
A) Politely ask the coach if he can cut down on the practices.
B) Don't show up to practices, and make up real clever excuses.
C) Go to every practice
and decide you'll use the time to become
a better
player yourself, even if the team does not improve.
10.) Your little sister or brother is dragged to every one of your games,
sitting in the stands with mom or dad. You:
A) Ignore them.
B) After the game, let them know you appreciate them coming
to watch you.
C) Take them out into the dugout during the game to be with the team.
11.) The pitcher on the other team who struck you
out is a classmate of yours. At school the next day, you:
A) Compliment him on his great pitching.
B) Explain that the ump blew the call - that last pitch was definitely
not a strike.
C) Let him know you're gunning for him, and next time he's 'meat'.
12.) You made the all-star team. Cool! Now you:
A) Brag to everyone you meet about this great accomplishment.
B) Don't talk about it around the other kids in your league who didn't
make the team.
C) Keep it a secret - don't mention it to anyone.
