FEBRUARY - BLACK HISTORY MONTH???

Black History is too great to be celebrated in one month.  We must celebrate our history every day of our life.  Be proud of who you are and where you came from.

"Would America have been America without her Negro people?"

 W.E.B. DU BOIS

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Fear of the Intelligent Thug

"When Black Power Gets Gangsta"
By Min. Paul Scott

"You're now about to witness the strength of street knowledge." -- NWA

You see them every morning same time. same place. "Dem boyz in da hood sell anything for profit, five in the morning on the corner clockin'." I wonder if anyone has ever taken the time to tell these 14 year old kids about Fred Hampton, who by the age of 21 had already become one of the most powerful leaders we'd ever produced? Wonder if anyone ever took the time to tell them about Huey P Newton or Bunchy Carter organizing tha hood to protect Black people? Probably not.

I passed a group of Brotha's yesterday, on my way to the annual Kwanza celebration. I started to pull over and drop a Black History moment on the Brotha's but I didn't want to lose my front row seat. Plus, the dashiki that I had rented from Mr. Nagasaki Sun Lee's Authentic African Kwanza Rental Shop and Soul Fool Restaurant was due back by nine. Sometimes our priorities are so jacked up.....

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Coaches Code of Conduct

Contributed by Jerry Norton

Always...

• Always remember the top three priorities in youth sports should be (in this order):
  1. safety
  2. fun
  3. learning / skill development
• Always be a positive influence for players, other coaches and parents.
• Always praise both teams for their effort.
• Always balance criticism with praise.
• Always provide each player with the best possible instruction.

Never...

• Never let your desire to win interfere with any of the three priorities.
• Never ridicule a player or an official.
• Never dispute an official's decision.
• Never use profanity, alcohol or tobacco on the athletic field.

A Coach's Relationship With Referees

GETTING ALONG WITH OFFICIALS

By Coach Duane Silver of Waco, Texas

1. Before the game, get a piece of paper and write down the names of all three officials and keep it in your pocket and call the officials by their first name when you want to talk to them. (They love it!) Put your arm around them and joke with them. (Brownnosing works) Read more...

"The Company You Keep"

By Anonymous

      It is better to be alone, than in the wrong company Read more...

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.  With confidence you have won even before you have started."

MARCUS GARVEY

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