After a brief delay, the iTunes review team has approved the free, “Lite” versions of the CoachDeck apps for softball and football. With these free versions users get a sampling of the 52 drills found on the full versions. You can go to iTunes now and download these, or any other of the ten CoachDeck apps.
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A reminder that CoachDeck is building a robust resources page for volunteer coaches and league administrations at http://www.coachdeck.com/extras/. If you would like to access this page, please send an email to customerservice@coachdeck.com and indicate if you would like a username and password for the soccer or baseball/softball page and we’ll get back to you promptly with the necessary credentials.
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Here is a great article from CNN.com about a hometown hero, Mark Kabban, who started the organization, YALLA (The name is an acronym for Youth And Leaders Living Actively, but in Arabic it simply means “Let’s go.”). YALLA helps children of refugee families struggling to cope in school and society, by combining soccer and school tutoring. Mark Kabban can be nominated for CNN’s 2012 Hometown Heroes Award.
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We received a note from a person who had found our article entitled “Parents and Playing Time,” through a search. In his email he wrote that he is an owner in a volleyball club, and one of the partners has a daughter who is not deserving of playing on the high level team where she plays, but that her father continues to use his influence to make the coach play her. He led off his email with, Your article really hit the nail on the head. We own a volleyball club and every year we get these types of parents. Are you ever going to make a DVD addressing these points? Below was our response:
Thank you for contacting me. This is a tough one since you are partners. I don’t know how to advise you other than to simply lay the cards on the table and tell him what you, (and presumably others) think. If the situation is as you say, he needs to understand he is not helping his daughter, but rather, crippling her.
I am attaching a great article, put out by Little League Baseball, which is completely fitting here. I’d especially recommend the “Prepare the Child” section of this document. I hope this helps and wish you luck.
This article, which was published by Little League Baseball decades ago, is a great resource for parents and league administrators trying to deal with the age-old problem of overbearing parents who try to ensure their children get all of the advantages. You can download the PDF here. We recommend everyone in your organization reads this.
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All of our CoachDeck sports – Football, Baseball, Softball, Soccer and Basketball either run their seasons in the fall, or begin ramping up. This is the time to start thinking about your coach training and coach appreciation gifts. Why not combine the two in one inexpensive and easy-to-manage product by giving your coaches a CoachDeck? Nothing excites coaches in a preseason meeting more than surprising them with our deck of cards containing 52 good, fundamental drills they can do at practice with their kids. And, we offer generous league discounts for bulk purchases. To order CoachDeck online go to our website or send and email to customerservice@coachdeck.com.
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Our partner STOP! Sports Injuries has a new, free newsletter to which you can subscribe, entitled In the Game. The spring issue covers eye injuries, how to ensure your child has a positive experience in youth sports, and several other topics.
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Our partners at UNICEF are offering a chance for you to buy the most important Mother’s Day gift ever – a Child Survival Food Pack. From UNICEF:
In the parched Sahel region of West and Central Africa, children are becoming truly desperate – desperate to find any scrap of food, desperate for hope, desperate to keep the last spark of life alive. For malnourished children like these, the Child Survival Food Pack is the ultimate care package. With a simple box containing therapeutic food, high-energy biscuits, and more, you can breathe life into a child dying of starvation.
If you purchase your UNICEF Inspired Gift by Thursday, May 3, your loved one will get a card in the mail for Mother’s Day. But even better, she’ll know that she was able to save a life. It’s a truly heartwarming gift. You can purchase here.
And remember, you can always donate to help children in need at CoachDeck’s UNICEF site.
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After watching Kentucky’s entire underclassman starting five leave early for the NBA and seeing the NFL draft this past week, one wonders how much college sports is about student-athletes and how much is about money. However, the LA Time’s Bill Plaschke’s article about Azusa Pacific quarterback John van den Raadt tells a different story that illustrates the true meaning of amateur athletics.
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Another new OnDeck sponsor we’re proud to introduce: Victory Custom Athletic. They are the top-of-the-line when it comes to baseball and softball uniforms, but they also offer turn-key, affordable, all-in-one packages for youth all-star teams. You can view their different all-star packages here.
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