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David Kramer | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
It’s a tale as old as time. Your local Little League phenom toes the rubber and enters the most cataclysmic free fall of pitching command in their young career. The pitcher looks for any source of valuable constructive among the sea of vicarious parents and overzealous wannabe coaches. After walking the bases loaded, the young
David Kramer | Wednesday, November 6, 2019
As two Michigan natives pack their car for their son’s inaugural youth hockey game, they escape the brisk, gripping winds of the Minnesota winter and tread into their freshly-completed mud room. Their eyes falling on the two clipboards placed near the door as a reminder of their next appointment, they gather their last pair of
David Kramer | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Some of society’s most bizarre and ill-considered insight comes from volunteer youth baseball coaches. Granted, nearly every retiree cherishes memories of beloved coaches who overcame this stereotype and actually bestowed some life-changing wisdom on them. But in spite of our exceptional role models, something about the nature of the volunteer position makes people act so
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 7, 2017
When I was 14, I went through a crisis of sorts in my life. I was an overweight, insecure freshman who had just been cut from his high school junior varsity baseball team. After 10 years of spending summers absorbed in travel teams and private coaches, I was coming to the realization that maybe, just
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
After his own experience as a youth sports coach, Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) professor Clark Power said he founded charity organization “Play Like a Champion Today” to provide coaches with the proper training to effectively serve children and teach character development. “What I found was that I was never given any real direction or