Subscribe to SportsWorxI was recently reading a sports article where the subject was about whether or not a high school athlete should play multiple sports. When we were at the USSSA baseball tournament in Orlando recently, that question was also asked by some of the parents that visited our table.
The consensus among the university coaches that were asked this question in the article was that it is absolutely a good idea to participate in multiple sports, especially if you are a seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grade student. Some of the reasons cited by these coaches were as follows; it gives a player the opportunity in his off season to further develop their understanding of the concepts of team play because the principals from these other team sports are exactly the same. The University of Southern California Football coach, Pete Carroll said “he wants guys that are so special athletically, and so competitive that they can compete in more than one sport”. This makes them a more valuable recruit. (more…)
September 28, 2009
SHOULD A YOUNG ATHLETE PLAY MULTIPLE SPORTS? By Sue Veitch – SportsWorx Broward in Florida
September 14, 2009
SportsWorx Assists Schools and Club Programs with Fundraising; by Mike Baggett – SportsWorx Northwest
Yesterday we discussed the new SportsWorx JV Package available through our recent partnership with CRONS. This relationship, along with some of our other corporate partnerships, allows SportsWorx to broaden our services to also assist high school and club athletics with one of your biggest challenges…program funding.
In order to help provide funding for athletics and reduce the elimination of teams, coaches, and athletes who can’t afford the rapidly increasing participation fees, SportsWorx has partnered with The CRONS Brand and others to provide additional income streams to fund athletics and to reduce the major operational costs of uniforms and practice gear, without sacrificing quality or service.
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