This is the time of year that youth baseball teams enter what is known as the tournament trail. Teams of all-stars, travel or club teams and local league champions are traveling all over the country, competing against tougher competition in strange, distant venues for the right to advance to another faraway tournament and to compete for another championship.
For those of you fortunate enough to be heading down the tournament path, I have one piece of advice: It's not all about the baseball or winning and losing. Relax and allow yourself - and your team - to soak in the entire experience.
Good Luck to all the Players and Coached on your run for the State Title! As a Parent and friend, I am proud of each and every one of you for what you have already accomplished.
My name is Justin Freeman and I played football at Hertford County High School until 2004 and graduated in 2005. I then walked on and played at Duke University and played 2005-2008 and graduated May 2009. I played under Ted Roof (3 years) and David Cutcliffe (1 year). I coached at Duke for a semester until I graduated. After that, I enrolled in the MBA program at ECU and coached the offensive line as a student assistant under Coach Holtz' staff. I spent a few months with Coach McNeill's staff before deciding to pursue other options. I am very familiar with the various D-1 football programs in NC as a player and as a coach and felt the need to start this site to give a little insight.
This is the time of year that youth baseball teams enter what is known as the tournament trail. Teams of all-stars, travel or club teams and local league champions are traveling all over the country, competing against tougher competition in strange, distant venues for the right to advance to another faraway tournament and to compete for another championship.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you fortunate enough to be heading down the tournament path, I have one piece of advice: It's not all about the baseball or winning and losing. Relax and allow yourself - and your team - to soak in the entire experience.
Good Luck to all the Players and Coached on your run for the State Title! As a Parent and friend, I am proud of each and every one of you for what you have already accomplished.