coachrt

yes, we do have talent thank you very much!!!!

I started coaching 6 & under rec softball and soccer 13 years ago because of two reasons. First my oldest daughter wanted to play, second(you guessed it)they needed a coach. I knew about slowpitch because I played it, but very little about fastpitch and nothing about soccer. I read up on the rules and attended coaching clinics and we made it thru the seasons. Since then I have coached many different young ladies in both sports. I wouldn't take anything for the memories of teaching the girls the fundamentals and later on the more complicated plays. The look on a child's face when they catch their first pop fly, make their first double play, get their first home run, or score their first goal is priceless. My oldest daughter quit playing sports when she joined the high school band but her sister continues to play both softball & soccer in high school. I haven't coached soccer or softball full time since both daughters got into high school because one or the other had games or contests to go to during the seasons, but I am still involved as a board member in our local fastpitch rec league. I still see many of the girls that I have coached at different events. It makes me proud to see these girls do good playing school, travel, or rec ball and it doesn't matter to me if they're on our team or the opponents. If you're a long time recreational coach, you know they have had many coaches since they started playing but you hope some of what you see on the fields or courts came from you. I encourage any parent with younger children, or high school/college players, to become rec coaches or get involved in any way with youth sports. There are a few gifted players playing school ball today that didn't play rec ball when they were younger, but most did. So be a part of someone's future, it's fun and the kids need you!

No Way! Parent, Rec Coach, Rec Board Member.

Unless they rearange all the other sports I think they may loose some good players. My daughter plays H.S. softball & soccer along with several others on the team that play multi-sports in the spring & fall. I know it would be hard to decide which sport to drop if you love to play both equally. One girl on the team last year got a dual schollarship for softball & soccer which wouldn't have happened if she had to give one up.

Go to my thread CGFP fall ball

If you missed Sunday's sign up you still have untill 8/29/02 to contact any of the above numbers and sign up individual players or teams. Give us your fax # and we will send you a form and you can fax it back. We can collect the fee later. We have several 14&u and 16&u players looking for a team or more individual players to sign up and form a new team. If you have a child or team in this age group, please sign up so these girls who love the game can play.

Contact Coach Roger White at 931-380-1408.

Don't forget sign ups are this Sunday 8/18/02

Columbia Girls Fastpitch Softball is inviting teams & individuals to come and play fall ball. Registration is at the Pillow Park Complex on Riverside Dr. in Columbia, TN Sunday, Aug 18 from 1pm to 5pm. Registration fees are $175 per team with 8 weeks to be scheduled, some may include double headers(no games will be rescheduled for rain outs or other causes). All games will be 1 hour long, played on Sunday evenings from 1pm to 5pm. Season begins on Sept.8 and ends Oct.27. Age groups range from 6&Under to 16&Under. Individual players who sign up will either form new teams or will be drawn out of the pool by existing teams. ALL TEAMS MUST DRAW IF NEEDED. This is a great opportunity for teams & individuals who are moving up, playing school ball next year, or never played much or any before. There are no standings or trophies so you get to play, learn, & have fun without those pressures. EVERYONE PLAYS!!! Please pass this along to anyone who you think might be interested. For more information call Barbera Woods 931-682-3516 or Danny Lockridge 931-380-1810. 14U & 16U call Rick Tinsley 931-381-4526 between 6pm & 9pm M-F or during the day Sat/Sun.Thanks. [Edited by coachrt on 8/2/02 1:50P]

Hey Norm, congratulations! I know you, "Doc", & the rest are very proud of the girls. I know the talent you have on your team since I have either coached or played against most of the girls in years past. I know the coaching is good too since both my daughters have been on your & Doc's rec teams in the past. Keep up the good work. Have yall thought about stepping up to A ball?

GOOD JOB CoachT!!! I am fairly new to your website but I have enjoyed the scores, reports, & commentaries. This website is an excellent way to keep up with all the Tennessee high school & related sports. The message boards are very entertaining. Keep up the good work.

3rd gets my vote also but all the positions are vital to the team.

I agree with yall on M'boro & Nashville. Also, Franklin has some nice facilities. What if they split the sports and give each town a venue? That way hotels, restaurants, and traffic won't be so crowded!

To clear my statement up, I am refering to rec leagues where everyone is wanting to play to have fun. Travel teams are more serious and are a different story. In most rec leagues you are stuck on a team unless you quit for one year and then you can be recruited or go into the pool and hope your name gets drawn out. If you are on a travel team you can usually quit that team and go to another. If the player sitting on the bench is there because they aren't as good as some on the field, then the coaches & parents should work with them more and explain to them where their skills need improvement. Everyone likes to win and everyone likes to play but everyone can't be on the field at the same time, so a good coach should know when & where to sub their players so the integrity of the team stays intact and everyone gets to have fun.

Chilren who want to play sports should be given the opportunity regardless of who their parents are. I have seen many players, who were as good or better than some of the players on the field, sit on the bench because their parents were not "Big Wheels" in the local community, "Buddies" of the coach, or "Board Members" . This probably happens in all sports and in all communities. Some recreation leagues are trying to help solve this problem by putting in their by-laws a rule where everyone on the team has to play a portion of the game. This is a good start but some coaches play the same kids the bare minimum each game. It's a shame some good players quit the sport because they get tired of sitting on the bench every game. If a coach would swap up on who they sub and do it before the last minutes of the game they would have happier players & parents and who knows they might find that "Diamond in the Rough". P.S. I would like to thank ERA for inspiring me to write this from another thread.

I have seen them play and they have a very good team and since they are only about 20 miles away I consider them as a "Home Team" in the State Tournament.