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Drew wasn't mad that I admitted to not putting my all on the practice field. He was happy that I reached out to him and became more clear on what I needed help with. I expressed to him clearly that I didn't like running in the beginning because I was out of shape. Now my fear lied in the fact that I have to willingly fall onto the ground and potentially get hurt when you collide with someone.

Drew worked with me with the alloted time we had. I could only pass up on hitting and not fielding. When I did shift to fielding, I saw that Noah had lost his gloom and doom attitude. He was back to normal, pushing himself on every play. I knew if that Coach could inspire me, then he could definitely reach through Noah.

As soon as we got home, no one showered right away. Everyone split up in different directions. Zeke stayed in the garage to work with weights, the twins went to the backyard to play with their mechanical backstop, while Noah and I went to our room.

Noah whipped out one of his school notebooks and used a pen to start writing down his goal and plan. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

I copied his actions and wrote my own list. Remembering what Drew told me, I put down all aspects that needed improvement in order for me to become a better player. Drew wasn't so narrow minded to only help me with running. He mentioned that what could help me the most, was working on my core muscles. It could help with balance overall and improve my hitting and fielding. Being more balanced would help me feel secure and maybe a little more confident.

”Same!” Noah's shout surprised me and made me jump.

I found him looking over my shoulder, probably reading what I had been writing.

”I only want to improve my core muscles.” He patted his stomach. ”Gotta build up some nice abs.”

I laughed.

”I'm serious.” Noah stated. ”Coach suggested that it would make me a better batter. It would smooth out my swing and not make it so erratic.”

”How can we improve our core muscles though?” I asked. ”Drew said running helps. Especially if I run and practice tightening my abs.”

”There's plenty of exercises we can do!” Noah opened up his laptop and turned it on. ”We'll look up some and decide on a routine. We can do our ab workout after every practice and game, then shower. It won't take too much time either.”

”Better than running.” I nodded.

I watched on as he searched through the web trying to find something we could use. We compared a few pre-planned sets that trainers had put out there, before finally deciding on one. We tried it out, completing three sets before collapsing on the floor.

”This is good.” Noah huffed. ”This is what we need.”

I grunted in agreement. A weak agreement. But if I wanted to get better to catch up to Noah and his brothers, then this is what I'll do.

”You boys haven't showered yet either?” Mrs. Atkins came into the room, finding us sprawled out. ”What have you two been doing in here?”

”Ab workout.” Noah answered for the both of us. i was too busy trying to breathe without making my stomach hurt.

Mrs. Atkins lightly smiled, and shook her head. ”Okay, I'll start making dinner a little later from now on. I don't want a bunch of smelly boys at my kitchen table. Hurry up, and shower. You still have school and a game tomorrow.” She left.