Images

Images and Videos of my kids playing

 

 

 

Antonio's Soccer Team

My little ball players

Myra's Tball Team 

 

Antonio scoring his first goal!!!

 

 

Antonio chasing down the ball

 

 

 

 

Hitting the ball in coach's pitch

 

 

 

Myra sliding into home "Get dirty"

Child's Play

So there can be a down side to organized youth sports, and one of the impacts is the parents pressure on the kids to win.  Everyone wants to win, but placing to much pressure on a child can have a negative effect on them.  In the long run they may stop playing altogether.  Having a bad coach can have this same impact on a child, to the point of them not playing the sport ever again.  So parents need to learn that not everything is going to be done perfect, and there kid is not always going to be the star, but if they are having fun is there anything really better than that.

Child's play

What sports did you play?

So here is a question, how many of you played a sport as a kid?  How many wanted to play but for some reason were unable to?  So I'm asking what was the sport that you played or wanted to play when you were a kid?

For me I played softball the majority of my childhood, but I also played soccer for a couple of years.  My husband played a vast variety but his main one was soccer.  Both of my kids love soccer and baseball - at least so far.  But any sport that they want to try I will let them.

Student Athletes

So it is so easy to say someone is a jock, and then equate that to "Dumb Jock". But that isn't the case the majority of the time. "Jocks" tend to have better time management skills then students that are not playing sports. This skill helps them to be able to get their homework done on time and still put in a full practice. So I ask you, what do you feel is the truth. The link below is an article that disproves the negative affect sports supposedly plays on academics. 


Does participation in sports negatively affect academics?

What do you think?

Citrus County Youth Sports

So I have had a request to include some leagues that are in Citrus County.  Listed below are some of the leagues in the area.

    - P.L.A.Y program is Preparing Little Athletes Youth Program

             Basketball

             Cheerleading

             Flag Football

             Soccer

             Tball

 

Soccer

    - Nature Coast Soccer Club

    -  Citrus United Soccer Club

 

Baseball

  - Central Citrus Little League

    - Crystal River Little League

    - Inverness Little League

  - Florida Hornets Baseball

 

Football and Cheerleading

   - Crystal River Sharks

  -  Nature Coast Flag Football

 

Swimming

  - Suncoast Swim team

 

This is a link to sports in Citrus County

http://www.bocc.citrus.fl.us/commserv/parksrec/sports/sports.htm

Why I think kids should play sports

- Gives kids a since of accomplishment!!
- Helps develop team skills
- Friends
- Gets them moving
Both of my kids have been playing baseball since they were three.  Granted at three they didn't really learn a lot, except to hit the ball off the tee.  But to see them hitting the ball then running the bases with smiles on their faces was great!!! Below is a video of my then 5 year old hitting the ball (taking from phone please ignore fence that gets in way).  There is also a link that explains better the benefits of children playing sports.

 Why kids should play sports