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Bob sent out a State of Affairs message to the entire organization via email on 3/23/20. Contact him directly if you did not receive or have any questions.

3/13/20, 10:30am PLEASE NOTE: There have been NO REPORTED CASES AT The Viper Den. We have made the decision to suspend all team practices, clinics & programs effective immediately. I said yesterday that “I will be waiting to see what the North Jersey High Schools will be doing. That will be the direction…

We received the below message yesterday from USSSA. These items seem to make a lot of sense given today’s environment. The news cycle seems to bring new information on a daily and now hourly basis. We have had the NBA regular season cancelled and the NCAA will be playing in front of near empty…

As we enter winter tournaments and are only a few weeks away from our seasons beginning, it is a good time to re-post & re-share our Guest Policy. Different sanctioning bodies have their own form of guest policies…we are including a link for the USSSA policy, since that is where we play the most. The…

This is a transitional time of year…some players/teams/coaches enjoy some down time while others like to stay in rhythm and continue on. We leave this to each team and coach to manage themselves. Having said that, the practice reps in December should be relatively easy and at a slower pace. Have fun and keep the…

According to recent studies of high school athletes, a lack of sleep was the strongest predictor of injuries and and injury rates increased after athletes slept for less than 6 hours per night. Rest and nutrition play a vital role in recovery and overall athletic and academic performance. Girls – turn off social media, eat…

I came across this searching for something and believe it to be something beneficial to post here. Hope our families and coaches find this of value as well. – Bob Germano The Rules For Softball Parents The Rules For Softball Parents Written By Renee Ferguson Ah! Select softball parents, you’ve got to love them! They all…

Players – Your future employer won’t reward you for just showing up, however you will receive praise, raises and promotions based on you character, work ethic, ability to work in teams and in getting the job done. Same philosophy applies to your coaches. Be early, work hard and be a energetic and supportive teammate. Signed,…

A few items I wanted to share with the group as we enter this weekend: Good luck to all who are playing this weekend. 10’s in League Play, 12U in both or either league play or Monster Brawl, 14U B & W in League play and 16/18 in Mt Laurel (where we know there…

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State of Affairs, 3/23/20

Vipers Announcement: All Viper Activities Are Suspended Effective Immediately

COVID-19

Re-Post: Guest Policy

Winter Workouts

A Querc From The Merc, 10/15/19

An interesting and good read…

A Querc From The Merc, October 11th 2019

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