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14U Team tryouts in Memphis area?

guest — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:14:01 GMT

What 14U teams (in the Memphis Area) are looking for players for this fall and spring 2012?

When and where are there tryouts?

Thanks!

SPORTSMANSHIP

guest — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:56:00 GMT

I saw this sign at the baseball park-

Athletics does not build character,

it reveals it.

Sportmanship Code

guest — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:52:00 GMT

I umpire many leagues.

Legion Baseball has this code-

BE HUMBLE IN VICTORY,

GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT.

Need Congratulations Letter Samples

guest — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:28:00 GMT

I am looking for some sample letter for our booster club to send out to players who have made the High School soccer team. Any help would be appreciated.

Cypress Soccer Club

defending your player

guest — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:50:00 GMT

My daughter was a player with La Verne Girls Softball. I use the word WAS because my child lost her desire to play based on the treatment she received during the 2008 seasons. I believe my daughter was a victim of bias and favoritism, which prompted me to refrain from signing her up for the 2009 season.

She visited her some of her former teammates during the 2009 season, watched them hit homeruns, throw strikes and slide at home for that crucial winning point. I watched with my daughter; seeing her former teammates who last season could barely field a ball improve to getting a player out at home. These girls, who worked so hard, will never reap the rewards of a job well done.

None of their hard work matters. None of it matters because it had all ready been decided, as it had been in former years who was going to make All-Stars in some backroom of a league sponsored pizza parlor or burger joint. It was already decided barring any unforeseen circumstance, the same girls who have made the ?elite team? every year should make it again.

This year was no different. I saw several girls that exceeded the expectations indicative of what an All-Star athlete is. However, the league did not care. It had already been decided before an assessment who was to be on what team and who was to be an All-Star.

These girls; these ?All-Stars? are touted by the league as an unbeatable force; the players with the most; the future of the game; the reason they will be bringing softball back to the Olympics.

To this I say, poppycock. This league would not know true talent if it smacked them in the face, because they never look for it. They are too busy trying to figure out a way to keep their daughters in the All-Star spotlight.

The 2009 season came to a close recently. I waited anxiously for the announcement of who was this year?s cream of the crop. I crossed my fingers and hoped that this year would be different, that this year, I would hear the name of that girl that went from striking out to hitting homers or the name of that girl who went from picking daisies in the outfield to charging players at the plate, but that did not happen. Instead, I heard what I always heard, every coach's daughter, and the president of the league's daughter and so forth and so on. I was left feeling dismayed and filled with disappointment. I was left feeling I had to say something.

I am writing this message for every girl who gives one hundred and ten percent, for every girl who cheers every player, for every girl who applauds a good play (even from an opposing team), for every girl who is gracious in defeat and in victory, but most of all, I am writing this message for every girl who has been robbed of the opportunity to prove themselves because of blatant favoritism forced upon them by a group of adults who abuse their position to continue making All-Stars a ?Family Affair?.

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Wolfpack needs to be disqualified. REPLY!!!!

guest — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:51:00 GMT

On Saturday April/24/2010 the Wolfpack un mercifully destroyed the Northern Extreme in a fearsome Football game. The first thing that comes to your mind is " Ah who cares" , but you won't be thinking that after you read this. 1st they started out by playing sportsmanlike , but then all heck broke and they started to kill everyone in sight. One play they intercepted it and the center for Extreme ran to tackle him, but he didn't see the Wolf that came and knocked him out onto the sideline and then laughed at him. When the player intercepted the ball he caught it out of bounds. The refs didn't call that cheap shot. So I ask you all except Wolfpack, what do you think? I think that they need to be disqualified because they sent another Extreme player to the hospital and he has to wear a brace on his neck now for 2 weeks because he got nailed from the front and the back in the ribs. This severally hurt him. PLEASE REPLY WHAT YOU THINK; EXCEPT WOLFPACK!

foul language from coaches

guest — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:06:00 GMT

I HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO TEACH MY CHILD RIGHT FROM WRONG. A COUPLE OF TEAMS SHE HAS BEEN ON HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS.

COACHES, PLEASE BE AN EXAMPLE. YOU EXPECT THEM TO REPRESENT YOUR TEAM ON THE FIELD WITH CLASS, LETS GIVE THEM THE SAME EXAMPLE WE EXPECT OF THEM.

IT IS REALLY BOTHERING HER. SHOULD I MOVE HER, OR IS THIS HONESTLY HOW IT IS?

Shame on Eagan travelling basketball

guest — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:43:00 GMT

While teams cannot allow every child to join just bc they do not want to hurt their feelings this is a case of discrimination. To keep a child with brain cancer who is fighting for his life off the team with his friends is horrible sportsmanship if you agree please let the company know! Here is the news article http://bit.ly/C2zG9 I do not even know this family but my child is in heaven after having brain cancer.

Aiden's Story

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Trash Talking on Websites

guest — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:47:00 GMT

Since When has trash talking on a website become the norm?

I think that competition is a good healthy thing, but when the game is over lets teach our children something about winning or losing with class. I just love the keyboard bullies that hind behind a computer screen talking trash on sites that kids look at. Who is the adult and who is the child. Come on parents what are we doing? Just me thinking out loud!!!!