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So, what kind of sideline parent are you?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

So.. are you one of those parents that park themselves on the 50 and shout out instructions to your kids while they are in the middle of the game? Or, are you one of those parents who quietly lurk near the corner flag and take it all in?

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Dad punched out by Pop Warner football coach

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Why can’t parents just keep their mouths shut and let the coaches coach? It was all over the laps the coach made the man’s son run for being late for football practice.

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Are German youth deprived of team sports?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Can you imagine a town in the United States with no baseball, soccer or football fields? No volleyball, basketball, hockey, or softball teams for students to play on. That seems sad to me, but it is reality for students in Germany.

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Is dropping the “F-Bomb” a new form of celebration?

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Sportsmanship does not begin with the letter “F.” In fact there are few words used in sports that begin with the 6th letter of the alphabet. So, why has the “F-Bomb” become so popular in pro and high school sports? If you haven’t figured out the word yet, it doesn’t stand for fake, football, forward, [...]

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Email reminds me of painful photo 20 years ago

Posted by bob hammerstrom

It is a small world…I received an email recently from a player who’s football game I photographed 20 years ago for the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

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NBA looking more like WWE these days

Posted by bob hammerstrom

With stitches, broken noses and facemasks, the NBA playoffs are looking more like pro wrestling gone bad.

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Prayers from Manchester Memorial High School’s jv baseball team shows leadership and compassion

Posted by bob hammerstrom

I was an extremely proud parent after watching a junior varsity baseball game last week at Manchester Memorial high school. It wasn’t the efforts of the players on the field, but what happened before the game started.

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B.U. hockey team wins Frozen Four, teaches athletes to play hard until the end

Posted by bob hammerstrom

If you missed the game on television, or turned it off for the final minutes, thinking Boston University would succumb to Miami of Ohio, you missed a hockey game of a lifetime. There was a lesson to be learned from the way the Terriers played.

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Champion Athlete’s Little Instruction Book

Posted by bob hammerstrom

A couple years ago I stumbled across a list, created by Jon Unger, of over 400 one-liners that include inspirations, reminders, and reality checks for athlete’s both young and old. These phrases bring wisdom regardless of the chosen sport.

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NBA star Bob Bigelow coming to Windham

Posted by bob hammerstrom

Windham Recreation is excited to announce that former NBA player Bob Bigelow is coming back to Windham to speak on the topic of a “Common Sense Approach to Youth Sports.”

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