Comments for SINGLE MOM SPORTS TIPS http://www.singlemomsportstips.com Answering Your Real Sports Questions Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on About Me by Lyle Farrell http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/about/#comment-18 Lyle Farrell Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:51:50 +0000 #comment-18 d8l7od2ma5soq0hw d8l7od2ma5soq0hw

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]]> Comment on Let The Kids Play (Part 2) by Etta Velazquez http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/let-the-kids-play-part-2/#comment-15 Etta Velazquez Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:13:59 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/2008/03/04/let-the-kids-play-part-2/#comment-15 5p9bsljw8i3mnx3k 5p9bsljw8i3mnx3k

]]> Comment on About Me by Rpger http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/about/#comment-14 Rpger Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:50:46 +0000 #comment-14 I just wanted to know if you would be open to selling advertising on your blog. Please get in touch with me if yes. I tried to contact you through the contact form but it ain;t working. I just wanted to know if you would be open to selling advertising on your blog. Please get in touch with me if yes. I tried to contact you through the contact form but it ain;t working.

]]> Comment on Role Models and Youth Sports by Stacie Mahoe http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/role-models-and-youth-sports/#comment-12 Stacie Mahoe Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:54:11 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/2008/03/19/role-models-and-youth-sports/#comment-12 I like that "Sports isn't life..." quote. I've never quite heard it put that way before, but I agree 100%. Parents also need to remember that their attitude, actions, and words great IMPACT their child's attitude and sports experience. Make it positive! I like that “Sports isn’t life…” quote. I’ve never quite heard it put that way before, but I agree 100%. Parents also need to remember that their attitude, actions, and words great IMPACT their child’s attitude and sports experience. Make it positive!

]]> Comment on Mom, Are You A Fan or A Fanatic? by Stacie Mahoe http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/mom-are-you-a-fan-or-a-fanatic/#comment-11 Stacie Mahoe Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:52:29 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/?p=18#comment-11 Yes, you WILL embarrass your child if you act up in the game and believe it or not you're NOT helping when you go bonkers in the stands during the game! Oh, and never, EVER publicly put down someone else's kid during the game. That's just asking for trouble. Yes, you WILL embarrass your child if you act up in the game and believe it or not you’re NOT helping when you go bonkers in the stands during the game! Oh, and never, EVER publicly put down someone else’s kid during the game. That’s just asking for trouble.

]]> Comment on Mom, Are You A Fan or A Fanatic? by Darrell http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/mom-are-you-a-fan-or-a-fanatic/#comment-8 Darrell Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:13:25 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/?p=18#comment-8 Cathy, Sorry it took so long to respond. I have been on the road and out of sight of my laptop. I also grew up in a small town and the politics of the town can be unbelievable. I would encourage you to keep the most positive attitude that you can. As much as I would like to tell you it will get better it might not. But the older the kids get the harder it is for coaches to keep playing their own kids. The truth is by the time they are teenagers the kids will know who the better players are themselves. If winning is as important as we all know it is, the coach will start playing the best players. The key to this is that you keep on playing and working hard to get as good as you possibly can. Being patient in a time like this can be very frustrating, but I promise you if you child is as good as he sounds he is, he will get the playing time he deserves. Just stay away from bitterness and have you child out work all the other kids. He will feel better from earning his rewards the right way. Let me know how it goes. Hang in there, Darrell Cathy,

Sorry it took so long to respond. I have been on the road and out of sight of my laptop.
I also grew up in a small town and the politics of the town can be unbelievable. I would encourage you to keep the most positive attitude that you can. As much as I would like to tell you it will get better it might not. But the older the kids get the harder it is for coaches to keep playing their own kids. The truth is by the time they are teenagers the kids will know who the better players are themselves. If winning is as important as we all know it is, the coach will start playing the best players.

The key to this is that you keep on playing and working hard to get as good as you possibly can. Being patient in a time like this can be very frustrating, but I promise you if you child is as good as he sounds he is, he will get the playing time he deserves. Just stay away from bitterness and have you child out work all the other kids.
He will feel better from earning his rewards the right way.
Let me know how it goes.

Hang in there,
Darrell

]]> Comment on Mom, Are You A Fan or A Fanatic? by Cathy Lawson http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/mom-are-you-a-fan-or-a-fanatic/#comment-7 Cathy Lawson Sat, 31 May 2008 12:53:18 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/?p=18#comment-7 We are still in the 9/10 play offs. My son has had the same 8 coaches for the last 5 years. My son is extremely confident, fast and typically excels. The problem is none of the 8 coaches will allow him to excell as if he is a threat to all of their sons. It does not help that he is very ADHD and does show his emotions. Yet every year my child becomes the whipping child. They can tell you every error he has ever made. I must admit I get tired of these grown men yelling at my son, as their kids are sometimes making three times the errors. And all of the coaches kids cry if they strike out or get removed from the pitchers mound. Being a single mom it is as if my son has to try 3 times harder. They have admitted to me that they know he is most athlectic of all his circle of 8 years. It is as if they are trying to eliminate any threats of those that might take a middle school position or even a high school position from one of their kids. The problem is they are only in 3rd grade. The coaches in this small town take their sports seriously. I found that if their kids are not excelling, the worse it gets. I am frustrated, I can not begin to cover all the great stories of this season and last season. I just keep telling my child to hold on until he is about 13, hopefully this will change. This is true for him in baseball and football. He did get the most skulls for last season. The good news though we did not have to watch the kids get picked for an all star team that consists of about 10 of the coaches kids and maybe two that are not coaches kids. What is up with this and why is it allowed. It becomes a joke to the parents that are not coaching. We are still in the 9/10 play offs. My son has had the same 8 coaches for the last 5 years. My son is extremely confident, fast and typically excels. The problem is none of the 8 coaches will allow him to excell as if he is a threat to all of their sons. It does not help that he is very ADHD and does show his emotions. Yet every year my child becomes the whipping child. They can tell you every error he has ever made. I must admit I get tired of these grown men yelling at my son, as their kids are sometimes making three times the errors. And all of the coaches kids cry if they strike out or get removed from the pitchers mound. Being a single mom it is as if my son has to try 3 times harder. They have admitted to me that they know he is most athlectic of all his circle of 8 years. It is as if they are trying to eliminate any threats of those that might take a middle school position or even a high school position from one of their kids. The problem is they are only in 3rd grade. The coaches in this small town take their sports seriously. I found that if their kids are not excelling, the worse it gets. I am frustrated, I can not begin to cover all the great stories of this season and last season. I just keep telling my child to hold on until he is about 13, hopefully this will change. This is true for him in baseball and football. He did get the most skulls for last season. The good news though we did not have to watch the kids get picked for an all star team that consists of about 10 of the coaches kids and maybe two that are not coaches kids. What is up with this and why is it allowed. It becomes a joke to the parents that are not coaching.

]]> Comment on It’s Baseball Season by Darrell http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/its-baseball-season/#comment-4 Darrell Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:52:43 +0000 http://www.singlemomsportstips.com/2008/03/07/its-baseball-season/#comment-4 Laura, Thanks for the comment. I am also just getting started. But I love the opportunity to use this platform to help who ever I can. I will be checking out your blog. God Bless Laura,
Thanks for the comment. I am also just getting started. But I love the opportunity to use this platform to help who ever I can. I will be checking out your blog.

God Bless

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