The all girls Dream Team baseball club are definitely in ‘a league of their own’ :: The Valley News

“We won just for being on the field for Martin Luther King weekend,” said Gortarez. “The girls carried forward the fight for freedom by exercising their right to play baseball. Dr. King’s vision definitely lived on with the SoCal Dream last weekend!”

The main reason the team was put together was to travel the country and to compete at an elite level.

“When all of these girls come together from 13 different states, we become an elite team,” added Coach Gortarez. “The team we had out here this weekend is from one region, it’s a big region encompassing all of California, but the goal is to play at the Major level in travel ball and prove that girls can play baseball and play it well, just as well as the boys.”

via The all girls Dream Team baseball club are definitely in ‘a league of their own’ :: The Valley News.

“Gender equality: ‘To solve this generation’s central moral problem, which is gender equality, we need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored…’” – Sheryl Sandberg – Facebook’s grown-up face

Last year, Sandberg was named Forbes magazine’s fifth most powerful woman in the world – and Fortune named her among the 12 most powerful women in business. Yet she still managed to balance her professional life with raising two young children, making her the ultimate role model for women who want to have it all.

Indeed, she’s a passionate advocate for women to claim a far greater share of the top corporate leadership positions. But she says the sharing of leadership starts in the home.

“A world where men ran half our homes and women ran half our institutions would be just a much better world,” Sandberg said during a May commencement address at Barnard College in New York City.

Gender equality

“To solve this generation’s central moral problem, which is gender equality, we need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored,” she said.

via Sheryl Sandberg – Facebook’s grown-up face.

Historical All-Female Flight Takes Place Aboard USS Carl Vinsond

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Rosa A. Arzola, USS Carl Vinson Public Affairs

“USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) — Five “Tigertails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Five (VAW-125), embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as part of Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17), flew an historic flight on Jan. 25 when they participated in the Navy’s first all-female E-2C Hawkeye combat mission…”

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=65011

Game On! – Sydney Invitational Womens Baseball Tournament – facebook.com

Sydney Invitational Womens Baseball Tournament

Aztec energy flows through S.F. folk dancer

Connie Xochiquetzalli “Xochi” Peña was exhausted after her first performance in San Francisco’s Carnaval festival, where she danced along the entire parade route. She was not yet 3, and needed a nap.

Xochi, who is now 11 and lives with her family in the Mission District, performs the ritualistic folk dance based on the legacy of the Aztecs at major events around the Bay Area. She wears the colorful beaded dress, headdress made of exotic feathers and ankle bands adorned with shells.

via Aztec energy flows through S.F. folk dancer.

#6 – Marti Sementelli – Montreat College Athletics – 2012 Baseball Roster

Montreat College Athletics – 2012 Baseball Roster

Mission Statement – Hit More Line Drives

I have given instruction for a long time. Over 20 years if you count my time with The Player’s Edge. The one thing I have found is that the level of success a hitting student achieves is based on two elements.  One is the quality of instruction given, and the second is the amount of effort put in by the student. If either one of these is lacking, then the student’s success is hindered.

Parents spend a lot of money on lessons.  Sometimes it’s worth it, and sometimes it’s not.  My mission is to have something AFFORDABLE and WORTH THE MONEY. At Bases Loaded we run a 16-week off-season hitting program.  Each week has a different emphasis.  My favorite week, and the one that I believe our students get the most out of, is by far video week.  When they can see what they are doing, and link that to what you have been telling them, it makes all the difference in the world.

 With that in mind my idea for this site was born.  Send me your video. I will send a personalized video back to you with the feedback you need.  Along with drills to correct the issue and an action plan to make it work.  After that it’s up to you to make it happen.

via Mission Statement – Hit More Line Drives.

Partner Resources | CoachingCorps

You work hard to make sure the kids you serve are learning the skills they need to grow into capable, confident and healthy adults. And the truth is you do it with a limited amount of resources. This is why we are committed to providing you with excellent coaches, support and trainings so you can focus on what matters most. Your kids.

You work hard to make sure the kids you serve are learning the skills they need to grow into capable, confident and healthy adults. And the truth is you do it with a limited amount of resources. This is why we are committed to providing you with excellent coaches, support and trainings so you can focus on what matters most. Your kids.

Without you as partners, we would not be able to provide hundreds of kids across California with high-quality sports opportunities with trained and caring coaches. Your dedication means that kids across the state who would normally be left on the sidelines have the chance to get on the field.

This page is for you. Here you will find tools, curriculum, training videos, webinars and more. Need something and cant find it? Contact us at coaching@teamupforyouth.org.

via Partner Resources | CoachingCorps.

Kevin Youkilis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philanthropy

Kevin Youkilis Hits For Kids is a charitable organization established by Youkilis in 2007. Youkilis’s foundation focuses on raising support and awareness for the health, advocacy, safety, and medical healing of children across Massachusetts, in his hometown of Cincinnati, and beyond. Rallying the support of volunteers, local business, and the heart of Red Sox Nation, Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids teams with existing, community-based children’s charities and medical research efforts that lack sufficient funding and awareness. One organization that Hits for Kids works with is the Joslin Diabetes Center’s Pediatric Health Services.[145] He has a special sensitivity about youth suicide, since his college roommate, a close and supportive friend of his since high school, committed suicide on Thanksgiving during his sophomore year. To this day, he said, “I sit back at night and wonder what I could’ve done.”[146]

“In my religion, the Jewish religion, that’s one of the biggest things that’s taught, is giving a mitzvah, forming a mitzvah”, said Youkilis. “I was always taught as a kid giving to charity. You’re supposed to give a good amount of charity each and every year…. It’s just a great thing when you can make a kid smile that’s going through some hard times in life … I wish more people, not just athletes, would give people just a little bit of their time. It doesn’t take much … It can make a huge difference.”[147]

After the first game of the ALDS, Youkilis re-shaved his head for good luck in a sign of solidarity with cancer patient Mitt Campbell. Following the team’s 2007 World Series victory, Youkilis shaved his goatee for a $5,000 donation by Gillette to his foundation.[148]

All profits from his charity wine “SauvignYoouuk Blanc”, released in 2008, support Hits for Kids.[149]

via Kevin Youkilis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Youk’s Kids

Making a Difference,

One Hit at a Time

“I was fortunate to grow up with a loving family that supported me in all my endeavors, instilled in me the importance of working hard and showed me the rewards of giving back to the community. As an athlete, I have also been lucky to experience the camaraderie, confidence and pride that comes from being part of a team. These values and experiences are the foundation of Youk’s Kids”

via Youks Kids.

Red Sox ‘optimistic’ on signing Cody Ross – Extra Bases – Red Sox blog

The Red Sox are reportedly negotiating with free agent outfielder Cody Ross and could have a deal done by the end of the night.

Ross, who turned 31 in December, is a right-handed hitter who has primarily been a center fielder in his career but has experience in right and left. A postseason hero for the world champion Giants in 2010, Ross hit a modest .240/.325/.405 last season with 14 homers and 52 RBIs.

via Red Sox ‘optimistic’ on signing Cody Ross – Extra Bases – Red Sox blog.

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We are going to miss you, Cody! The Red Sox fans are going to go nuts with you in the mix. The idea that you are mentioned on boston.com in the same breath as Carl Crawford is true testament to your vibrance, brilliance and attitude.

You can clearly teach him well and leave your indelible mark on yet another People’s Team.

Giants, Red Sox: in our house there are no other teams playing Baseball… Well, we have to appreciate the Oakland A;s, yet another team mentioned as showing due interest in you, as they should have; Cubs…

Yet, it would have rubbed the Giants fan too raw to watch you pulverize the ball a few strokes across the Bay; teetering from AT&T Park to .co Coliseum – the dog days of Bay Series putting the fans over the edge and into the drink of McCovey Cove without a paddle.

National Association for Sport and Physical Education

Mission

NASPE’s mission is to enhance knowledge, improve professional practice, and increase support for high quality physical education, sport, and physical activity programs.

Vision

NASPE envisions a society in which all individuals are physically educated and participate in lifelong physical activity.

via Mission and Strategic Plan.