Written by Jeffrey Roessler

I am a Junior on the Valley Torah baseball team. These past few years, it has been hard to form a team and to form a good relationship between the coach and fellow teammates. Last year, we had a team that didn’t even want to practice at all and they only wanted to play games! As you can imagine, unfortunately, that didn’t work out well. Luckily, this year, we formed a team that shows up to practice and plays their hardest. We’ve had a good amount of practice and players showed up to improve their skills. The relationship between the coaches and the players this year has drastically improved. This year, Valley Torah hired a new head coach, Joseph Avrahamy. As a coach, he helps foster a sense of unity among the players and knows how to show/teach us new plays for us to improve on. These past few practices have been enjoyable for all so much so that it doesn’t even feel like a burden. This year, I have a feeling that we’ll win a few games. All the players are excited to play games and try their hardest. Although our first few games weren’t victories, we’re learning how to play as a team and learning what to do for future games. Our practice will only lead to success and victory, Beli’neder.