{"id":1315,"date":"2013-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/the-heart-of-a-one-legged-youth-athlete\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:53:01","slug":"the-heart-of-a-one-legged-youth-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/the-heart-of-a-one-legged-youth-athlete","title":{"rendered":"The Heart of a (One-Legged) Youth Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fundamentals of playing baseball are throwing, fielding, hitting, and running. &nbsp;If you <a title=\"Why Youth Coaches Should Work On Their Games Too\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/05\/02\/why-youth-coaches-should-work-on-their-games-too\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/05\/02\/why-youth-coaches-should-work-on-their-games-too\/\">learn and develop<\/a> these fundamental actions you can play baseball. &nbsp;Pretty simple right? &nbsp;But what if you only had one leg? &nbsp;Not so simple anymore.<\/p>\n<h3>The athlete who &#8220;has heart&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Heart&#8221; is a word thrown around the sports world. &nbsp;Every athlete wants to be known as one who has heart. &nbsp;When someone says &#8220;he\/she has heart&#8221; it means that player is tough. &nbsp;They come through in the clutch. &nbsp;They <a title=\"Why You Must Introduce Your Young Athletes to Jackie Robinson\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/04\/18\/why-you-must-introduce-your-young-athletes-to-jackie-robinson\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/04\/18\/why-you-must-introduce-your-young-athletes-to-jackie-robinson\/\">don&#8217;t give up when faced with adversity<\/a>. I have witnessed a lot of athletes in 30+ years of being involved with sports. &nbsp;What I witnessed recently has to be at the <a title=\"10 Memorable Father-Child Sports Moments for Father\u2019s Day\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/06\/13\/10-memorable-father-child-moments-in-sports-for-fathers-day\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/06\/13\/10-memorable-father-child-moments-in-sports-for-fathers-day\/\">top of the list<\/a> of an athlete who has heart. &nbsp;I mentioned earlier the basic fundamentals of playing baseball, and how having one leg might complicate things. &nbsp;It doesn&#8217;t matter when you have heart.<\/p>\n<h3>Playing little league baseball on one leg<\/h3>\n<p>While <a title=\"What Makes a Champion\" href=\"http:\/\/jackiebledsoe.com\/what-makes-a-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/jackiebledsoe.com\/what-makes-a-champion\/\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching my son&#8217;s little league baseball teams<\/a> for the past four seasons (ages 4-7), I&#8217;ve noticed how challenging it is for youth athletes to develop the basic baseball fundamentals. The <a title=\"Manning Brothers Rap Reminds Us To Have Fun Playing Sports\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/08\/08\/manning-brothers-rap-reminds-us-to-have-fun-playing-sports\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/08\/08\/manning-brothers-rap-reminds-us-to-have-fun-playing-sports\/\">YouTube video<\/a> below shows a little league baseball player by the name of Adam Bender who has one leg. &nbsp;Adam doesn&#8217;t let &nbsp;anything stop him. &nbsp;He throws, he fields, he hits, and he runs with the best of them. Watch the&nbsp;video below, and let it <a title=\"March Madness Wisdom From John Wooden\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/03\/21\/march-madness-wisdom-from-john-wooden\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/blog.coachup.com\/2013\/03\/21\/march-madness-wisdom-from-john-wooden\/\">inspire you<\/a> and your youth athletes. http:\/\/youtu.be\/byGGBNbEDNI <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Do you have an example of a youth athlete who has shown tremendous heart in playing sports? &nbsp;Please share in the comment section below.<\/strong><\/span> <em><strong>Jackie Bledsoe, Jr.<\/strong>&nbsp; is&nbsp;sports parent of three, and writes on sports parenting. He has played sports for over 30 years, including the collegiate level, and coached youth sports for the past eight years.&nbsp;<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?source=CUblog\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-539\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?source=CUblog\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.coachup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/call-to-action-athletes.png?resize=600%2C53\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"53\" data-mce-data-src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.coachup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/call-to-action-athletes.png?resize=600%2C53\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/53;\"><\/a> Photo and Video Credit:&nbsp;<a title=\"One Legged Baseball Player-Adam Bender\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/byGGBNbEDNI\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/byGGBNbEDNI\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fundamentals of playing baseball are throwing, fielding, hitting, and running. &nbsp;If you learn and develop these fundamental actions you can play baseball. &nbsp;Pretty simple right? &nbsp;But what if you only had one leg? &nbsp;Not so simple anymore. 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