NOAH Events: Dec. 20th - Dec. 26th

This week's events:    Mon:    ( No events scheduled this week) Tue:    Wed:    Thu:    Fri:    Sat:    Sun:    Baseball:    New schedules posted Basketball:    Next week: Holiday Tournaments Flag Football:    Football:    Offseason conditioning options to be announced Golf :    Getting ready for Spring golf season Shooting:    Skeet teams begin after the holidays Soccer:    Leaders needed for Girls Varsity and all youth teams Softball:    Off-season conditioning continues. Tennis:    Teams begin in February Volleyball:    Offseason conditioning continues Homeschool: Seniors; Sign up for our Graduation ceremony

Teaching Sportsmanship    So, what is sportsmanship? Well, usually, it's defined as the conduct or attitude that befits participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, a striving spirit, and grace in losing. Unfortunately, this is not often seen in today's world of trash-talking players and sports fans, deceptive contestants in TV reality shows, and the get-ahead antics of most adults in the marketplace. With these images so visible, it's no wonder our children are learning a warped sense of fair play. How then can we change today's attitudes about sportsmanship and instill the good, old-fashioned sense of losing and winning gracefully into our children's lives? Some parents believe the answer lies in eliminating childhood competition altogether. Rather than enjoying a healthy challenge that inspires a child to dig deep and discover his very best, they embrace a different philosophy that sees competition as unhealthy.    ....continued