We haven’t had a lot of luck in playing catch with Miranda and Eleanor. Eleanor was bumped in the face once with a big rubber ball and so she winces when a ball is thrown towards her. Miranda is okay with a ball being thrown to her, but she doesn’t having the timing and coordination to catch.
I had a thought that we could at least have the girls learn to throw more proficiently. I pulled out a bucket we had in our garage and showed how they could throw a tennis ball into it.
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Eleanor picked it up right away. At the end of this video, you can see Miranda’s strange side-arm technique. She doesn’t quite have the timing down for when to let the ball go, but she can get some distance on it.
Here are Miranda’s attempts at throwing the tennis ball in the bucket.
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We tried hard not to laugh at Miranda hitting herself. Fortunately, she didn’t seem bothered by it.