Andre makes first cut
Congratulations Andre on making first cut for your semi pro team in Atlanta! Keep on training.
Andre Spann
| Andre’ H.G. Spann
Position: PG/SG D.O.B: 01/26/1989 Height: 6′1″ Bench Press 210lb X 10 Squats 285lb X 10 Graduation: May 2006 Strengths
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| “Andre is a team player who has a desire to win and is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. He is a self motivated hard worker who pays attention to detail and has a very positive attitude and unwavering determination. | |
Obtaining a Basketball Scholarship
| Obtaining a Basketball Scholarship Text from “Enhancing Your Chances For A Scholarship Offer…” Kevin Eastman, President, Eastman Basketball Camps Understand that scholarships are earned not just handed out… 2. HELP YOUR TEAM WIN AND ADVANCE: logic states that the deeper you go into post season play the more opportunity you have to get exposure; keep in mind…the best way to help your team win is to do what you do best to contribute to the wins. 3. STAY OUT OF TROUBLE: coaches don’t want to deal with bad attitudes, facial expression guys, guys who hang with the wrong crowds. 4. KEEP YOUR GRADES UP: understand that coaches are looking for guys who understand the importance of their education; don’t let your grades stand in the way of that scholarship offer…the better your grades the greater the number of schools who look at you. 5. TAKE THE SAT AGAIN: the higher your score the greater the number of schools you may have looking at you. 6. COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FAVORITES: …write a personal note on how much you want to go to that school and play for that coach; express the ‘whys’ and not just the ‘wants’; make the coach feel the passion you feel. 7. PREPARE A STAT SHEET: If you can show on paper how much you have improved over the years this could help. 8. PREPARE A TAPE: this should be a combination of highlights and two full halves of play from a game, include both. 9. SEND A SCHEDULE OF GAMES: make sure to highlight games that are the tougher ones on your schedule. 10. FIGURE OUT WHO KNOWS WHO: always keep your ears open to who can make a contact for you; keep in mind though that you play for your coach and no coach wants to be undermined by people outside the program; keep your coach informed. |
Our Deepest Fear
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
Elite Equipment
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I have seen so many teeth knocked out of ball players mouths in games and practices. It amazes me how many ball players wear boxers.
The properly equipped basketball player always wears a mouth guard, compression shorts, an athletic supporter, and ankle braces.
* Did you know?
•More than five million teeth are knocked out each year through sports injury, accident or play.
•Athletes are 60 times more likely to suffer damage to the mouth when not wearing a mouthguard.
•Mouthguard use prevents approximately 200,000 oral-facial injuries each year.
•The cost to repair a knocked out tooth and follow-up care can be thousands of dollars-many times greater than a mouthguard.
Males are traumatized twice as often as females with the maxillary central incisors being the most commonly injured tooth.
A mouthguard may prevent serious injuries such as concussions and jaw fractures by helping to avoid situations where the lower jaw gets jammed into the upper jaw.In basketball, a player’s risk is twice that of a football player of an injury and yet only 7% of the baseball or even softball players wear mouth guards. Basketball players who do not wear mouthguards have a seven fold increase in chances of orofacial injury.
* Compression shorts keep the thigh muscles warm during rest periods and provide protection against muscle sprains and strains when activity is renewed. The athletic supporter keeps the player’s scrotum up close to the body and prevents testicular torsion. If a supporter is not worn, and testicular torsion occurs; the player only has 4 hours to have surgery before the testicular tissues die.
* Injured Ankles should be taped or lace-up ankle braces must be worn for each practice or game. Taping or using ankle braces prevents extreme pronation of the foot. Well-designed sports medicine studies have shown that the lace-up braces work as well as ankle taping. The braces are relatively inexpensive.