Togetherness - Coach Shockey's Corner

Check out the latest message from Coach Jason - "Togetherness"

Coach Shockey's Corner

“I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field.  It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too.  They’d never seen anything like it.” – Hayden Fry

Tigers News Issue #4

The latest issue of the Tigers News has been published - check it out

Tigers News Issue #4

Players of the Week - Week 8

Congratulations to Jared S. (10's-Red) and Jonah H. (13's-Red) for being named Frozen Ropes Tigers Players of the Week for Week 8!

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

Players of the Week - Week 7

Congratulations to Blake W. (9's-Black) and Joe K. (14's-Black) for being named Players of the Week for Week 7!

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

Players of the Week - Week 6

Congratulations to David B. (10's-Black) and Brett D. (11's-Black) for being named Player's of the Week for week 6!

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

Players of the Week - Week 5

Congratulations to Logan A. (8's-Black) and Michael C. (12's-Black) for being named Frozen Ropes Tigers Players of the Week.

Players of the Week - Week 5

Tigers News Issue #3

The latest issue of the Tigers News is now available!

Tigers News Issue #3

Success

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

– Michael Jordan


Read Coach Shockey's latest article on Success in Coach Shockey's Corner:

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Coaches__Corner.html

Players of the Week - Week 4

Congratulations to Tyler B. (9's-Black) and Mitch R. (13's-Black) Frozen Ropes Tigers Players of the Week for week 4!

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

Players of the Week - Week 3

Congratulations to Jordan M. (9's-Black) and Jake K. (13's-Black) on being named Frozen Ropes Tigers Players of the Week for week 3.

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

Media Guides

The 2010 Media Guides are published and ready for distribution.  Coaches will be distributing soon.  All players will receive one free copy.  Additional copies my be purchased for $15.

Resiliency

Resiliency - never quitting - is the new topic in Coach Shockey's Corner this week.

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Coaches__Corner.html

Players of the Week - week 2

The Players of the Week for week #2 have been named by the Frozen Ropes Tigers coaches.

Congratulations to Braydan H. (10's-Red) and Shea P. (13's-Red).

http://www.frozenropestigers.com/Players_of_Week.html

13's-Black Battle of Border Champs!

The 13's-Black won the IA/NE Battle of the Border going 4-0 against the top teams from Iowa.  Their win helped clinch the title for Nebraska - outscoring Iowa 3-2 in overall division champions.

13's-Red Early Bird Champions!

The 13's-Red went 4-0 and outscored their opponents 45-4 to win their first tournament championship of the season!

Visualization

Visualization is the latest topic in Coach Shockey's Corner.

Check it out!  Coach Jason provides insights and inspiration to motivate the Frozen Ropes Tigers players.

Players of the Week

Each week the Frozen Ropes Tigers coaches select a "Player of the Week" from both the
8's thru 10's and 11's thru 14's age groups.  We recognize these players for their excellence on the field and the example of hard work, determination and preparation that it takes to excel at the game of baseball.

Click Here to see the Players of the Week

National Pitching Association Training

In December 2009, former major league pitcher and pitching coach, current USC Pitching Coach and Founder of the National Pitching Association, Dr. Tom House came to Frozen Ropes along with NPA Board member Jamie Evans to conduct a 3 day pitching camp. The information and training provided represented the very latest in biomechanical research, physical and mental training and health and nutritional advice.

The Frozen Ropes Tigers Board sent all of our coaches to the Friday night symposium. House presented research and information for over 2 hours and follow that with an hour long question and answer session that will prove invaluable to the development of our coaches, teams and players. This was truly a unique opportunity for our coaches to learn from the very best in the world.

Over the next two days, Evans led approximately 40 players of all ages through an impressive instructional camp. Several Tigers pitchers, in the group that included players from as far away as Montana, received one on one instruction chock full of drill and mound work based on the NPA's research as well as intensive strength and conditioning work specific to pitching.

The Frozen Ropes Tigers want to thank the National Pitching Association, Dr. House and Mr. Evans for this great camp for Tigers players and coaches. We look forward to having the NPA back with us in 2010!

Tigers Assessment Day Recap

Saturday's Tigers Assessment Day was a huge success! 87 players participated in the 3 hour event. All players were put through a variety of physical and performance testing administered by chiropractic and rehabilitation professionals from HealthSource Chiropractic.

Dr. Dave Jones is currently in the process of assembling all the data. Comparison data and feedback will be sent out to all players' families in the next couple weeks. We hope to be able to show individual assessment relative to age within the organization as well as national averages. With this baseline data we'll be able to gear our organizational programs towards the areas we need the most improvement, track our players development as they grow from 8 years old to high school as well as identify injury factors before they become a problem. Overall organizational data will be posted on the Frozen Ropes Tigers website.


Thank you to the coaches that assisted in administering the testing and most importantly thank you to the those that attended and made this event such a big success.

Tigers News Vol.1 is Published

The first edition of the Frozen Ropes Tigers News has been published and emailed out to the parents/players.  If you missed the email edition you can view it here.

FR Tigers News Vol. #1

Tiger Assessment Day - All Players - March 13th

We will have a chiropractor and rehabilitation professional at Frozen Ropes this Saturday, March 13th, from 9 to noon to do assessments for ALL our Tigers players.  They will perform range of motion testing, injury evaluations as well as some specific performance test (40 time, vertical, etc) that we will be able to compare to national averages for each age group.  We are looking to not just identify problems or injuries but to establish a "baseline" going forward to quantify our player’s progress.  We will be doing this evaluation every year and tracking improvement.

The Tigers organization is picking up the cost on this and it is FREE of charge to all players.  All players should attend.  The entire assessment should take no more than 20 minutes.

Please contact Coach Bishop with any questions.

IA/NE Battle of the Border

FR Tigers 13-Black has been invited and will represent Nebraska in the 4th Annual IA/NE Battle of the Border - April 10th-11th at the Council Bluffs Sports Complex.

2010 Kansas/Nebraska Border War

Two FR Tigers teams have been chosen to represent Nebraska in the 2010 Border War USSSA tournament.  Cheer on the 14-Black and 10-Black March 27-28 at the Mid America Sports Complex in Shawnee, KS!

Mental Game Talk

It was a packed house for Coach Curt Shockey’s Mental Game talk.  The mind dramatically influences a player’s physical performance.  Our boys listened as Coach Shockey spoke for 1.5 hours about taking charge of their mental game.  Another great event for the boys!

Husker Pitcher Visits with FR Tigers Players

FR Tigers Players get to talk with Univ. of Nebraska freshman pitcher and former player for Coach Curt Shockey - Chris Williams.