ESPY Winners Sara Tucholsky, Mallory Holtman & Liz Wallace – Best Moment in Sports (2008)

Posted by admin on June 30th, 2010 and filed under softball is the best sport | 2 Comments »

ESPY Winners Sara Tucholsky, Mallory Holtman & Liz Wallace – Best Moment in Sports (2008)

On 26 April 2008 at a college softball game in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference between the Central Washington University Wildcats and the Western Oregon University Wolves an act of sportsmanship occurred that had to be seen to be believed.

As a consequence Sara Tucholsky, Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace all won ESPN’s 2008 ESPY Best Moment award for their selfless act of sportsmanship…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Moment_ESPY_Award

After Wolves right fielder Sara Tucholsky hits her first career home run in a conference tournament doubleheader but tears her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) rounding first base, Wildcats first baseman Mallory Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace carry Tucholsky around the bases lest her home run should be disallowed upon her receiving assistance from a teammate.

The full story as reported by ESPN writer Graham Hays is told in greater detail here…
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=3372631

Duration : 0:7:3

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Responsible Sports – Parents’ Role

Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010 and filed under softball sport | No Comments »

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Some of today’s most successful athletes credit their success to their parents. Listen to how USA Softball Olympian Jessica Mendoza’s parents supported her and how each parent took on a different role.

Duration : 0:0:51

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Responsible Sports Parent Reactions

Posted by admin on April 4th, 2010 and filed under softball sport | No Comments »

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Jessica Mendoza’s parents offer their take on how to communicate with fellow parents who negatively react to a controversial call as well as the responsible way to treat the officials who make them.

Duration : 0:1:8

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Responsible Sports – Unconditional Support

Posted by admin on March 15th, 2010 and filed under the sport softball | No Comments »

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Coach Mike Candrea of USA Softball talks about how youth sports parents should support their children regardless of their performance during the game.

Duration : 0:0:58

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Responsible Sports – Keep Your (Coaching) Cool

Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2010 and filed under softball sport | No Comments »

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Coach Candrea of USA Softball talks about the impact youth sports coaches have on their players and why they should have a good attitude when faced with bad calls or stressful games.

Duration : 0:0:44

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Responsible Sports – Positive Reinforcement

Posted by admin on February 28th, 2010 and filed under the sport softball | No Comments »

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Coach Mike Candrea of USA Softball talks about why youth sports coaches should tell their players what they want done rather than what they dont want done.

Duration : 0:0:52

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Responsible Sports – Let Them Play

Posted by admin on February 28th, 2010 and filed under softball sport | No Comments »

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Listen as an Olympic athlete – Jessica Mendoza – reflects on how players learn from sports by simply playing!

Duration : 0:0:56

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Responsible Sports – Handling A Mistake

Posted by admin on February 25th, 2010 and filed under softball is the best sport | No Comments »

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Mistakes happen to the best of us! Listen to how USA Softball Olympian Jessica Mendoza learned from her dad how to handle those mistakes both personally and with her teammates.

Duration : 0:1:13

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Responsible Sports – Never Be Satisfied

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010 and filed under softball sport | No Comments »

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Jessica Mendoza’s parents talk about how they kept their daughter motivated during the beginning of her illustrious softball career.

Duration : 0:1:1

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Responsible Sports – Softball Buddy System

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010 and filed under the sport softball | No Comments »

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After practice, members of a youth softball team take turns explaining how their “buddy” helped fill their emotional tank during drills.

Duration : 0:1:42

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