"Confident.... But not cocky..."
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| Wesley Wolverine freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA) |
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Saturday, December 26, 2015
THOSE WHO LOVE SOFTBALL
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| TOP PHOTO: Wesley Wolverine sophomore #1 INF Tiarra Maddox (Bridgeville, DE); BOTTOM PHOTO: sophomore #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE) |
YOUTH SOFTBALL DECLINE?
Softball decline?
Precipitous drops trending
in youth sports participation
Youth sports are in decline, according to a Wall Street Journal article headlined “Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball.”
Softball participation is down 41% since 2000! Baseball slid 40%, basketball and soccer lost 25%, while football is up 17% – however, football has drop 9% since it hit a high of 5.4M in 2006.
The article blames: “A pervasive emphasis on performance over mere fun and exercise has driven many children to focus exclusively on one sport from an early age, making it harder for all sports to attract casual participants.”
There are so many maturing and life lessons to learn from youth athletics, whether from the winning or losing side, that local sports supporters should redouble efforts now to draw more youngsters into community sports programs. (See also “What's the Value of Youth Sports?”)
Precipitous drops trending
in youth sports participation
Youth sports are in decline, according to a Wall Street Journal article headlined “Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball.”
Softball participation is down 41% since 2000! Baseball slid 40%, basketball and soccer lost 25%, while football is up 17% – however, football has drop 9% since it hit a high of 5.4M in 2006.
The article blames: “A pervasive emphasis on performance over mere fun and exercise has driven many children to focus exclusively on one sport from an early age, making it harder for all sports to attract casual participants.”
There are so many maturing and life lessons to learn from youth athletics, whether from the winning or losing side, that local sports supporters should redouble efforts now to draw more youngsters into community sports programs. (See also “What's the Value of Youth Sports?”)
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| Wesley Wolverine junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE) |
Thursday, December 24, 2015
A DOVER CHRISTMAS
May all your days be warm and bright!
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whole East Coast and just a few short walking blocks from Downtown Dover's (capital of the first state!) beautiful Christmas lights and cheer. |
HAVE A MERRY ONE!
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| LEFT-TO-RIGHT, STANDING, Head Coach Juli Greep, Assistant Coach Brooke Donovan; BACK ROW: Assistant Coach Ashlyn Booth-Hare, junior #12 P Lindsay Siok (Milford, DE), senior #32 INF Kayla Fromal (Middletown, DE), junior #17 OF Casey Beall (Severn, MD), freshman #2 OF Kateri Peters (Havre DeGrace, MD), senior #22 C/INF Morgan Seymour (Smyrna, DE), junior #42 INF Devin Mackay (Bangor, PA), freshman #13 Utility Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA), junior #9 P/OF Lily Engel (Dover, DE), freshman #21 P Sydney Botsch (Smyrna, DE) ; FRONT ROW, freshman #10 MI Kasey Fry (Milford, DE), sophomore #4 MI/OF Samantha Burns (Magnolia, DE), freshman #11 P/OF Halee Scruggs (Milford, DE), junior #18 C Nina Marcano (Middletown, DE), freshman #8 MI Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), sophomore #99 OF Lauren Hoffman (Middletown, DE), sophomore #1 INF Tiarra Maddox (Bridgeville, DE), senior #6 MI Breanna Hartman (Red Bank, NJ), sophomore #23 P Destiny Davis (Salisbury, MD), NOT SHOWN, Assistant Coach Nicole Rodi. |
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| Wesley College's popular H.B. duPont College Center. |
First posted at the blog on Wednesday, December 9, 2015
HEY, MACAREINDEER! CLICK ARROW ABOVE to watch this 90s holiday throwback created at JibJab.Com
Heyyy, Macareindeer! Bring a Latin flair to the holidays
with four Wesley coaches in this timeless international dance hit.
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Head Coach Juli Greep, Team Managers (Wolverine Volleyball stars) Arnelle Akakpo and Tionne Graves-Brown. |
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
FIREFLY
For the past three years, the Wesley Wolverines have worked the Firefly Music Festival – this year June 16-19 – at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, followed by The Big Barrel Country Music Festival – this year June 24-26– a week later.
It is long hours and a great deal of work, while also a terrific fundraiser for the team. Last year, more than 90,000 fans attended the three-day outdoor concert.
The video below, just released today, titled FIREFLY FLASHBACK, roughly shows what is happening while our Wolverines are incredibly busy, usually as food servers, at these two huge events.
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