AlmondIce Blog » Sports http://www.almondice.com/blog Family Memories and Geek stuff to share... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:25:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Texas Stars, Warren Peters big hit Oct15th http://www.almondice.com/blog/2009/10/16/texas-stars-warren-peter-big-hit-oct15th/ http://www.almondice.com/blog/2009/10/16/texas-stars-warren-peter-big-hit-oct15th/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:00 +0000 curtis http://www.almondice.com/blog/?p=375 Just happen to have my iPhone 3Gs rolling when Warren Peters came in and put a good hit on the other team. And, in my opinion this was the game changer that put Grand Rapids on their heels and Texas scored the game winning goal shortly after this hit.

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]]> http://www.almondice.com/blog/2009/10/16/texas-stars-warren-peter-big-hit-oct15th/feed/ 1 Krystal’s 1st Hockey Session http://www.almondice.com/blog/2009/01/02/krystals-1st-hockey-session/ http://www.almondice.com/blog/2009/01/02/krystals-1st-hockey-session/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:30:38 +0000 curtis http://www.almondice.com/blog/?p=212 Yesterday Krystal mentioned that she wants to get on the ice with Dad and Ryan at Stick and Puck. So, today we geared her up and she had some fun on the ice. She skated really well and had a lot of fun.

Good Job Krystal!

Getting Dressed

On the ice

Taking some shots

The full gallery of photos are here:

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Notice something about this picture that the girls are holding up and that they have on some of their shorts? I have been coaching youth sports for many years and last season I started purchasing and rewarding soccer players with patches.

Why are the patches so great?
The players are eager to see what patches they earned. When players do great things they make sure to find me on the sidelines to remind me of the assist they got or the goal they scored to make sure I have it down. My soccer teams went from good kids learning and having fun to winning teams thirsty to learn while having lots of fun.

What patches do I give out?
First, I give out many types. I make sure that the players know they are earned and that the gold star patch is the highest honored patch on my team. The gold star is for an assist. I also give out patches for hustle, being tough, passing, goals, and attendance/sportsmanship.

The website I buy these from is soccerhelp.com and I was skeptical the first time I bought them.

]]> http://www.almondice.com/blog/2008/11/12/motivation-for-youth-soccer/feed/ 1 A few good shots of Ryan as a Mite… http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/10/28/a-few-good-shots-of-ryan-as-a-mite/ http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/10/28/a-few-good-shots-of-ryan-as-a-mite/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:52:44 +0000 curtis http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/10/28/a-few-good-shots-of-ryan-as-a-mite/ Thought I would gather a few good shots of Ryan playing Mite hockey last season and post them. Just in case you did not know he is not in Squirts and is playing goalie and Defense. I am also the head coach of his team which is a BLAST!!!

At the ready

Attack...

Preventing the pass...

Breakaway!!!

]]> http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/10/28/a-few-good-shots-of-ryan-as-a-mite/feed/ 0 Motorcycle dome riding.. http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/07/27/motorcycle-dome-riding/ http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/07/27/motorcycle-dome-riding/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:27:13 +0000 curtis http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/07/27/motorcycle-dome-riding/ We attended a local circus last year and saw these motorcycle guys riding in a dome. It was the highlight of the circus and it was something we have not done before. Well, I recorded the motorcycles with my then new Coolpix S6 and I thought I would share the videos with everyone below. I went and did some research that weekend and found that the bigger circus’ do the same with more than (5) motorcycles but the dome is larger. I think the video with (4) motorcycles looked the most difficult. This dome was not that big and that is what amazed me.

2 and 3 Motorcycles


4 Motorcycles


5 Motorcycles


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Player Link
Jonathan URL
Ryan URL
Ryan B. URL
Cierra URL
Krystal URL
Alyssa URL
Nate URL
Spencer URL
Travis URL
Sierra URL
Brandi URL

]]> http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/04/29/shamu-soccer-game-action-shots-428/feed/ 0 Krystal as goalie http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/04/16/krystal-as-goalie/ http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/04/16/krystal-as-goalie/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:10:15 +0000 curtis http://www.almondice.com/blog/2007/04/16/krystal-as-goalie/ Krystal had a good soccer game on Saturday. This was her first time to volunteer to be goalie during a soccer game. She had a lot of fun playing goalie and got the most shots on goal for the entire game. She did good and got in the dirt and stopped a few. I was very proud of her for being so aggressive.

A couple other good action shots of Krystal are here.

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Feel free to add comments to the pictures…

Player Link
Coach James URL
Reid URL
Ryan URL
Mason URL
Alexander URL
Alex URL
Zachary URL
Matt K. URL
Cody URL
Jake URL
Matt G. URL
Frank URL
Levi URL
Hunter URL

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