Barone Drexel and Harris - My Mentors, Teachers and Coaches

Written by Aron Wallad


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Mr Drexel or Billy Boy as we sometimes affectionately called him wasrepparttar jokester. No matter how serious I thoughtrepparttar 133025 situation was Mr Drexel had his way of makingrepparttar 133026 incident a little less severe. His lightening up ofrepparttar 133027 moment always made us laugh. I loved that about him. He was noted for his chicanery onrepparttar 133028 field or court as well. He would find an edge and use it. All withinrepparttar 133029 rules. A Drexel play was referred to bendingrepparttar 133030 rule as far as you could. Hidden ball tricks in baseball and sneaky out of bounds plays in basketball were two of his specialties. What was great was how often they worked. He knew just when to use them. A great guy.

Mr Harris seemed likerepparttar 133031 leader ofrepparttar 133032 group. The other directors called him Bucky. I always called him Mr Harris. He spoke sternly and was always fair. He wasrepparttar 133033 law. He had a little bit of a snarl about him. I hadrepparttar 133034 utmost respect for him. I thought it was an honor to go torepparttar 133035 store and buy him his Garcia Vega cigars. When he asked me to go I felt like I won something. He was a great guy.

For me these three guys were my mentors as I was growing up. Providing me with guidance on and offrepparttar 133036 field. There was always one of them atrepparttar 133037 playground to talk to or get things going so we could play an organized game. I learned about fairness, being stern and about takingrepparttar 133038 edge off in a seriousness situation from them. Felice Barone, William Drexel and Bucky Harris will always be in my hall of fame. They meant a lot to me.

Aron Wallad has been a baseball lover for over 40 years. Writing about his favorite subject, baseball, has been a blessing. You will enjoy the heartwarming stories, the unusual statistics and inspiring quotes. But mostly you will love the heartwarming stories that hit a home run to your heart. Join his ezine http://www.baseballsprideandjoy.com/index.php?tag=goart


The Sport Of Goalball

Written by Stephen Michael Kerr


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The main defensive player on a team isrepparttar center. He or she isrepparttar 133024 main defensive player, and is responsible for defending a majority ofrepparttar 133025 court. The center is placed inrepparttar 133026 middle ofrepparttar 133027 court in front ofrepparttar 133028 player's zone, and is flanked by two other players who playrepparttar 133029 wing positions. The primary job ofrepparttar 133030 wings is to provide scoring. The center usually stopsrepparttar 133031 ball, and passes it to one ofrepparttar 133032 wings for a throw. A team also has three other players who can be used a substitutes duringrepparttar 133033 game. All players, regardless of their degree of vision, must wear eyeshades, or blindfolds, while inrepparttar 133034 game. A Goalball game is played in two 10-minute halves, with a three-minute intermission between halves. Should there be a tie atrepparttar 133035 end of regulation,repparttar 133036 two teams play two additional three-minute overtime periods, andrepparttar 133037 first team to score isrepparttar 133038 winner. Overrepparttar 133039 years, Goalball has become one ofrepparttar 133040 most popular sports forrepparttar 133041 blind. Various tournaments and championships are held each year aroundrepparttar 133042 world. Inrepparttar 133043 2004 Athens Paralympic Games this past September, Denmark defeated Sweden to capturerepparttar 133044 men's gold medal, whilerepparttar 133045 U.S. tookrepparttar 133046 bronze. Inrepparttar 133047 women's division, Canada capturedrepparttar 133048 gold by beatingrepparttar 133049 U.S., while Japan wonrepparttar 133050 bronze. If you'd like more information on Goalball, visitrepparttar 133051 International Blind Sports Federation website at: http://www.ibsa.es You can also check outrepparttar 133052 site ofrepparttar 133053 United States Association of Blind Athletes: www.usaba.org

Stephen Michael Kerr is the publisher of Adaptive Sports & Recreation, a free ezine dedicated to promoting sports for people with disabilities. You'll read fascinating articles about baseball for the blind, wheelchair hockey, and other similar sports. To read previous issues, visit: http://archives.zinester.com/41809


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