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Frozen Ropes Katy- Advanced Baseball Summer Camp

guest — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:29 GMT

Frozen Ropes-Katy's 2013 Advanced Baseball Camp is right around the corner. The camp will be July 8th through 11th (10-14 year olds). It will be held at Katy National Little League from 8:00 am-12:00 pm.

The camp will consist of defensive drills and fundamentals, on the field situational hitting, in-game situations during live

controlled scrimmages, plus much more. An end-of-camp World Series will be played on the last day, followed by a

camp awards ceremony.

The cost is $250. All players will recieve a camp shirt to wear during the duration of the camp.

Spaces are limited, so be sure to sign up early!!

Coach Brandon

Frozen Ropes-Katy Senior Instructor

ESPN.COM: TEACHING RESPECT FOR UMPS, OFFICIALS

guest — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:33:32 GMT

"All you, blue, all you!"

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I wanted them back. The umpire on the bases in the high school softball game had clearly blown the call: tight score, bases loaded, two outs, ball hit to left field for what looked like an RBI single … except that the left fielder quickly threw to third to beat the runner by a step. Unfortunately, the ump was trying to get out of the way and didn't see the force, and the home plate ump refused to get involved, so the run scored, and the next batter hit a grand slam off my daughter. Which is when I made my own bad call.

Umps may take the abuse, but that doesn't mean they deserve it.

I knew better. These things happen, just like they did in Cleveland when the umpires didn't acknowledge an A's home run that would've tied the game, just like they do every night in every state at every level. I've seen enough games to realize that bad decisions are like bad hops. Dems da breaks.

It doesn't matter if the official is a teenager making $20 a game, or a man or woman moonlighting as much for love of the game as for money, or Joe West, who's been working major league games since 1977. It's a tough, usually thankless job, but somebody has to do it. We often hear, "The most important thing is to get it right," and while that is very important -- the more replays the better -- it's not the most important thing. First and foremost, we owe the umps and zebras and refs a foundation of respect and a debt of gratitude. There would be no games without their commitment.

That's worth mentioning at this time of high visibility for officials, when the NHL and NBA are in their postseasons, baseball is in its ascendancy, and spring school and collegiate sports are heating up. On the list of headlines on ESPN.com on Thursday, a few spots below "Indians top A's after blown call," was this one: "Utah teen charged in death of soccer ref."

On April 27 in a recreational league soccer match outside of Salt Lake City, authorities say, a 17-year-old goalie punched 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo in the head after the ref penalized him for pushing an opposing player. After hospitalization, Portillo lapsed into a coma and died on May 4. A game that was hardly a matter of life and death became one.

There may be no way of knowing what brought the unnamed player to that tragic moment of anger. But here's what does lead to a breakdown in respect for authority: coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs; fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time; the constant cries of "Call 'em both ways!" and "Open your eyes!"; the confusion of professional sports with youth sports.

Contempt for officials is nothing new. In 1906 a singer named Bob Roberts recorded "The Umpire Is a Most Unhappy Man." But there are two converging media streams that seem to be adding to the turbulence. One is the criticism of officials, be it missed home runs, or unfair penalties, or control of the game. The other is the almost prurient interest in bad behavior at sporting events. It kind of feels like sports civilization is crumbling.

The death in Utah hit Jim Thompson particularly hard. He is the CEO of the Positive Coaching Alliance, which he founded at Stanford University in 1998 to help transform the culture of youth sports. "I feel for both families," he says. "It's the ultimate price to pay for a win-at-all-costs mentality."

Soccer officials wore black patches and arm bands at Ricardo Portillo's funeral.

Since its founding, the PCA has grown into a network that reaches 1 million athletes and 100,000 coaches, though that's still only 2.5 percent of all the participants in youth sports in this country. The foundation of PCA workshops is the phrase "Honoring The Game," and the sessions encourage respect for the acronym R-O-O-T-S: Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates, Self.

When it comes to dealing with officials, PCA has a few suggestions for coaches: introduce the officials to the parents before a game, designate a parent to monitor spectator behavior, have the players practice their responses to a bad call, find a self-control routine (like counting backward from 100), and approach the officials deferentially if there's an important difference of opinion.

"The best way to teach respect," says Thompson, "is to show respect." Thompson also recommends thanking officials after a game, and complimenting them if they've done a good job.

Some of them don't, though, and a few of them make things worse by mistaking arrogance for authority. "Just think of them as bad weather," says Thompson. "You still have to play in it, and it doesn't do you much good to complain."

The vast majority of officials are just striving to be fair to both sides, to get it right. And if you're lucky, you'll encounter one who goes above and beyond. Same daughter, different sport: field hockey. At halftime of one of her games, the lead referee came over to the spectator side of the field to ask if there were any questions about the calls in the first half, or about the arcane rules of the sport in general. The session was both edifying and disarming -- nobody questioned any calls in the second half.

As for the ump who blew the call in the softball game, I could see he felt as bad about missing the call as I did about yelling. He actually ran to his car after the 10-7 game ended, ahead of what he might have imagined to be an angry mob. In reality, my daughter and her teammates were already over it by the time he got there.

It's not all you, blue. It's all us.

The Streak is Over

guest — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:04:34 GMT

May 2, 1939: Lou Gehrig voluntarily benches himself for the good of the team. His consecutive-game string stops at 2,130.

The Iron Man is replaced by Babe Dahlren who hits a home run and a double as the Yankees trounce Detroit 22-2.

Do you practice

guest — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:43:04 GMT

Hello,

I was told this is a site where there are baseball coaches. I just want to know do you guys practice with your teams and how often on a weekly basis? My son plays on a 11-12 year little league team. They do not practice, and they are getting killed out on the field. The coach tells us the reason we are losing is because the other teams are travel teams. I know this is bull because they had to practice to get that good. The former league my son was in, they practice 3 times a week. When we ask the coach about practice, he sent out a message saying that we should not e gumbling about anything, because he gave us the opportunity to step up and help out. One of the assistant coaches, have been doing his on voluntary practices, and the coach kind of frowns upon it. Any insgiht on how to deal with this.

Intentioanlly Delaying a Timed Game

guest — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:47:42 GMT

Is there a rule on what to do if a team in is intentionally slowing down the game to run out the clock?

Rotating Players?

guest — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:00:38 GMT

Good evening. I am a new Little League Manager. I am a woman, and have never played baseball, or softball in my life. That being said, I am stepping up to manage my son's Minor 2 Baseball Team (7-9 years old). I have several dads helping me who have a better understanding of the game.

My question is this: I have some parents telling me that I need to rotate player positions every GAME. I have others telling me I need to rotate player position EVERY INNING. So the kids are changing positions and in my opinion they don't get a real feel for the position they are playing.

Is there a rule that says I have to rotate every inning? Is there a rule that says every few innings? Is there a rule that says every game? I have been looking, but I am getting very confused.

Thanks to all that can help me understand.

How to upload Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Videos to YouTube?

guest — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:17:31 GMT

How to upload Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Videos to YouTube?

Summary: Read this post you will get to know how to upload Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Videos to YouTube with Highest Quality.

The Lumix FZ200 Digital Camera from Panasonic is Panasonic's latest digital compact camera to offer an f/2.8 aperture across the full range of its zoom. And given that the full range runs to 600mm (in 35mm format), that's saying something. The lens on the FZ200 is a 24x optical zoom lens that starts at the wide angle end as a 25mm and zooms all the way to 600mm. This is an incredible range that encompasses all the focal lengths you could ever need and it offers an f/2.8 aperture at all of those lengths.

Video recording feature

Full HD 1080 60p video recording offers high quality video capture and High Speed Video enables the recording of fast-moving subjects at 120fps (frames per second) and 240 fps! Active Mode and POWER O.I.S enable you to use the incredible zoom capability of the FZ200 in video modes too and all of this is available with noise resistant Dolby Stereo audio recording. Video recording can begin with just the touch of one dedicated button, a one-button switch from still photography to video.

Upload Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Videos to YouTube with Highest Quality

I often upload videos to YouTube, every time convert Panasonic Lumix FZ200 recorded MTS videos before upload, because the origin videos have big volume and now well supported by YouTube, so I convert it to the appropriate size and MP4 format for playing on YouTube. Here are some tips for you to compress or convert Panasonic Lumix FZ200 video to MP4 format on Mac which is perfectly supported by YouTube.

Software you need:

Pavtube Media Magician

This software will help you to convert Panasonic Lumix FZ200 MTS videos to Youtube H.264 mp4 format. It is also an great video editor, which can help you edit the videos easily.

Step 1: Add source media into Media Magician

There are two ways available to import source media files:

1) Import from camera

Connect your camera with your computer and run Pavtube Media Magician. This camera companion program will detect your camera automatically and ask "Camcorder is connected. Are you ready to launch wizard now?" Click "Yes" to confirm.

Also, you can click the camera icon to load footage directly from a camcorder.

Step 2: Drag and drop source files onto Timeline

After source files are imported into the program, you need to drag and drop the clips that you want to encode onto timeline.

Step 3: Split/Cut/Reorder/Merge source clips (Optional)

If you would like to cut off unwanted parts of your video file, rearrange them in your wanted order, or merge them into one file, you can use the control buttons on timeline to do this.

The control buttons on timeline help you locate frames accurately so that you can cut, trim, delete, and merge video clips in a much easier way.

Furthermore, you can add 3D effects, special effects (e.g. Simple Gauss Blur, Flip Color, Invert, Aged Film, and Gray), or adjust volume, contrast, saturation, brightness of selected clips. You can also flip video horizontally, vertically, and rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise as you like.

Step 4: Transcode video files to compatible format for YouTube

Choose "Output" in the main interface, and click "Plus" icon to add conversion task before selecting output format. You can choose MP4 format, which is best compatible for sharing on YouTube or other web. Video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed by the Panasonic Lumix FZ200 MTS Converter Mac.

Now, I think you have now how to edit and convert Panasonic Lumix FZ200 MTS videos for upload to YouTube on Mac, just follow the steps and have a try, and then you can share vivid footages on YouTube and catch everyone's eyes.

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guest — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:54:57 GMT

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How to talk to a coach

guest — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:09:50 GMT

I left Chicago and I am now in AZ. I got hooked up as a assistant coach with a league in AZ. The team that I help out with has a bunch of great kids, and some very good ball players. Our team is not winning any games. We have one major issue. We are not practicing. The coach had 4 practices before the season started, and we have not practiced since. From what I understand this coach is new to the Majors division. This team is losing games on basic fundamentals. Things that if we practice only 2 hrs a week could make a major difference. The other teams in the league are practicing like never before, and it shows. After every game the coach tells the kids, you can't have your head down during the game, and you have got to come to play ball. But if you do not know what you are suppose to do, you can't come to play ball. I took it upon myself to grab 2 of our kids (1 who has never played ball before, and one who needed help at the plate) and worked with them on my own time. Progress is being made, but the whole team needs to practice. He puts players all in the wrong positions, and wrong in the batting order. He puts then in the order, of their OBP from last year?!?!?!

I have made multiple suggestions to the coach, and it seems as if it makes it worse everytime I say something. I've talked to him face to face, and sent emails. I have tried to be diplomatic as possible about it, now I want to be very frank. Parents have asked also, and he has shot them down.

How would any of you coaches that have been around for ages handle this.

Frozen Ropes-Katy 2013 Advanced Baseball Camp

guest — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:05:28 GMT