Murphy Canyon Little League

The Coaches Box

Each month Little League publishes a newsletter called "The Coaches Box". Articles are written about various subjects that pertains to little league families and players. Below are a couple of articles that we thought you would enjoy.

Teaching Youngsters How to be Good Sports 
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
We’re living in an age where the preservation of traditional values can no longer be taken for granted. It seems we need to have reminders (books, movies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, internet blogs, etc) to maintain our awareness of the importance of preserving the basic human values that are essential to the survival of a community.  Read Story

Noticing Progress: The Key to Keeping Kids in Youth Sports
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
Research in the 90’s (Jeziorski, 1994) indicated that kids who stay in sports tend to stay in school, get better grades, and show better behaviors. It makes sense, then, for us to know something about what it takes to motivate kids to keep playing sports once they've started.  Read Story

The Coaches Box

Each month Little League publishes a newsletter called "The Coaches Box". Articles are written about various subjects that pertains to little league families and players. Below are a couple of articles that we thought you would enjoy.

Teaching Youngsters How to be Good Sports 
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
We’re living in an age where the preservation of traditional values can no longer be taken for granted. It seems we need to have reminders (books, movies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, internet blogs, etc) to maintain our awareness of the importance of preserving the basic human values that are essential to the survival of a community.  Read Story

Noticing Progress: The Key to Keeping Kids in Youth Sports
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
Research in the 90’s (Jeziorski, 1994) indicated that kids who stay in sports tend to stay in school, get better grades, and show better behaviors. It makes sense, then, for us to know something about what it takes to motivate kids to keep playing sports once they've started.  Read Story

It has never been easier to keep track of all District 33 clinics, meeting and events. A special thanks to Shondra Jerabek of Murphy Canyon Little League for sharing her knowledge of google calendars for everyone in District 33. We will be using this calendar instead of the eteamz calendar on the webpage.

Here are some of the advantages of using the D33 Google Calendar:

• Can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection.
        
• Can set it up to send notifications of appointments and events to your email and cell phone.
      
• With just a few clicks, you can add events from our calendar to your personal Google calendar.
     
• You can subscribe to other (organizations, schools, and people) calendars and the information posted on their calendar automatically updates to your calendar.
     
• If you are on a website and they have a Google Calendar, you can click on an event that interests you and it will automatically give you the option to "Copy to my calendar". Click on the link and it automatically posts to your calendar.

How to Register for a Google Calendar
Go to our Google Calendar page and click on the "Google Logo" located at the bottom right hand corner of the calendar.

• Click on the "Create an account" button.   
• Fill in all of the required information on the page. You are able to use your current email address for your account. You are not required to have a Gmail account. Click the "I accept create my account" button at the bottom of the page.    
• Check your email and click on the link to verify your account.     
• Click on the link for "Google Home"
• In the top right hand corner, click on the "My Account" link.     
• Click on the link "Calendar" that is about half way down the page.   
• The next screen should show your new calendar.

Set Up Your Google Calendar
In the top right hand corner of your google calendar, you can click on the "Settings" link to set up your preferences. There are multiple tabs available. In addition, on the left hand side, in the middle of the page, you will see a box that says "My Calendars" If you click on the arrow a drop down menu appears. The "Calendar Settings" link will allow you to customize the information available on your calendar. You can also set up who you want to share the calendar with. As well as how you would like to be notified (email, text or computer pop-ups) of upcoming appointments and events. Subscribe to CA District 33 calendar for events. On the left hand side under the "Other Calendars" tab, there is a box that says "Add a friend’s calendar". Type in district33@cox.net. All scheduled events should appear on your calendar.

Add Only Specific Events
You have the option of only adding specific District 33 events to your calendar. If you click on the event that interests you, a box will pop up. In the box there will be the option to "Add to my calendar". Click on it and Google will automatically update your calendar.

There are many more options to explore. Take some time and familiarize yourself with all that Google Calendar has to offer. If you have any questions please email us at district33@cox.net

It has never been easier to keep track of all District 33 clinics, meeting and events. A special thanks to Shondra Jerabek of Murphy Canyon Little League for sharing her knowledge of google calendars for everyone in District 33. We will be using this calendar instead of the eteamz calendar on the webpage.

Here are some of the advantages of using the D33 Google Calendar:

• Can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection.
        
• Can set it up to send notifications of appointments and events to your email and cell phone.
      
• With just a few clicks, you can add events from our calendar to your personal Google calendar.
     
• You can subscribe to other (organizations, schools, and people) calendars and the information posted on their calendar automatically updates to your calendar.
     
• If you are on a website and they have a Google Calendar, you can click on an event that interests you and it will automatically give you the option to "Copy to my calendar". Click on the link and it automatically posts to your calendar.

How to Register for a Google Calendar
Go to our Google Calendar page and click on the "Google Logo" located at the bottom right hand corner of the calendar.

• Click on the "Create an account" button.   
• Fill in all of the required information on the page. You are able to use your current email address for your account. You are not required to have a Gmail account. Click the "I accept create my account" button at the bottom of the page.    
• Check your email and click on the link to verify your account.     
• Click on the link for "Google Home"
• In the top right hand corner, click on the "My Account" link.     
• Click on the link "Calendar" that is about half way down the page.   
• The next screen should show your new calendar.

Set Up Your Google Calendar
In the top right hand corner of your google calendar, you can click on the "Settings" link to set up your preferences. There are multiple tabs available. In addition, on the left hand side, in the middle of the page, you will see a box that says "My Calendars" If you click on the arrow a drop down menu appears. The "Calendar Settings" link will allow you to customize the information available on your calendar. You can also set up who you want to share the calendar with. As well as how you would like to be notified (email, text or computer pop-ups) of upcoming appointments and events. Subscribe to CA District 33 calendar for events. On the left hand side under the "Other Calendars" tab, there is a box that says "Add a friend’s calendar". Type in district33@cox.net. All scheduled events should appear on your calendar.

Add Only Specific Events
You have the option of only adding specific District 33 events to your calendar. If you click on the event that interests you, a box will pop up. In the box there will be the option to "Add to my calendar". Click on it and Google will automatically update your calendar.

There are many more options to explore. Take some time and familiarize yourself with all that Google Calendar has to offer. If you have any questions please email us at district33@cox.net

The fourth level of the All-Star tournament is the Regional level. We are in the Western Region for both Baseball and Softball. Click on the links below to view all Western Regional Tournament results.

Little League Baseball (West)
Little League Baseball (Northwest)
Junior League Baseball 
Senior League Baseball
Little League Softball
Junior League Softball
Senior League Softball 

Mid-City Seniors Season Comes to a Close

The Mid-City Senior All-Stars battled their way through two close games in the Southern Sub-Division  Tournament in Riverside. In the first game on Saturday, July 23, they lost 2-1. In the second game on Sunday, July 24, they were on the short end of a 4-0 defeat. Congratulations to coaches Ken, Brian, Darryl and George for all their work with this team and to the players themselves, who played like champions the entire season. 



Umpiring at the Little League Softball Western Regional Tournament

Brent Forrest, one of our District 33 staff umpires was assigned to umpire at the Little League Softball Western Regional All-Star Tournament, July 23rd to July 29th in San Bernardino, CA

Brent volunteered to give us some insight of what it's like to umpire at the Regional level of the All-Star Tournament. Brent shared his thought with everyone on our District 33 Facebook page. If you would like to read what Brent had to say about his adventures at the Softball Western Regionals, all you have to do is click on the following link: Brent's Notes. 

 
Section 6 All-Star Tournament

The Section 6 All-Star Tournament has come to an end. Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in the Sub-Division All-Star Tournament. We are in Section 6, which includes the following Districts: District 31, District 32, District 33 and District 70. Below is information for each division.