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Tennessee High School Softball Coaches; It’s that time of year again to sign up for the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association (TSCA). We had over 100 schools from across the state last year as members and this year looks to be bigger and better. This year we are going to try and get a representative from each region and get them to reach out to their region and districts to have a better representation of each division of the state and each classification. This year we are going to offer an insurance policy to go along with all of the other benefits you get as a member of the TSCA. Here are some of the benefits this insurance policy will be able to provide our membership this year. It will cover coaches with up to a one million dollar liability policy for anything except, sexual abuse or verbal abuse. It also pays for our tournaments, All Star Game as well as the KY-TN game this coming year. We think it is a great benefit to the coaches as well as to the association for our events. Your membership is only $40.00 per school! Each Coach that is a member of the TSCA will receive a card showing membership, from the insurance company. It will not go into effect until the first of October. Remember, we will still have the benefits as in the past where as members you are able to select your players for the All Star Game, All State, All Academic, Ky/Tn All Star Game, and Scholarships. You will also be able to help select from your peers members to the TSCA Hall of Fame, and Coach and Coaching Staff of the year. We also would like to invite you to sign up for the TSCA Classic which helps provide scholarships for the girls whose coaches are members of the TSCA. Go to the website below to sign up as a member of the TSCA and sign up for the TSCA Classic. www.tnsca.com Thanks for all you do for softball, Phil Burkhart and John Conditt Co-Executive Directors of the TSCA

Sign up fast, spaces are starting to fill up. This should be another great tournament this year with teams coming from all over Tennessee and Kentucky

Starting to fill up, go to the TSCA website to sign up. www.tnsca.com

Up Date for our 2nd Annual TSCA Exposure Camp: 23 Colleges and Universities Attending (who have committed) 36 College and University Coaches Attending from those schools 7 Colleges/Universities from Kentucky Attending 16 Colleges/Universities from Tennessee Attending 10 High Schools from Kentucky Attending 66 High Schools from Tennessee Attending We will be updating the universities and colleges as they commit we are expecting at least 30 colleges and universities to be in attendance. Please go to our website for the application: http://www.tnsca.com/ Why take a chance and not be seen at an Exposure Tournament when you WILL BE SEEN AT THIS CAMP??? You will have a chance to show off your skills! If you are really serious about playing college ball here is the perfect chance to be seen we had over 40 players signed last year! It could be you this year!

Up Date for our 2nd Annual TSCA Exposure Camp: 23 Colleges and Universities Attending (who have committed) 36 College and University Coaches Attending from those schools 7 Colleges/Universities from Kentucky Attending 16 Colleges/Universities from Tennessee Attending 10 High Schools from Kentucky Attending 66 High Schools from Tennessee Attending We will be updating the universities and colleges as they commit we are expecting at least 30 colleges and universities to be in attendance. Please go to our website for the application: http://www.tnsca.com/

Starting to have a lot of teams sign up, make sure you register today and help the TSCA in giving young ladies scholarships and support the TSCA.

Beginning to see entries coming in be sure and reserve you spot today.

We have added 5 more colleges and universities today check out the website to see the new schools. Several are coming in from KY! http://www.tnsca.com/

We have added 5 more college and universities today several from KY. Check out the website for the new schools more will be added as soon as the commitment is given. http://www.tnsca.com/

This is a early count of WHO IS COMING for sure. I know a bunch more that said that they were coming but until I get the official word I do not want to post it, that is what so many travel exposure tournaments do they count the invitations not official representatives. These parents think that all of these colleges will be there when they don't. We not doing that! I have know doubt that we will be over 33-35 coaches when we have the camp. We already have 67 players sign up the first week, plus two colleges from KY. We also have the following players from KY who have signed up. Not a bad first week! Colbert County Glasgow Green County Apollo Greenwood Christian County

We are up to 12 colleges and universities who have made the commitment to attend this year's Exposure Camp. Please check our website for the schools we will update as new schools are added. We hope that you school will join the TSCA a link is on the left side of the website. Thanks http://www.tnsca.com/

We are up to 12 colleges and universities that will be attending the TSCA Exposure Camp. Please check our website for their names: tnsca.com

Travel Coaches and Parents This is an open letter to Travel Coaches, Parents and Players. The Tennessee Softball Coaches Association (TSCA) invites you to attend our Softball EXPOSURE Camp scheduled on Tuesday October 7th at Triple Creek Ball Park in Gallatin, TN. Why should you consider attending our exposure CAMP? Tournaments do provide a good opportunity for softball players to enhance their skills and some athletes are recruited during these events. However, we believe the TSCA exposure camp will provide each softball athlete with a better opportunity to showcase their BEST skills in front of College Coaches. Also, We will list the coaches and schools who will be there! Not invited but who have made the commitment to come. When you go to Exposure Tournament you are hoping that the coach will see you hit, field or pitch while they are watching you play. Depending upon the game, your player may not be seen at her best. This summer our family attended and we participated in an Exposure Tournament. There were 650 players attending. We were told 30 college coaches "planned" to attend. We saw eight. However, if all 30 college coaches had attended it would be impossible for each coach to have time to evaluate each player's strengths during the games, because the "showcase" depends upon the plays which occur during the games! It is very unlikely each player's best attributes were showcased to each coach. Often during tournaments coaches may not get to see the players perform in all areas. For example: My daughter is a slapper. Lets say during a game she gets walked at her first time at bat. Next batter makes the 3rd out and she doesn't get to steal or run. What did the coach really get to see my daughter do during that inning? Not a lot, and this is the consistent complaint we hear from college coaches. We want the college coach to see your daughter perform in all areas. Our EXPOSURE CAMP will allow your daughter to be seen at her best! We limit the number of athletes attending to provide the best opportunities for each player. The first half of the day we have the athletes perform in hitting, fielding, throwing and timed events. These events are fun and challenging. Our College Coaches LOVE this approach! They get to evaluate each girl individually. In the afternoon we play scrimmages so that the players/positions Coaches are interested in can be seen full circle. Last year we received high praises from the 28 College Coaches who attended our EXPOSURE CAMP. College coaches love our exposure camp because they get to see a well "rounded" program. We are delighted to say that over 50% of our athletes who attended last years' EXPOSURE CAMP received follow up phone calls from these college coaches who attended. This is an IMPRESSIVE percentage!!! In addition, we believe it is important the parents know which Colleges are actually attending so that parents can decided if one of those schools might be a good fit for the athletes academic and athletic goals. We want parents and players to have an opportunity to be seen by College Coaches who represent the college of preference. We sincerely believe this EXPOSURE CAMP is an excellent opportunity for softball athletes to be showcased in front of College Coaches. Please visit our website for more information. Please visit our website of listing of colleges who will be attending this will be update as we get the commitments from the colleges and universities. http://www.tnsca.com/ Thanks

TSCA wants to welcome you to our 3nd Annual Softball Tournament being held on April 10 and 11, 2015 at Heritage Park in Clarksville Tn. Our tournament helps us to provide scholarships to seniors who will be continuing their higher education. It also, helps us to sponsor our All Star Game, trophies, tee shirts, plaques, certificates to our All State Players, Miss Softball Awards, All Star Coaches, Members of our Hall of Fame, and our annual All Star Game against the Kentucky All Stars. Format is the following: Gold Divisions Silver/Bronze Division the 1 and 2 place teams will play for Silver Championship, the 3 and 4 place teams will play for the Bronze Championship $250.00 entry fee plus one new game ball for each game 1 hour and 15 minute time limit Please go to our website for more information: tnsca.com

TSCA is inviting you and your players to the 2014 TSCA Fall Exposure Skills Camp on: Tuesday, October 7 at 9:00 a.m. at Triple Creek Park, 1350 East Broadway Street, Gallatin, TN. The Exposure Camp is designed for participants to learn and showcase their skills in front of college coaches from Division I, II, and III, NAIA and from Junior Colleges across Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Virginia. Playing in Exposure Games in Travel doesn't mean that you will be seen catching or hitting but our camp will put you through drills and timing events that the college coaches can see you do everything not just hoping that you will hit the ball or the ball will be hit to you will be put through several drills to showcase you speed, hitting and fielding ability to these coaches. Sign-in will be from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. you must register on line. http://www.tnsca.com We are excited about our second annual TSCA College Exposure Camp. We’ve spoken to High School Coaches and Travel Coaches across the state of Tennessee about this great opportunity that you have to showcase your talents in front of the these coaches. Here is your chance to showcase your offensive and defensive skills in front of college coaches wanting to recruit you. These drills will be conduct by our high school coaches. The players attending will be 2015 -2018 players only. Last year we had 28 college coaches attending!!! We had several of our players offered scholarships from our exposure camp; some were offered on the spot, it was one of the biggest success stories that TSCA had in 2013! We hope that you will make plans on attending this year. We have added four more fields and we are only taking the first 250 players to sign up last year we had to have a waiting list so please don't wait. For more information, check us out on the web at http://www.tnsca.com. Any questions please contact me at cobracoach@yahoo.com

The Play It Again Sports Tournament is being renamed and will be known as the 2015 Zaxby’s Classic this year. The 2015 Zaxby’s Classic is the largest High School Softball Tournament in the Southeast with teams coming from over 8 different states in the last 10 years. This year the Tournament will be held on March 27 and 28, 2015 in Clarksville at Heritage Park and Civitan Park giving us the opportunity to host 52 teams on a first come, first serve basis. The cost will remain at $250 this year even with umpire cost going up but we are looking for a full tournament again this year, so get your application filled out on line and send in your entry fee as soon as possible. This tournament fills up fast each year and those of you that have come in the past know this is a quality tournament with some of the best teams in the country. We will again have a Gold division and a Silver division in pool play and split the Silver pool into Bronze for the teams who finished 3rd and 4th in Silver Pool Play. https://sites.google.com/site/midtnball/home

TSCA is inviting you and your players to the 2014 TSCA Fall Exposure Skills Camp on: Tuesday, October 7 at 9:00 a.m. at Triple Creek Park, 1350 East Broadway Street, Gallatin, TN. The Exposure Camp is designed for participants to learn and showcase their skills in front of college coaches from Division I, II, and III, NAIA and from Junior Colleges across Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Virginia. Registration will be from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. We are excited about our second annual TSCA College Exposure Camp. We’ve spoken to High School Coaches and Travel Coaches across the state of Tennessee about this great opportunity that you have to showcase your talents in front of the these coaches. Here is your chance to showcase your offensive and defensive skills in front of college coaches wanting to recruit you. These drills will be conduct by our high school coaches. The players attending will be 2015 -2018 players only. Last year we had 28 college coaches attending!!! We had several of our players offered scholarships from our exposure camp; it was one of the biggest success stories that TSCA had in 2013! We hope that you will make plans on attending this year. We have added four more fields and we are only taking the first 250 players to sign up last year we had to have a waiting list so please don't wait. For more information, check us out on the web at http://www.tnsca.com.

Coffee County was not a member to be able to have players involved you must be a member.

If you were unable to attend 2014 TSCA All Star Game at David Lipscomb here is our program for your enjoyment. Just click on the link below: http://issuu.com/momentummedia/docs/tn_softball_coaches_2014?e=1348631

Check out the pictures from our annual All Star Game with the Kentucky All Stars. The Kentucky All Stars won the two out of three games 2-1 at Western Kentucky. The game next year will be back in Tennessee and we are looking forward to years of continued games with them. http://wcdiv.smugmug.com/TSCA/TSCA-2014-TN-vs-KY-26-Jun-2014

Here is the 2014 All Star Team for the Kentucky TN All Star Game Emily Bombard Mt. Juliet Jordan Brown Columbia Academy Chelsey Buchanan East Hickman Kaytlin Collins Greenbrier Cariona Hassell Goodpasture Amber Johnson Fayette Academy Takoya Lyles Columbia Central Addison Maxwell Evangelical Christian Scarlet McSwain Henry County Heather Norris Clarksville Madison Ogle Maryville Caitlin Reeves Lexington Ashton Stowe Mt. Juliet Danielle Tyson DeKalb County Elantra Cox Chester County Coaches: Steve Wilder Dyersburg Jonathan Bush Gordonsville Johnnie Sanfratello Tipton-Rosemark Academy

Wanted to make sure everyone is invited to come out and see 3 great games tomorrow, above is the schedule again. Good Luck to all the young ladies.

We want to invite everyone this Monday at Lipscomb University for our All State Game first game starts at 4:00 between the Middle TN All Stars and the East All Star. In between the first and second game we will be having our annual Home Run Hitting Contest as well as the fastest player contest! Hope you can make it out!

Great Job on a thankless job. We have our TSCA All Star Softball game this coming Monday and we took all kinds of flack over our All Star teams. You cannot please everyone and you have to do the best you can do with the nominees you get. It is a hard job and people don't know the many hundreds of man hours put into this by the directors and coaches that do this for the kids. Hat's off to you for the work you do, the kids appreciate it and so do many others. You usually only hear from the ones who complain, so I wanted to make sure you know there are many more that appreciate what you do. Thank you. TSCA

No matter who was on the All Star teams, Miss Softball, or All State people would be unhappy, I am sorry that we are not like rec ball and give every girl a trophy because they put on a uniform and sounds like your daughter is one of them. Even when Christ was on earth people criticize him, so I guess we are in good company because you are always going to have those kind of people who are looking only out for their best interest. Why not jump on the band wagon and praise the girls that made it instead of throwing stones?