Great job girls..

Hello 12u gold girls and parents, First off, the coaching staff and I want to thank  you parents for your support and dedication this weekend.

Girls, way to bring home the 1st place trophy.  I'm proud of each and everyone of you.  You girls showed a lot of heart and fight in you this weekend.  Not bad, for our first tourney together.  It wasn't easy, but you guys stayed focused and found a way to come together as a team and win it.   Several of you came up with clutch hits/plays and Alex -  way to step up and pitch in pressure situations and finish them off.   With that said, girls I want to leave you with this...

How many times have you heard the familiar expression, "There's no 'I' in team?" I can almost guarantee you that every coach that you ever had made that statement more than a few times. These coaches had a job to do and that was to build a team where "together everyone achieves more." Since they were coaching a team sport, it was vitally important to the success of the team to meld all of the talents of each team member. Ball hogs and glory hounds tended to take away from the overall team effort, not to mention the dissension that predictably occurred when one member tried to steal the thunder from the rest of the group. Well it looks like there definitely is an 'I' in team after all. Each team member depends on each of the others to pull his or her own weight. If any team member fails to do his or her job, then the entire team suffers as a result. Team building is just what it says it is - pulling a group of individuals together to work as a cohesive unit. That means there's a lot of "I's" working together, doesn't it? You bet! How about you? Do you do whatever it takes, whenever it's needed, to help your team? Are you ready, willing and most of all, able to pitch in to make your team a winning one? It's absolutely crucial that you dig in and do your part. Your teammates need to know that they can count on you to give a 110% effort each and every time, especially when the going gets a bit rough. Winning isn't a once in a while thing. No, it's really an all consuming attitude that all winners possess - all of the time. Each of us were born to win. It's up to you to make sure that you do your part to make winning a way of life for your entire team as well.

Players win games. Teams win championships!!!!

 Coach Johnny