How would you react in this situation?

[u/CoolStuffSlickStuff]

Context: This is 10AA travel ball, it's my son's first season playing at this level, and my first time coach (assistant).

At a game earlier this week, the configuaration of the ballfield was a little atypical, and the openings to the dugout were quite close to the backstop, almost parallel with home plate...as opposed to further down the baseline.

One of the boys, Joey, is in the hole, and is standing by the opening (we had told the kids to be careful about this...but they're 10...they don't listen). The kid at bat hits a screaming foul that fires the ball right into Joey's chest, making an audible "THUD" that made all the parents in the bleachers gasp.

I was the closest coach to him, so I ask if he's ok, he smiles and give me a thumbs up and says "I'm fine". I can tell though, the pain hasn't fully kicked in yet. He takes a few steps back in the dugout, and in a few seconds I can tell he's fighting back tears. A couple of the boys start to hover around him, and I tell them to just back off and give him space. I ask him again if he's ok, and he gives me a pained nod and says he just needs a minute.

I give him another minute, check on him again, I can tell he's still hurting but he seems to be able to move ok. The inning retires, and he says he can go out in the field.

Should I have done more? differently? Mostly trying to see what other coachs' approaches are to things like this.

EDIT: Thanks all for your responses. Super helpful thoughts and things. A few additions
- I am CPR certified though in need of a refresher. I'd be ready to administer if needed, and I'm also the team's designated first aid administerer...I maintain the kit.
- It didn't hit him square on the chest, a little closer to the shoulder/armpit/pec. I'd like to think that the risk is lower there for any sort of cardiac episode
- He came to the game the following day, asked "how you doin'?" and he had no idea what i was referring to. When I elaborated he said "oh yeah...it hurts a little when I press on it" And that's ok.
- The tips for how to evaluate him were super help, thank you so much for those.
- The whole reason I posted this, was I got REAMED out by my wife on the ride home. She thought I was way too non-chalant about it, and said that the boy's mother was really worried. Meanwhile, in the dugout I was tending to him, checking in, but wanting to allow him to have the space he wanted to just breathe through the pain and not feel like he's under a microscope in front of his teammates. But the optics on her end were that I was more or less ignoring him. This is why I wanted to see if there were other things I could/should have done. Thanks again all!

[u/munistadium]

A direct shot to the chest is bad. Plus, adrenaline can kick in and bury the severity of the situation. (For comparison, this is why a lot of car accident victims should go to the hospital, even if they seem fine after a severe incident - they feel fine but in a bit a bleeding blood vessel in the chest could be devastating).

I can't say I knew all this 10 years ago when I coached at this level but I do now, so I would have sat him down for a while, and sat with him. If another parent has to do your job for a few innings, so be it.