T ball practice

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My son had his very first T ball practice today, he has one Thursday too and a game Saturday. We have had 2 or 3 practices cancelled due to weather. I have always found keeping my son involved and active very important. I don't care if my son isn't the best at sports, I use sports and other programs as a way to keep him active with all of his extra energy and get him around other kids his own age. I also think it's important he learns how to be apart of a team. I don't do this as a way of making him the best. I don't expect him to be the best, I expect him to go out and have fun and learn how to follow directions and be apart of a team. My son is more or less an only child as he doesn't see his other siblings, and he's used to having his way and doing what he wants, and I need him to learn that he sometimes has to learn how to take turns and have patience when he doesn't get what he wants right away, and he has to learn how to keep trying before saying he can't do something. This isn't about him being a great athlete. This is about him learning basic skills that I can't teach him at home, because he is an only child. He needs to learn to cooperate with other children. I have to say today's practice went OK, but he was one of the only children having a difficult time standing still and paying attention. He was dancing while waiting in line, and he was squatting pulling out grass as he was standing on base and had to have his name yelled out a few times before he knew to run lol. He has so much energy and he has a difficult time standing still, when we make him stand still it's like torture for him, but he can focus. He just has to be standing and moving, but he is capable of focusing. He gets a lot of things quickly, but he's usually standing while doing something. My boyfriend is the same way though. It's funny I'll see them both standing and waiting while swaying back and forth next to each other. My son did have fun for the most part, but he has trouble staying focused when he's not being talked to directly. My son made it through T ball without injury, only to smack his head on a car mirror on the way to the car. I told him he needed to pay more attention when he was walking, he told me he saw the mirror and walked into it anyway...I don't know about my child. When I asked him why he would walk into a mirror he couldn't answer me. He now has a bump bruise on his forehead. I plan on working with my son tomorrow on his throwing, he has to learn to throw over handed. I want him to do a little better on Thursday, so the coaches don't have to do as much with the game coming up soon. It's going to be a tiring, busy week. Here's hoping his next practice goes a little better. I sure hope he does better with T ball than he did with soccer lol.