SportsKidsPlay®

IT’S RHYME TIME!

SportsKidsPlay® — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:16:41 +0000

Our annual rhyming issue is coming out in March. Send us you best sports rhyme, along with name, age, school, and parental approval and there’s a good chance we’ll print it. Whether you favorite sport is basketball, baseball, swimming, tennis, or whatever, we’d like to hear from you. The topic is anything dealing with sports – your favorite sport, your favorite coach, sportsmanship, sports heroes – anything you’d like to write about.

Send your short poems, 20 lines or less, to SportsKidsPlay newspaper, 415 Pisgah Church Road #322, Greensboro, NC 27455 or you can click on our CONTACT US PAGE and email it to us.

Greensboro Sportsplex to offer All Sports Teacher Workday Camps for ages 6-12

SportsKidsPlay® — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:54:10 +0000

Greensboro Sportsplex to offer All Sports Teacher Workday Camps for ages 6-12

GREENSBORO, NC — (October 7, 2011) — This school year, the Greensboro Sportsplex will hold its first series of All Sports Teacher Workday Camps for boys and girls, ages 6 to 12 years. The camps will be held from 7:30 am until 4 pm on designated teacher workdays for the Guilford County Schools as follows:

Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012

Camp activities will include a variety of sports such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, flag football and inline roller hockey. Campers will also receive age-appropriate agility training. The cost is $25 per child per day, if registration is received at least two weeks prior to the start of each camp, or $35 per child per day, if registration is received less than two weeks in advance. Advanced registration is required.

The Greensboro Sportsplex is located at 2400 16th Street, off Highway 29 North. For more information, please call 373-373-3272 or visit online at www.GreensboroSportsplex.com.

Sports Medicine Guide

SportsKidsPlay® — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:54:32 +0000

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently published the Sports Medicine Guide: An illustrated resource of the most common injuries and treatments in sports. Please click here to view this informative guide.

Are some CLUTCH while others CHOKE

SportsKidsPlay® — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:56:07 +0000

Read this article on page 14 of the Sept-Oct issue of SportsKidsPlay newspaper. Includes Five Traits of Clutch Performers and Eight Tips to Avoid Choking. To learn more about performing under pressure, pick up a copy of CLUTCH by Paul Sullivan and CHOKE by Sian Beilock.

You can find them at most book stores or click on the following websites: www.pauljsullivan.com and www.sianbeilock.com.

Looking for Friends on Facebook

SportsKidsPlay® — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:57:07 +0000

Yes, you can now follow SportsKidsPlay newspaper on Facebook. We are currently fighting the learning curve, but hope to have Facebook mastered very soon. Facebook will allow our readers to become more interactive with SportsKidsPlay and keep us in tune with what’s going on with youth sports in Greensboro. Any advice on effectively using Facebook to reach our readers is appreciated. You’ll notice the little Facebook icons throughout the website. Click on the little LIKE icons to become our Facebook friends and click the little SEND icon to send to your friends. Once we have Facebook under control, we may even tackle Twitter – stay tuned.

Compass Elite Youth Triathlon Team

SportsKidsPlay® — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:59:01 +0000

Matt Clancey has formed a new youth triathlon team called Compass Elite. He will be on hand at the Swim-For-Smiles triathlon next Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center if anyone would like to learn more about the team. You can also contact him by emailing: coachmatt@compasselite.com or visit the website at: www.compasselite.com.

Matt Clancey is a certified endurance sports coach with USA Triathlon, USA Cycling, USA Track & Field, USA Swimming, American Swim Coaches Association and Team In Training.

F as in Fat

SportsKidsPlay® — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:58:20 +0000

Obesity2010Reportis a comprehensive overview of the obesity problem in our country. It was published by the Trust For America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Click the link above to view the report.

NEW SportsKidsPlay® newspaper website

SportsKidsPlay® — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:01:51 +0000

Welcome to the newly redesigned SportsKidsPlay® website. It has many similarities to the old site but we’ve added a few new features that give us increased flexibility and will allow us to update more frequently. One of the coolest improvements is the View Current Issue page that allows you to view not only the current issue (in a faster and more viewer-friendly format) but all past issues, as well.

Visit our NEW Supporters page

SportsKidsPlay® — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000

SportsKidsPlay® newspaper would not exist without the support of its loyal advertisers. We really appreciate those businesses and organizations that have worked with us over the years and welcome our new advertisers.

Please visit our NEW Supporters page. On the page you will find links to many of these outstanding businesses. Click their links to learn more about them.

View Current Issue of SportsKidsPlay newspaper

SportsKidsPlay® — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:01:08 +0000

You can now click View Current Issue on the menu bar above to view the most recent issue of SportsKidsPlay newspaper or any of our past issues. You simply click on the photo of the cover page and the issue will load on the viewer. Be patient, it may take a minute or two to load but once it does you’ll be able to flip through the pages with a click of your mouse. I hope it works smoothly for you. Let me know.