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Congratulations to our Post-Season Umpires
Posted by Bob Diosdado at May 16, 2011 5:00PM PDT
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We are proud to have umpires from our District chosen to do Post-Season Tournaments. Below you will find a list of umpires that have been selected. Congratulations to all the umpires for your post-season assignments. Thank you for your hard work and we are very proud of you.
2012
- Olivier Wardenaar: Umpired at the Senior Softball Regional Tournament in Missoula, Montana
- Mark Beall: Umpired at the Little League Baseball Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
2011
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Brent Forrest: Umpired at the Little League Softball Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
- Dan Hrigora: Umpired at the Junior Baseball European Regional Tournament in Kutno, Poland.
2010
- Dan Hrigora: Umpired at the Big League Softball World Series in Kalamazoo, Michigan (D2)
- Bob Cordero: Umpired at the Big League Softball Regionals in Palmdale, California (D51)
2009
- Mike Williams: Umpired at the Big League Western Regionals Tournament in Bremerton, Washington (D2)
- Pete Jones: Umpired at the Senior Softball Regional Tournament in Missoula, Montana (D2)
2008
- Pete Jones: Umpired at the Softball Little League Western Regional Tournament
- Dan Esqueda: Umpired at the Senior Baseball World Series Tournament in Bangor, Maine
2007
- Pete Jones: Umpired the Junior Softball Regionals Tournament in Tucson, Arizona
- Dan Hrigora: Umpired the Senior Baseball Regionals Tournament in Salem, Oregon
- Olivier Wardenaar: Umpired the Little League Softball World Series in Portland (Alpenrose), Oregon
- Harry Bonnell: Umpired the Junior European Regionals, the Big League European Regionals and the Big League Softball European Regionals in Poland.
2006
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Bob Cordero: Umpired the Junior Softball Western Regional Tournament in Tucson, Arizona
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Dan Hrigora: Umpired the Big League Softball Regional Tournament in Palmdale, California
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Olivier Wardenaar: Umpired the Little League Softball Regional Tournament in Vancouver, Washington
2005
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Dan Esqueda: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardido, California
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Olivier Wardenaar: Umpired the Big League Softball Regional Tournament in Palmdale, California
2003
- Olivier Wardenaar: Umpired Junior Softball Regional Tournament in Butte, Montana
- Dan Esqueda: Umpired the 2003 Senior Baseball RegionalTournament in Lemoore, California
2002
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Dan Hrigora: Umpired the Junior Softball Regional Tournament in Vancouver, Washington (D4)
1999
- Warner Watkins: Umpired the Senior/Big League World Series
1997
- Warner Watkins: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
1993
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Richard Bouchard: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
1989
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Jerry Hobson: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
1985
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Michael Holibonich: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
1976
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Charlie Karns: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
1974
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Chuck Symonds: Umpired the Little League Baseball Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California
Girls Night Out – Softball Game of the Week
Location: Kearny Mesa Little League
Schedule: 2011 GNO Softball Schedule
Since the boys have their “Friday Nights Lights”, why shouldn’t the girls have equal time under the lights as well? District 33 is proud to introduce a new program just for girls’ softball called “Girls Night Out”. Kearny Mesa Little League is hosting games under the lights at their Junior field located at 3170 Armstrong St. San Diego CA. 92111. Games are scheduled for Monday Night’s beginning at 6:30pm. Come out and show your support for the girls.
The first game of the Girls Night Out program will be on March 28th
Location: Kearny Mesa Little League
Schedule: 2011 GNO Softball Schedule
Since the boys have their “Friday Nights Lights”, why shouldn’t the girls have equal time under the lights as well? District 33 is proud to introduce a new program just for girls’ softball called “Girls Night Out”. Kearny Mesa Little League is hosting games under the lights at their Junior field located at 3170 Armstrong St. San Diego CA. 92111. Games are scheduled for Monday Night’s beginning at 6:30pm. Come out and show your support for the girls.
The first game of the Girls Night Out program will be on March 28th
Juniors: Kearny Mesa vs. Luckie Waller
Girls Night Out – Softball Game of the Week
Location: Kearny Mesa Little League
Schedule: 2011 GNO Softball Schedule
Since the boys have their “Friday Nights Lights”, why shouldn’t the girls have equal time under the lights as well? District 33 is proud to introduce a new program just for girls’ softball called “Girls Night Out”. Kearny Mesa Little League is hosting games under the lights at their Junior field located at 3170 Armstrong St. San Diego CA. 92111. Games are scheduled for Monday Night’s beginning at 6:30pm. Come out and show your support for the girls.
The first game of the Girls Night Out program will be on March 28th
Location: Kearny Mesa Little League
Schedule: 2011 GNO Softball Schedule
Since the boys have their “Friday Nights Lights”, why shouldn’t the girls have equal time under the lights as well? District 33 is proud to introduce a new program just for girls’ softball called “Girls Night Out”. Kearny Mesa Little League is hosting games under the lights at their Junior field located at 3170 Armstrong St. San Diego CA. 92111. Games are scheduled for Monday Night’s beginning at 6:30pm. Come out and show your support for the girls.
The first game of the Girls Night Out program will be on March 28th
Juniors: Kearny Mesa vs. Luckie Waller
A Different Way to Run Assessments (Tryouts)
Posted by Bob Diosdado at Feb 28, 2011 4:00PM PST
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A Different Way to Run Assessments (Tryouts)
We know assessments or formally called "tryouts" are stressful for the players. To have all those eyes watching you, trying to impress, feeling the pressure to do the best you can after not practicing or playing for awhile. Knowing your performance could make a difference on the division you play in the coming season.
Your name is called, you are ready, the ball is coming, and BAM! A bad hop and a missed ball, now the pressure is really on. As we all know pressure has a negative effect on performance.
One of District 33's leagues have taken a different approach to running an affective but fun way for the kids to show their baseball ability and skills during assessments. Chollas Lake searched ways to make assessments less stressful for the players and coaches. They believe that have found a way for a true assessment of ability and skills for their players without the high stress level. There was also a desire to find a better way to assess new coaches. Chollas Lake has always been able to interview coaches and managers but there was not an opportunity to evaluate their ability to instruct and teach. So the fact that at many jobs they have an on the job evaluation for candidates (OJE), gave them an idea to combine both player assessment and being able to observe a manager and or coach candidates teaching and instructing. What Chollas Lake did was turned to some trusted resources Big Al, Reggie and Tye Waller.
What Chollas Lake and the Wallers came up was to have a clinic by age group on Saturday with Reggie and Tye reviewing and practicing the 5 areas that are to be assessed. Though Reggie and Tye are leading this they are also having all managers and coaches on the field working with the players, under Reggie's and Tye's direction. While the managers get to see how the players react to instruction and each other, Chollas Lake gets to see how the coaches and managers will teach and interact with the players. Chollas Lake gets to observe how well they follow the leagues direction in regards to teaching the fundamentals. Reggie and Tye spend an hour on Saturday afternoon with the coaches and managers. They discuss what to look for when assessing players. They talk with the managers and coaches about how to deal with unruly players and parents. And have discussions on how to keep practices fun and effective.
The second day (Sunday) of assessments, Chollas Lake scheduled a "Baseball Olympics". The Olympics are where some of the drills for teams and practice routines taught by the Wallers are worked on. The players will play the Olympics while the coaches help out. They will be assessing the player’s skills and abilities, while the players are having fun competing in the Olympics. Chollas Lake has run the Olympics before as part of several clinics and the players love them. The great thing is that there are games for all 5 skills. The players are having fun in a much less stressful environment not worried about being evaluated. The players are really excited about this opportunity to just have fun.
Chollas Lake ran their new style assessments for the first time this past weekend and they were extremely pleased with the outcome. As one board member put it, “I have never seen so many coaches and parents who at the clinic decided they wanted to help coach because of what they were seeing today. I must have had a dozen parents telling me how wonderful they thought of what we were doing. As well others came up to me after they completed their session and said what a great time they had".
Many thanks for the dedication of Ned Kern (President of Chollas Lake) for bringing this to Chollas Lake and to Tye and Reggie for their continuing support and to the Chollas Lake board for accepting change and of course the coaches and players who embraced the opportunity.
We know assessments or formally called "tryouts" are stressful for the players. To have all those eyes watching you, trying to impress, feeling the pressure to do the best you can after not practicing or playing for awhile. Knowing your performance could make a difference on the division you play in the coming season.Your name is called, you are ready, the ball is coming, and BAM! A bad hop and a missed ball, now the pressure is really on. As we all know pressure has a negative effect on performance.
One of District 33's leagues have taken a different approach to running an affective but fun way for the kids to show their baseball ability and skills during assessments. Chollas Lake searched ways to make assessments less stressful for the players and coaches. They believe that have found a way for a true assessment of ability and skills for their players without the high stress level. There was also a desire to find a better way to assess new coaches. Chollas Lake has always been able to interview coaches and managers but there was not an opportunity to evaluate their ability to instruct and teach. So the fact that at many jobs they have an on the job evaluation for candidates (OJE), gave them an idea to combine both player assessment and being able to observe a manager and or coach candidates teaching and instructing. What Chollas Lake did was turned to some trusted resources Big Al, Reggie and Tye Waller.
What Chollas Lake and the Wallers came up was to have a clinic by age group on Saturday with Reggie and Tye reviewing and practicing the 5 areas that are to be assessed. Though Reggie and Tye are leading this they are also having all managers and coaches on the field working with the players, under Reggie's and Tye's direction. While the managers get to see how the players react to instruction and each other, Chollas Lake gets to see how the coaches and managers will teach and interact with the players. Chollas Lake gets to observe how well they follow the leagues direction in regards to teaching the fundamentals. Reggie and Tye spend an hour on Saturday afternoon with the coaches and managers. They discuss what to look for when assessing players. They talk with the managers and coaches about how to deal with unruly players and parents. And have discussions on how to keep practices fun and effective.
The second day (Sunday) of assessments, Chollas Lake scheduled a "Baseball Olympics". The Olympics are where some of the drills for teams and practice routines taught by the Wallers are worked on. The players will play the Olympics while the coaches help out. They will be assessing the player’s skills and abilities, while the players are having fun competing in the Olympics. Chollas Lake has run the Olympics before as part of several clinics and the players love them. The great thing is that there are games for all 5 skills. The players are having fun in a much less stressful environment not worried about being evaluated. The players are really excited about this opportunity to just have fun.
Chollas Lake ran their new style assessments for the first time this past weekend and they were extremely pleased with the outcome. As one board member put it, “I have never seen so many coaches and parents who at the clinic decided they wanted to help coach because of what they were seeing today. I must have had a dozen parents telling me how wonderful they thought of what we were doing. As well others came up to me after they completed their session and said what a great time they had".
Many thanks for the dedication of Ned Kern (President of Chollas Lake) for bringing this to Chollas Lake and to Tye and Reggie for their continuing support and to the Chollas Lake board for accepting change and of course the coaches and players who embraced the opportunity.
A Different Way to Run Assessments (Tryouts)
Posted by Bob Diosdado at Feb 28, 2011 4:00PM PST
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A Different Way to Run Assessments (Tryouts)
We know assessments or formally called "tryouts" are stressful for the players. To have all those eyes watching you, trying to impress, feeling the pressure to do the best you can after not practicing or playing for awhile. Knowing your performance could make a difference on the division you play in the coming season.
Your name is called, you are ready, the ball is coming, and BAM! A bad hop and a missed ball, now the pressure is really on. As we all know pressure has a negative effect on performance.
One of District 33's leagues have taken a different approach to running an affective but fun way for the kids to show their baseball ability and skills during assessments. Chollas Lake searched ways to make assessments less stressful for the players and coaches. They believe that have found a way for a true assessment of ability and skills for their players without the high stress level. There was also a desire to find a better way to assess new coaches. Chollas Lake has always been able to interview coaches and managers but there was not an opportunity to evaluate their ability to instruct and teach. So the fact that at many jobs they have an on the job evaluation for candidates (OJE), gave them an idea to combine both player assessment and being able to observe a manager and or coach candidates teaching and instructing. What Chollas Lake did was turned to some trusted resources Big Al, Reggie and Tye Waller.
What Chollas Lake and the Wallers came up was to have a clinic by age group on Saturday with Reggie and Tye reviewing and practicing the 5 areas that are to be assessed. Though Reggie and Tye are leading this they are also having all managers and coaches on the field working with the players, under Reggie's and Tye's direction. While the managers get to see how the players react to instruction and each other, Chollas Lake gets to see how the coaches and managers will teach and interact with the players. Chollas Lake gets to observe how well they follow the leagues direction in regards to teaching the fundamentals. Reggie and Tye spend an hour on Saturday afternoon with the coaches and managers. They discuss what to look for when assessing players. They talk with the managers and coaches about how to deal with unruly players and parents. And have discussions on how to keep practices fun and effective.
The second day (Sunday) of assessments, Chollas Lake scheduled a "Baseball Olympics". The Olympics are where some of the drills for teams and practice routines taught by the Wallers are worked on. The players will play the Olympics while the coaches help out. They will be assessing the player’s skills and abilities, while the players are having fun competing in the Olympics. Chollas Lake has run the Olympics before as part of several clinics and the players love them. The great thing is that there are games for all 5 skills. The players are having fun in a much less stressful environment not worried about being evaluated. The players are really excited about this opportunity to just have fun.
Chollas Lake ran their new style assessments for the first time this past weekend and they were extremely pleased with the outcome. As one board member put it, “I have never seen so many coaches and parents who at the clinic decided they wanted to help coach because of what they were seeing today. I must have had a dozen parents telling me how wonderful they thought of what we were doing. As well others came up to me after they completed their session and said what a great time they had".
Many thanks for the dedication of Ned Kern (President of Chollas Lake) for bringing this to Chollas Lake and to Tye and Reggie for their continuing support and to the Chollas Lake board for accepting change and of course the coaches and players who embraced the opportunity.
We know assessments or formally called "tryouts" are stressful for the players. To have all those eyes watching you, trying to impress, feeling the pressure to do the best you can after not practicing or playing for awhile. Knowing your performance could make a difference on the division you play in the coming season.Your name is called, you are ready, the ball is coming, and BAM! A bad hop and a missed ball, now the pressure is really on. As we all know pressure has a negative effect on performance.
One of District 33's leagues have taken a different approach to running an affective but fun way for the kids to show their baseball ability and skills during assessments. Chollas Lake searched ways to make assessments less stressful for the players and coaches. They believe that have found a way for a true assessment of ability and skills for their players without the high stress level. There was also a desire to find a better way to assess new coaches. Chollas Lake has always been able to interview coaches and managers but there was not an opportunity to evaluate their ability to instruct and teach. So the fact that at many jobs they have an on the job evaluation for candidates (OJE), gave them an idea to combine both player assessment and being able to observe a manager and or coach candidates teaching and instructing. What Chollas Lake did was turned to some trusted resources Big Al, Reggie and Tye Waller.
What Chollas Lake and the Wallers came up was to have a clinic by age group on Saturday with Reggie and Tye reviewing and practicing the 5 areas that are to be assessed. Though Reggie and Tye are leading this they are also having all managers and coaches on the field working with the players, under Reggie's and Tye's direction. While the managers get to see how the players react to instruction and each other, Chollas Lake gets to see how the coaches and managers will teach and interact with the players. Chollas Lake gets to observe how well they follow the leagues direction in regards to teaching the fundamentals. Reggie and Tye spend an hour on Saturday afternoon with the coaches and managers. They discuss what to look for when assessing players. They talk with the managers and coaches about how to deal with unruly players and parents. And have discussions on how to keep practices fun and effective.
The second day (Sunday) of assessments, Chollas Lake scheduled a "Baseball Olympics". The Olympics are where some of the drills for teams and practice routines taught by the Wallers are worked on. The players will play the Olympics while the coaches help out. They will be assessing the player’s skills and abilities, while the players are having fun competing in the Olympics. Chollas Lake has run the Olympics before as part of several clinics and the players love them. The great thing is that there are games for all 5 skills. The players are having fun in a much less stressful environment not worried about being evaluated. The players are really excited about this opportunity to just have fun.
Chollas Lake ran their new style assessments for the first time this past weekend and they were extremely pleased with the outcome. As one board member put it, “I have never seen so many coaches and parents who at the clinic decided they wanted to help coach because of what they were seeing today. I must have had a dozen parents telling me how wonderful they thought of what we were doing. As well others came up to me after they completed their session and said what a great time they had".
Many thanks for the dedication of Ned Kern (President of Chollas Lake) for bringing this to Chollas Lake and to Tye and Reggie for their continuing support and to the Chollas Lake board for accepting change and of course the coaches and players who embraced the opportunity.
