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A Querc From The Merc, October 11th 2019
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,…
Read MoreAround The Horn
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…
Read MoreOpen House Now 10/15/19
With Yom Kippur beginning the evening of 10/8, we have moved our Open House to 10/15/19. We will begin 1t 7pm at our facility at 7 Rockland Park Tappan, NY. You will need to park in the front and sides of the building.
Read MoreA Querc From The Merc, Volume 9
Math for Viper Players Miss 1 or 2 practices – you and your coaches notice it Miss 3 to 5 practices – your teammates will notice Miss 6 or more – your Opponents will notice NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BETTER!!! Choices : Laziness is a choice Arriving late is a choice Being…
Read MoreAs our seasons come to an end…
Many of our Viper teams have just finished or will be completing their 2018/19 seasons this past weekend or this coming weekend. We have one team competitng n the Northeast Nationals the w/o 7/29. We want to thank all of our players, parents, coaches, fans and supporters for making this season our most successful campaign…
Read MoreVipers & The Jennie Finch Tournament @ Diamond Nation
We want to wish all of our parents, players and coaches the best of luck this upcoming weekend at the Jennie Finch Tournament. This is one of the highlights of the year for our players. Take a breathe, enjoy this while you are there and soak up everything you can about the experience. The…
Read MoreReality Check: Remember Why We Do What We Do
While we promote competitiveness, getting better and being successful at as a high a level as possible, it is IMPERATIVE we remember why we do this. Our program, outside of our 10U Baseball guys, is a softball program. We have previously highlighted here the percentage of high school players who go on to play softball…
Read MoreA Querc From The Merc Vol4
Things You Can Control: Your Attitude Your Words Your Manners Your Actions Your Effort What does Old Tappan, Midland Park, Ramsey, DePaul, Holy Angels, Ramapo, Ridgewood, Paramus, Immaculate Conception, IHA, Summit, Suffern, Northern Highlands, and Waldwick have in common? Varsity players that are either freshmen or sophomores that play for the Vipers! Read the…
Read MoreWelcome to “A Querc From The Merc”: a new regular blog feature
Welcome to A Querc From The Merc, a weekly blog with updates, humor, feel good stories all things softball! 3/25/2019 With opening day a week away, the snow has finally melted, clay has been placed on lined fields and the smell of fresh cut grass will soon fill the air, behold the 2019 season is…
Read MoreMonday Motivation: Cheating is not a solution – GritDaily
Loralyn Mears, PhD today published a story regarding a lot of the recent & current events on cheating, lying and deception. She pointed to the NJ Vipers as an example that goes the other way and how sports & softball can teach kids the life lessons of hard work, dedication, commitment and teamwork to avoid…
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