The tee ball: we crush it, or it crushes us. No full-swing shot causes more joy or more angst, sometimes within the same four-second period. The good news is that modern equipment offers more options ...

And here's the great part—teams are only allowed to use kid sized tee-ball equipment (except for maybe gloves). And you can get wasted… which tends to be frowned upon in youth tee-ball situations.

Tee the ball lower for more backspin. Your intuition may tell you that to hit the ball lower you should tee it lower, but we’re here to tell you that’s not always the case.

From left are sisters Maggie, Lizzy and Jackie Thurlow and their mom, Mimi Thurlow, with the original T-ball equipment their father, Scott "Mike" Thurlow, bought in 1970. Submitted Photo NISSWA, Minn.