Parents
A Querc From The Merc, 3/29/21
Why Bother Coaching Youth Sports? You love kids. If you don’t love kids, you should not be coaching. You want to be a positive role model, something kids so desperately need You love the game and want to pass that love on You want to show kids that hard work and fun can go hand-in-hand. They are…
Read MoreSports Fee Insurance Now Available
Parents, We are proud to announce we have made some important enhancements to our no refund policy that you should be aware of. To explain everything, we have a flow for you to go through and we ask that it be filled out by everyone as soon as possible. We hope you will take…
Read MoreRecruiting 101
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST @ 7:00 PM EST SportsRecruits 101 Join to learn everything you need to know about leveraging the SportsRecruits platform to jumpstart your recruiting process! Learn how to build out a complete SportsRecruits profile, how to effectively use each tool on the platform, and some recruiting process best practices. Register Here …
Read MoreTo Guest or Not To Guest…or Solicit
We have received some inquiries about our guest policy. Our Guest Policy can be seen here We would like to add a bit of commentary here. The organization prohibits Vipers players to guest for other Club, club like & private organizations. We know that our players will play with their town travel or high school…
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Updates, 9/16/20
Putting these updates on a variety of topics in bullet point fashion. Storage shed delivery on 9/15/20 that will allow the indoor facility space to fully open. Should have all misc items “off the floor” by 9/17. Facility will bet getting additional lighting. I believe space is very functional. Team assignments for usage to…
Read MoreThe Sports Edge, Ask Coach Wolff
TRAVEL/CLUB TEAMS: Why the Time has Come for Real Oversight in this Industry POSTED BY RICK WOLFF SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 IN PARENTAL EXPECTATIONS, SPORTS PARENTING TRENDS, TRAVEL TEAMS I had a fascinating interview this AM with Bob Germano, the owner/operator of the North Jersey Vipers softball program. Considered one of the best run programs in the country, Bob is one…
Read MoreZero Tolerance Policy
The Vipers have a Zero Tolerance Policy “The Vipers” hereby adopts a zero-tolerance policy toward any form of violence and harassment, understood as: physical hitting, shoving, kicking, throwing of objects, unwanted sexual advances, all forms of physical assault; abusive language or e-mails, threats, harassment and intimidation; any attitude or action that can be reasonably construed as…
Read MoreWelcome to Vipers 2020/21
I want to take a moment to say hello and thank all of you for your commitment to the 2020/21 Vipers (NJV). We are doing things this year we have never done and look forward to the challenge. We have a lot of great things planned and continue to build and expand on the strong…
Read MoreNot A Normal Season
I want to take a moment to remind all of our members that this is unlike any year, season or experience we have ever had. As of today, 6/18/20 we have had a combination of: players opting not to return tournaments scheduled, confirmed, rescheduled, posponed or cancelled Finalizing tournaments that will run as late as…
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