Tahoka PIPs

10/16/2023

Practices in the elementary gym again tomorrow! Same times!

⭐️If you have not been attending practice due to missing the notifications, please join SportsYou. All announcements are made there!⭐️

PLEASE KEEP READING FOR A PIP UPDATE!!
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As most of y’all know, we started this program in Tahoka earlier than other PIP groups to give our kids, parents and volunteers a chance to learn the program and it’s expectations. Thank you for sticking it out with us and letting us be a part of your child’s growth in sports and character!

With that being said, now that we are officially in to the PIP season and the kids have gotten used to the skills and expectations of the program, we will begin following the PIPs guidelines that were handed out at the kick offs. (A picture of this handout will be attached) We will begin taking attendance and doing skill evaluations at practices moving forward starting tomorrow in preparation for performance training. PIPs headquarters needs this info to determine our routines and each players spot on the court. Attendance will also determine performance participation! Remember that attendance and continued individual practice of PIPs skills are the keys to this programs success for your child!! 🔑

‼️If you must miss a practice moving forward, please let me know at LEAST an hour in advance of the scheduled practice per the PIP guidelines‼️ (attached)

We will also be implementing the “No Way Marks” as a form of accountability for our players. While, yes, there are consequences to receiving a certain number of these marks, please understand this is not to discourage them in any way. This system is to teach accountability and respect that all athletes should have for themselves and others. These marks will not be handed out lightly or for silly reasons. If a PIP receives one, they will know why! No way marks are also given for not being prepared (for example: no pip shirt, non athletic bottoms, non athletic shoes, no ball) (Picture of these guidelines attached)

Another reminder..

You and your child are members of the PIP program. Myself and the volunteer coaches are just facilitators. We follow the program from the PIP coaches at headquarters as the kids do. I am in constant contact with headquarters and am continually making sure we are offering the best of the program to the players! Our biggest goal as a group of facilitators is for Tahoka’s success in sports and all around character. If there are ever any questions or a desire to learn more, please don’t hesitate to reach out to PIPs directly or ask me how!

Thank you!! 🏀

09/24/2023

09/22/2023

Good morning!☀️

If you are donating a baked good, you can text me (Meghann) to arrange a drop off today or you can bring them to the booth Saturday morning by 9:30 AM please!

I have attached a map of the booths! We are space 12!

Thank you!!
Meghann Breslin
806.518.0888

09/21/2023

Hey y’all!!

Don’t forget to come see us on Saturday at the Lynn County Harvest Festival!! Come support the kids by buying some delicious baked goods donated by family and friends in our community 😋 OR by trying your luck at our shooting competition! 🏀

We can’t wait to see you!

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09/18/2023

Hey y’all! Practices tonight will be CANCELED due to coach shortage!

I’ll post about next week’s practices in sportsyou when I have details!!

If you haven’t joined SportsYou, please send us a message for instructions on how to join!!

08/31/2023

Good evening!

Practice next week will be canceled due to Labor Day and several traveling out of town! Y’all enjoy the long weekend and we will see y’all back on the 11th!

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08/26/2023

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I’ll never forget it.

I was a high school freshman and we were in the middle of a heated basketball game with one of our rivals.

I was on the floor when I heard my coach yelling for me, “Mandy! Mandy!”

I heard him. But I was blatantly ignoring him.

On the third, “Mandy!” I turned away from the court to the bench and yelled “WHAT?!!?” My hands were in the air to signal I was annoyed.

This coach was not one to mess with. He knew basketball like the back of his hand and he DID NOT DEAL with disrespect. His face immediately got beet red and his eyes were bulging out of the sockets.

I heard the buzzer blaring for a sub and I knew I was coming out of the game.

I went to sit in an open seat at the top of the bench and he said, “no. You go take a seat at the end of the bench. And get comfortable.”

It was the first quarter and I didn’t play another second of that game.

During halftime he said to me, “if you ever talk to me like that again - if I ever hear you talking to a referee or another coach like that - you will be so far down on this bench you won’t even see the court.”

Noted.

After the game, he walked up to my Dad who was a long-time boys’ basketball coach. He wanted to explain why I was benched but my Dad cut him off. “You’re the coach. You don’t owe me any explanation when it comes to your team.”

I think about that moment a lot because I think we’ve drifted so far past that when it comes to teaching our kids about accountability.

In our house, if you’re not playing, that’s on you. Work harder so you leave no doubt (even if politics are involved).

You look cross-eyed at your coach, I hope you are benched.

You’re not focused in school? Benched.

You tear down a teammate? Benched.

Youth sports have changed so much…some days the stories I hear or see firsthand it’s like inmates running the asylum.

Coaches are too afraid to hold kids accountable because parents lobby to have them fired 🙄

And it’s sad because a lot of the parents are my generation…and come on, we know we learned and benefited the most from the teachers and coaches who pushed us the hardest and held us ACCOUNTABLE.

I love youth sports because it’s so much more than scores and records.

It teaches us teamwork, builds and reveals character, we learn to work through adversity…the list goes on and on.

There’s nothing wrong with coaches holding our children to higher standards by saying “that’s not how we behave here.”

I don’t know about you, but my kids need that because I’m trying like hell to make sure I’m not raising narcissistic, entitled and self-absorbed humans.

They’re going to make mistakes…
They’re going to have low-character days…
They’re still learning and growing…

I just hope every coach and teacher knows that I have their backs when they tell my kids: “nope. Take a seat.”

Forever grateful for Coach H for telling me to get comfortable on the bench. Nothing I could have done on that court that night could have overridden my disrespect.

In order for youth sports to do its job, parents need to stay out of it. Park the helicopter and stop hovering.

It’s the fighting through the adversity that will lead our kids to endless success. Truly.

Character > athletic ability

📸: that’s me in a good ole mid 90s polyester uniform. And yes, I’m chewing on it 🤷🏼‍♀️

08/13/2023

Our first official practices start tomorrow!! Here is a pdf of our practice schedule!! 🏀🐾

Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

08/13/2023

‼️‼️Last chance for PIPs items! Order goes in tonight for paid items only!‼️‼️

Complete order form. Give payment to Meghann Breslin by Sunday, August 13th. All items ordered will be shipped together to Coach B. You can complete a 2nd form if ordering duplicate items. Go to following link for pictures and additional information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJJoWfUVjxLww...

08/13/2023

Kick off make up sessions! 🏀🐾

08/12/2023

Make up session number 2 for 8/6 coming up at 1:30 this afternoon!
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Remember…

Actual practice starts at 2:00 so just be there and ready by then!

PUPs do not have to come to this one, but they Can if they want! 🐶🥰 (we will release them after an hour, they don’t go as long as PIPs)

Wear your shirt, bring your ball, bring water!!

We will probably finish a few minutes early again, but the coaches will be there until 3:30 to make sure all kiddos get picked up!!

See you soon! 🐾🏀

08/11/2023

Hey hey!! Reminder about our Kick Off MAKEUP day!! 🏀🏀

🖤If you already came to kick off last weekend, you do not have to come again!🖤

8/5 Makeup - 9:30-11:30
💙 For PIPs AND PUPs
💙 MOST IMPORTANT SESSION

🍴 Break for lunch 11:30-1:30 🍴

8/6 Makeup - 1:30-3:30
💙 PIPs, if you cannot make this one, it is okay, but please let us know!!
💙 PUPs do NOT have to attend this session!