Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 17, 1991, p. 20

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Page THE WFEKEND OUTLOOK Friday May Firing stance Georgetown District High School Rebels Softball p Shannon Morns prepares to unload a heater during a game against Notre Dame at the Fairgrounds on Wednesday Morris and company were effect shutting down Notre Dame 13 1 Herald photo Coach Donohues Tips Format contact Coaching Auodation of Canada or Canada Achieving success Success in sport is often equated with winning But success can be defined in other ways If success means scoreboard victories there are always losers If success means achiev ng an objective there are never losers Here are five ways to create a successful program in which everyone will win 1 Assess and reward individual progress If you evaluate at all do so on an individual basis Compare the per son to hisher own past performance and praise any improvement 2 Set achievable goals Make goals challenging but achievable so your athletes feel sue Once achieved goals should be progressively increased on an individual basis Scale down games for children or beginner adults reduce the demands of your sport by adapting rules equipment areas goals etc This way skills are easier to learn and thus more fun Provide varied opportunities Make available different kinds of positive play such as equal time for all participants the opportunity to play all positions individual dual and team activities noncompetitive self paced activities cooperative activities time for free play with no direction 5 Encourage self responsibility Give athletes increasing responsibility for making their own deci sions Encourage them to give you their ideas and advice make up new games do their own officiating make their own rules organize and lead parts of the practice help one another improve Jack was coach of Canada National Basketball Team from 1972 1988 and Is a nationally recognized coaching expert For more information on coaching skills and the National Coaching Cer tlflcatlon Program contact the Coaching Association of Canada James Drive Gloucester Ontario K1B or 3M Canada O Box London Ontario N6A Juvenile Selects take sixth place The Peel Selects Juvenile volleyball team travelled to St John s this past week and came away with a sixth place finish at the National event After Selects won the Ontario Championship in mid April the girls stepped up their training schedule in order to compete against the best and 18 year old volleyball players in Canada On Friday pool play Selects started slow against the eventual gold medalists Edmonton losing Their next two mat were convincing wins against 154 153 and NB 158 Selects then played against Joliette from Quebec who had twice been victims earlier in the year However superb defense which is the trademark of the shorter Quebec teams proved to be too much for Selects as they lost 12 15 8 15 On Saturday in the last match of pool play Selects had to defeat Saskatchewan in order to ad vance into the playoffs In a strong serve exhibition SeIectswonl5 In the quarter finals Selects encountered the number one team from Quebec Celtiques The first game provided exciting side out volleyball with Celtique emerging on top A dejected Selects team started slow down in the second game and lost out 6 Selects then played Joliette the number two team from Quebec and lost thus placing sixth place overall Coach John Hnatiw had expec tations of placing the top six and was quite pleased with the girls gutsy performance over the two days These young ladies have a never say die attitude We com technically on par with the best teams in the country Our defense was solid throughout the tournament Noteworthy individual per formances were highlighted by Georgetown s Holly Sones receiv ing an All Star award Diana Cerry showed teams her spiking blocking and defensive prowess Bouska captain from North Park set consistently at a high level while also contributing with a tough float serve Sara gave a steady serve passing demonstration throughout the tournament Tracy Fowler obtained quite a bit of confidence starting in power which should pay dividends next year Kathy Daigle from Brampton Centennial served tough when it mattered and did a great job in middle on short notice after being trained in power for the last four months Zabukovec showed her charismatic expertise in critical points of tough matches Other team members are Natalia Zalba who role played in middle Tammy Salway Jennifer Lett Natalie Ewa Stry jmk and Dean who role played in play set Georgetown assistant coaches are Dave Bedg good and Jeff Welsh Tryouts for next years Midget and Juvenile teams take place June at Our Lady of Carmel from 69 by Laurie Burns Exercise Physiologist Canadas Fitweek May June 2 will be the ninth year for the annual event of Canada s Each year millions of Canadians participate in some way in this 10day campaign This event is the largest celebra tion of active living in the world The theme for this year s event is Together Let s Celebrate Feel ing Great Canadians should be proud of their participation in Canada s The Town of Halton Hills has challenged Brampton this year to see which community can have the larger percentage of its population be active on May 29 Plan now to be active on that day and make sure you phone the Town s Hotline number to register your participation before 9 If you coach a team please call in your entire team s names if you play a sport on the 29th and while you are at it call in your competi names as well Participation in this event unlimited Whether you walk jog cy work out or dance experience the fun and excitement of being live Do it by yourself with family your friends or your workers is to be act veand have fun at the same time Many activities have been planned in the community to encourage you to be active on May 29 Are you holding a meet on May 29th If you are add a few to your to do an activity Plan now to change your dress code for paction Day So on May we will be looking all over town for your active par Lace up your sneakers jo n in this event and feel the difference Let s show Brampton what a community with spirit can really do Buying or Selling Success BRAND REALTY INC Georgetown fi FULL IN STOCK SELECTION OF BASEBALL SOFTBALL EQUIPMENT SPRING Blue Joys Roders K ens Buljs SOCCER SHOES CHILDREN S YOUTH ADULT SOFTBALL SHOES ROLLER BLADES ST 3 on 3 STREET HOCKEY REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE BOOK NOW FOR YOUJ TEAM UNIFORMS DISTRIBUTORS 71 MAIN ST SOUTH Downtown Georgetown 8730500 Super Lube 3fm TE CAR CLEANING

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