Baseball Rangers

Well it had to happen when you can't finish someone off you are going to get beat. The Rangers pitching staff are afraid to throw strikes where are the big closers the guy who can strike out 6 or 8 guy's with his power Does Texas not have any of these types of players. You can not win the big games with out them. That being said game 6 was one of the most exciting games I have ever seen. And baseball is a slow boring game the way the pros play it. To much scratching and stepping out and talking it is almost as bad as soccer run around for 4 hours and score one point. Stupid game fix it. Anyway way to go Cardinals talk about coming back from the deeps of defeat never give up not till the fat lady sings hang in there that was a testament to all the old sayings about not quiting...        

Politics

With the elections right around the corner this blog is going to shift gears a start addressing some of the issues and candidates for the 2012 presidential election. I am not going to talk about every little rich boy who is running only the ones who actually have a chance to win as if it mattered to the American public. Most people know big money runs this country and has for ever and it will elect who ever they won't and the people have no say what so ever. That being said it is still a horse race and Joe Publico does care about that. Who doesn't  enjoy a good sporting event or a good race. There is the drama of winners and losers and those like Sarah Palin who went to the party and stayed to long and is now drunk on political power or the allure of  political power Sorry honey it's not going to happen. for you!!!! Rick Perry please someone tell him if his head gets any bigger it will pop. President Perry that sounds like PP to me. Obama can he get reelected? When you can't get one thing done in 4 years I don't think so But hey you have to knock the champ out to win so he does have the advantage...Those are the three that I dislike the most so those are the ones I will talk about the most. And the issues well they don't really matter who ever wins will not do what he says he is going to once the lobbyist tells him he can't do that. Like Obama's health care the insurance companies and the medical profession fixed that.. This is one mans opinion       

NTPGA GOLF

It is coming down to the home stretch and after 7 straight first place finishes Summer is having by far her best year on the links. It started at Hillcrest with a surprise win. A pretty good field of players were on hand for that one. Next was Denver City a tuff course and a good learning experience she got to play with some older girls who had some game.Then up to Plainview for a 91 a really good score for her but not much competition there. Meadowbrook was a nice tournament that is where she meet Ashleigh and her Grandmother and had a fun day.Then it was over to Sundown where I got in to it with one of the other girls dads for cheating. Not a good day but Summer persevered and came out with the win. Over to Leveland for the worst tournament those people over there have never heard of a shotgun start. Everyone has to start at the first tee so that makes for a very long I said longgggg day. O'well they are a lot better at Lubbock C.C. that was by for the smoothest run tournament of the year a beautiful course and friendly nice people. Now all that is left is The Rawls course Texas Techs home and Reese Golf Center our home course. Summer is looking forward to both.  So that is a summery of the season.          

Women's U.S. Open

The U.S.  open is in Colorado Springs and we can't go I am so disappointed we have to much on our plate right now and are unable to get free to go. What a bad deal how often does the U.S. Open come so close to your house. I mean this is a once in a life time event Summer is 14 very impressionable and the big girls are playing with in driving distance. I think going would be one of those memories to last a life time. And she is still young enough to get jazzed up about it. Life is just that way sometimes you can't always get what you want but you try sometime you just mite find you just mite find you get what you need. Yea baby. Or that is what Mick said. For the last two weeks I have been trying to wheel and deal to make this happen but no cigar. So shit happens and life goes on. But no U.S. Open Boo Hoo Booo Hooo............................        

Pro Golf

What is going on here the U.S. Open and not one American in the mix. Where are all the new young players from this country. There are a lot of want to be's but I don't see any that have the whole game to compete in Majors. Tiger Woods dominated for so long I think he created a vacuum. Not in players but in guy's who believe they can win. We have a lot of players but no winners. No scrapers hustlers no players with the shear determination to win they all have there pretty little swings with perfect form and tempo and fold like a cheap lawn chair when the pressure is on. At some point in time you have to forget about your swing and just hit the fricking ball and give your self a chance. Play the game and get off the swing grind. This country is producing players with the best looking swings in the world but they can't play golf under the gun. And on the other side the rest of the world is producing golfer Like this guy Jacobson from Sweden his head is all over the place but he hits the ball where he wants it to go and gives his self a chance to win. Someone needs to tell this to Ricky Fowler and Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson. Quit over  thinking  this shit and go and hit the ball where you want it to go and win some tournaments IE majors. One Mans Opinion


          

Workouts

Well now we are settled in to our weekly routine up at 8 in the morning take a 1 mile walk then a 30 minute workout with a weight bar Then Summer shoots 100 jump shots working on her leg muscles and getting the ball over her head. Then its off to the golf course where we chip around the practice green for about a hour then we hit a bucket of balls on the range working on a smooth tempo then it's over to the putting green for about a hour playing 21. By then it's lunch time so we go and eat then we go home and rest during the heat of the day. Then late in the evening we go for another mile walk and shoot 100 more jump shots. O'and Tuesday and Friday's we go swimming in the afternoon Those are the hardest workout days that water is tuff. I am trying to lose 30 pounds and Summer is trying to get in better shape for sports. Golf and Basketball and Volleyball so we are putting out the effort in order to improve It is like I told Summer you have been playing ball for years now the only way to get better is to tune the instrument. That's it,, get in the best shape  you can and that's all you can do. Then you just go play and let the chips fall where they may. Now you can have fun when school starts cause you did everything you could during the off season to get better...



    

Internet Back On

I finally got my computer back on line my connection was dropping and sometimes I could not get on at all. I have a cable company as a service provider I don't know if that is good or bad. All I know is when it works it's great when it don't work it sucks no in between. It has been a pretty slow week we went to Cross Plains for a few days to see Mel's Dad but besides that we have not done a thing. Summer does not have any golf Tournaments until July and Basketball is about over so it time to go swimming and have a little fun this Summer. Yes be lazy put your feet up take a loud off calm down be somebody. Try and find your center refocus rejuvenate recuperate all the things one does when they have absolutely nothing to do hallelujah brother. Try and find God,, as if he was lost. God don't get lost only people do. That is why we have all these religions trying to steal your soul. People get lost and others try and take advantage of them. So have a good summer and stay away from satanic bible schools. Unless you want to have to see a shrink when you get older cause you did so much bad when you were young. If you think you did bad shit read the story of King David one of Gods favorites. Maybe then you will get a little perspective.. Just because you kill alot of people and have a lot of wives that don't make you all bad.... One Mans Opinion          

Sundown Golf

Summer played a tournament in Sundown a little town in west Texas the other day and what a terrible experience. She was paired with a young lady from Frendship a nice Hispanic girl. But her father was out of control the second hole his daughter hit her ball in to a dry spot on the fairway and the directer said to play the ball up in the fairway one club length and down in the rough. So he said well if she drops the ball and takes relief then if she is still in the dry spot then she can take more relief until she moves the ball twenty yards over to a green spot. That is when I said that is a manipulation of the rule and it is going to be 108 today we don't have enough time to get that started. Let them just play. The next think I know the tournament director is talking to me about how I am not suppose to be coaching my daughter. And this little guy from Frendship has called him and said I was coaching and I was not I was just walking and talking to Summer as she played. So I started to walk one shot ahead the way the rules state a spectator is to behave
After a couple of hole Summer tells me this guy is still lining his daughter up. He is not talking to her he gets behind her and when she address the ball she looks back at him and if he steps to the right she correct her stance that way if he steps to the left she correct her swing that way. And apparently the girl does not do good in math because the second hole she shot a 8 and said it was a seven the next she shot a 7 and put down a 6 so there is a pattern developing. That is so sad the girl is not good enough to cheat but she does it anyway.And her father is putting so much pressure on her to play good she has to cheat.If you can't have fun playing golf you can't play golf it's that simple. And when you are a kid come on. This is what is wrong with organized sports.



 


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Golf

After two starts and two wins Summer is doing a great job at her golf. The first tour was at Hillcrest and had a bunch of Frenship girls there not much competition. These girls are nice but they are not athletes so when someone shows up with skills and is a athlete well you get the picture. The course was in great shape considering how dry it has been. It is a country club and has tons of money so not surprising they can afford to water. Anyway it was a great tour. with a good time had by all. Next was Denver City a long drive and early morning but a great tour. and got to see the girls from Andrews they a all really good players one shot a 74 on a hot hard day with slick greens they were fast and a lot of slope. Summer had no competition there so it was a easy day for her. Next week three more tour. we will see if she can make anymore improvements.......Oh she shot a 100 and a 102 respectively.            

No More AAU

It finally happened Summer got kicked off the Breeze AAU basketball team. After four long years of putting up with a over bearing coach. It came to a head Sunday at Lubbock High School. In a game for third place they were playing the ICE a team they have never beat and will never beat because they have a great coach.
He attracts the best players from all around town and knows how to get the most out of them. Anyway the problem is Summer is getting her shot over her head like a real basketball player like a boy. She is not pushing the ball like a girl shoots it. Most girls don't have the arm strength to shot the ball like this so they are pushers but all your college and pros players shoot the ball over there head male or female. But for some reason Our coach does not think girls can shot the ball like that. He is one of the guy's who would have girls still playing half court. They are not strong enough to run the whole court. This is just stupid thinking by a narcissistic control freak and we are way ahead getting away from him.  And to add insult to injury he took the girls third place metals and through them in the trash can. You know playing basketball on an AAU team is suppose to be fun first and foremost. When you have little 14 teen and 13 teen year old girls crying over losing a stupid game we have a problem here. Yes we have a big problem so the best thing to do was get away from this guy as fast as we can and don't look back. The ICE team has several girls shooting the ball over their head and their coach is not trying to stop them. To the contrary he encourages better shooting form and know as the girls get bigger they will have to learn to shoot the ball over there heads or they will get every shot blocked. It is real simple you learn to play tall or quit. And to be mad about losing they are not good enough to be mad... They should be having fun.........................That is the reason some people should not be allowed to be coaches... and everyone can see it...


                

Work Work Work

We just got the call Summer's basketball team is playing in the caprock this weekend. We were hoping not to have to do this one because she has a golf tournament on Monday and Tuesday of next week.One at Hillcrest and the other in Denver City then the next day after that she has the Little Dribblers National Tournament in Brownfield ten days straight of some kind of athletic activities. This is going to be a real test of endurance and double so considering the heat factor it has been really hot lately. I am hoping it will cool off a little and soon or these golf tournament my be cancelled for her anyway. You have to draw the line somewhere when it comes to your health and a possible heat stroke. It really depends on how many kids are playing and how long it will take. I know Hillcrest will be full but I am not sure about Denver City.If the field is not to big she can get finished in the morning and it won't be that bad. At this point she is shooting 200 jump shots a day and chipping and putting for one hour just to keep from losing any ground on her skills. With her playing 10 golf tournaments and all her basketball this summer we are hoping she will be able to perform her best next fall for the school teams. If you want to be good at anything you have to practice everyday. No body is going to give you anything in this life if you want it you have to work hard and take it. So WORK WORK WORK.    

Allison's Gone

Unfortunately Donnie Allison lost his battle with cancer. He fought the fight for years is what the TV said. All I know is Donnie was one of the nicest Guy's you ever won't to know. He had a lot of personality and karisma and talent and when you get all those together it is unusual to be so nice that is right most people with those attributes are not nice people they are arrogant assholes if not to your face behind your back. But not Donnie he was real all the way through.He is kin to one of the Crickets from Buddy Holly and the Crickets so he had that musical legacy hanging over his head and trying to live up to all the expectations he put on his self and the one's other people put on him. I first met Donnie when he was the front man for a little local band called the Nelsons. They were a bunch of young guy's who had a lot of energy and two very important ingredients one was John Sprott on lead guitar another real talent. And Donnie on lead vocals and lets face it when he was young he was a real good looking kid and could sing his ass off. Kevin Mackey was on drums another real class act as far as a person go's.Now these guy's were on there way to some level of music success. They won a MTV contest and were on the verge of getting a record deal then. Ricky Nelson's son's got in a battle over the name and won the rights to use the name the Nelsons. It just blow away like a hand full of dust after years of promoting this name now it was gone. And anyone who has ever been in a band know it is a very fragile thing and the more talent you have the harder it is to stay together. After a few more years the boys broke up for good. This is the time I got to know Donnie was at the Main Street Salon A drummer named Joe ran a Jam open mic what ever you want to call it there and Me and my close friend Kirk Sanders would go up there and perform when we had the time. Me and Donnie would hang out between acts and talk about music and smoke pot out in the ally. I finally grew out of that so I did;t see him for years then he turned up over at Belly's doing a one piece acoustic act in the afternoon. I went and seen him a few times he did good a lot of old Buddy Holly stuff not anything like the rock sound he had with the Nelsons. After a few more years I seen he was playing Buddy in a stage version of the movie down at a little music theater here in town there is where he found his home musically and performed there until he got sick and passed away. I know there are a lot of people out there who knew Donnie a whole lot better than me. But this is how I knew him and How I will remember him a nice guy.   ONE MANS OPINION

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Schools Out

School is out this Thursday and what a releaf it has been a long year and a hard one the 8th grade is a tuff one to get through all the petty teenage bullshit you have to endure. The hormones the peacking order the pimples the school work. The constant compitition with everyone in everything yes it is a hard year. That is why I am so happy and proud of Summer for making it through the school year with no major drama. Teenage girls seem to thrive on drama and especially at this age. So to go all the way with out any I am surprised. Now a relaxing summer and some time to regroup and get ready for high school. And it does get a little easier in high school your not around those same old people as much and as you dilute the pool it becomes more benign The kids are more worrying about themselves than about you. When you try to elevate your self by tearing someone else down that is a sign of immaturity. That is what you get in junior high most people grow out of this in high school. But some never grow out of it. Some people have such low self esteem they continue this there whole life. Because they learn it in middle school to criticize people. And girls are bad about it. Look at that dress she is wearing she looks like a slut yea or a whore. I think she wears to much jewelry That looks cheap. Who are these people the fashion police the holier than thous the church crowd if you don't look like them you are beneath them. These people should eat shit and die and keep their opinions to their self this is one of the biggest problems in our society snooty people creating drama with their insecurity's. They are like sheep a mindless herd blindly following some one who is lost. And that is the middle school mentality and I am thankful Summer is out of it. Don;t you know if you call someone stupid that makes you stupid. And if tell someone they are ugly that makes you ugly. If you tell someone they have no taste you have no taste.     ONE MANS OPINION


                

What you think is what you get

Yes when you are a teenager you have to be careful. About what you spend your time doing and thinking about. What you need are some real goals that are believable and achievable. And even if they are not who cares as long as you believe. This is the time to dream big and shoot for the moon and don't let anyone tell you can't. You are still a kid and you should act like one. Take your time growing up don't be in a hurry. You have your whole life for that. Be a rock star, a baseball player, an actor or some other seemingly imposable occupation. Don't just sit around wanting to have sex with your boy friend and think that is going to make you a grown up. It's not it is only going to reinforce the fact that you are still a kid. No job no money no skills and on the verge of having a family. Most teenagers who fall in to this trap are the ones who don't talk to their parents they won't use condoms because they don't know how and  the girls are not on the pill because they are to young and are afraid to tell their parents they mite need them. If they go to the wrong party or over to the wrong persons house it could happen so fast. Then there you are a teenage mother or a little girl in the abortion clinic. Neither one is a good place to be. I was at a basketball tournament last weekend and one of the teams had a young lady who looked to be 15 or 16 and was caring for her baby in between games and her mother was there telling her she was wasting her time playing ball with a baby to take care of and she needed to grow up. All I could think of was she can't grow up she is just a young girl. It does not matter if she has a baby or not she is still a kid.. So there is the dilemma when teenagers start having sex and trying to grow up to fast. Talk to your teenagers all the time and try to see where they are and what you need to be talking about with them. Get them the pill tell the boys how to use condoms. You have to be proactive here if you wait to react it may be to late..
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Sunday and no Rapture

I am so disappointed this morning I was suppose to be in the presents of my lord today yes I was going to be raptured out yesterday The man in California said it He even bought a large billboard stating the fact that the 21st of May was judgement day and the Bible guarantees it. Now in the aftermath it seems he was mistaken or perhaps misleading now which is it is he a stupid man who can not interpret scripture and has a limited proficiency in Mathematics. and just made a simple mistake. Or is he a little more sinister I don't have all the facts but was this man selling some type of prayer packet to help people be raptured out is this a for profit event. You create a need and then you fill it. I am not sure but if this man was doing something to this effect. Is he not liable for fraud. It will be interesting to see if there are any repercussions coming from this whole fiasco.
 But hasn't this happened many times before some religious fanatic says the end is coming and a lot of under educated people fall pray to a predator who is out to separate them from their money.Sell everything you own a give it to the church because you don't need it no more you are going to go to heaven on this day or that. And the church can use it to convert more people after the rapture. The poor souls who are left behind the sinners the unbelievers the infidels. I think the rapture happened but no one was worthy it's like Sodom and Gomorrah. If you can find 50 good men I won't destroy the city's well maybe 10 well maybe you should get your brother and his shit out of there. So who would know if the rapture happened or not. This country is one of the most corrupt evil country's in the world. Money greed sex violence lying cheating stealing this place is full of it. And at all levels well it was just a little white lie. I did not won't to hurt their feelings. Well then don't be an asshole.. Then you can tell the truth..If you sell some one something for more than it is worth that is stealing. You are a thief . And this is America I am so sorry we did not get captured I mean raptured
ONE MANS OPINION 


      
      

Time to Reflect

Looking back on all the ups and downs and In's and outs and twist and turns of life I have to say all in all it's been well worth the price of admission. As it didn't cost me nothing to be born and it has not cost much to be here these years now. When I was young I wanted to own everything yes you have to own your own house you don't want to pay rent. It is your biggest monthly bill usually so get it out of the way as fast as you can buy a house and pay for it. Don't get tied down in to a big mortgage you will be paying for the rest of your life that is just like rent you never own it you just think you do. A car by the time you get a new car paid for it is worn out and sometimes it wares out before you get it paid for that is when you get up side down.on it.. The most important things in life are your friends and family they love you when your car and house are broke down. They love you cause you make them laugh or you give them good advice or you just listen when they need to talk. One of the most valuable skills a person can have is the ability to listen and it is kind of hard to get. It takes years for a person to be able to just listen and not interrupt and not judge just be a friend and understand it's not the problem that's important it;s the process of caring. They know what they are going to do they are not asking for your help or your opinion just your ear. Just to look in your face and see how you react to what they are saying. So looking back I remember what my grandmother told me to have a friend you have to be a friend through the good times and the bad times. And that don't cost nothing. The best things in life are free. You have to pay for all the shit,,, you won't.....And the reality is we are here for  such a short time we don't own anything we just get to use it while we are here. Who is going to be playing my guitars when I am gone or my golf clubs who will be playing with them somebody will so you see I own nothing. I am just using this stuff for the small amount of time I am here. Then it will be someone else's turn . One Mans Opinion...........




              

Electric Cars

They can't keep the Leaf on the lot Nissan is selling the shit out of these things as long as gas prices   continues to raise they are going to fly off the lots. America is tired of the oil company's scare tactics every time some little something happens gas prices go up cause of this or that and everyone knows it's not true it's just a excuse to steal more money there is no limit to the amount greed in corporate America and it is spreading world wide. Everyone thinks it is a game to see how much you can get and the down side is most cheat and steal there way right to the top. With no regard for all the people they hurt in the process. It's like the jet pilot he does not see the people he kills with his bombing mission but they are dead just the same. To him it is just another day out flying in his airplane the freedom the feeling of power and superiority over people on the ground the ants.He is not a murderer a killer of thousands he is a Christian but that is just his job. Calling it your job doesn't make it right. The CEO of Exxon raises gas prices cause it is his job to make his company the most money he can. So the next time you fill up your gas tank just remember go out and lie cheat steal do everything in your power to get as much money as you can so you can keep up with this insane greedy economy  we live in. And be sure to arm your self because at some point it will come to that.... My Opinion....         

Spring has Sprung

Now is the time to mow the grass plant the garden paint the house repair all the little boo-boos that the winter weather did and it was to cold to fix then. Yes get out there and go to the Home Depot the Lowes the Ace hard wares and all the little lumber yards around the country if you are lucky enough to still have a local lumber yard most are not. Fix-up fiddle and repair is a big business in this country and the service side is exploding there is more competition now in the Home improvement and repair business than ever before because the housing market is so down all those men who were building houses are now in the home improvement field and it is flooded so the price and quality are suffering. You see most of these guy's are good at one thing be it drywall, framing roofing, flooring, electrical, or plumbing what ever there main trade is Now they are out there doing what ever they can get so the quality will go down. You can learn how to do any trade but it takes about 10 years to see enough different problems to be a real Master at any of them. Just because you can read a tape and estimate a job does not mean you have the skills to complete a project in a workmanlike manor and get professional quality that takes years of experience. It's like watching a guy with a hawk and a trowel do stucco it looks easy. Just like the pro golfer it looks easy. It's years and years of doing it and developing the skills to do it. So when you get out there and get to work on your spring projects just remember it's not easy and if you need professional help be careful and get an older guy with some experience you won't regret it.. My Opinion..             

Texas Blues Men

Sunday morning an old friend posted on my facebook a song from the past that hit me right in my memory lane. It took me back to when I was 13 or 14 years old I think those are the pivotal times in our lives musically you are old enough to start liking your own style of music and you are influenced by your pears more than your parents. Anyway it was ((Just Got Payed Today)) by ZZ TOP a great Blues band from Texas who combined Rock and Roll with a lot of Blues guitar curtice of Billy Gibbons and had a sound all there own in the late Sixties and Seventies this is from Rio Grande Mud there second album. Before they made it big. and like most sold out to there signature sound and just made the same songs over and over with different words. But before that they were a great band and there first three album are unbelievable. Real original music with alot of power The White Album, Rio Grande Mud. and the cudegraw. Tres Hombres the album that took them into the main stream. If you like the blues these are the definitive Texas blues albums along with Steve Ray Vaughn , Jimmie Vaughn,The Winters Brothers. There are hundreds of others but these are the ones who took it nation wide. And in the early days of rock and roll they were Texas answer to the British invasion groups. And the answer was loud and clear we can play with anybody..................



        

No Amarillo

Can you believe our coach did not get us signed up in time to play in the Amarillo tour. It is full and no way to get in for my money I think that is great. I don't like to go to Amarillo anyway the girls do but not me.I would rather stay here in Lubbock and wait for all the good teams from around this area come here and play. And they all do the good teams from Midland and from Amarillo they come to town for at least one tour.
Well what the story is. Is that we were suppose to play in Monahans for the Little Dribbler regional tournament and What we were told was they didn't what us to go down there and beat everyone and discourage them. So last weeks tournament in Leveland was our qualifier and all our teams won. Now it comes to my attention that the Majors and maybe the minor are playing in a tournament over at Cooper One of the girls from my Mob team last fall plays for Frenship and just posted that they are playing Shallowater tomorrow Sat. at 8:00 am. Looks like this was the plan all along and we were just not in the loop even though our schedule has us playing in Amarillo. Well that is before our coach decided to do the little dribbler thing.. That is the how it sounds anyway. Now we have not played any real competition well really this year ..I think me and Summer will go to Cooper to see the majors play it could be a great game.....          

Hoop 10

Yes it is time for our yearly pilgrimage to Amarillo for the hoop 10 girls AAU qualifier it's a pretty big tournament and it is a nice change from the Caprock tournaments her in Lubbock. The big differences are they play a running clock and they let you play if you think you should call every foul don't go up there because that is the way they play and you better get use to it. Or go home to your mama..... It is a fast rough game and a lot of competition especially if Denver show up. That is a big market and the annie gets upped quite a bit when they show. They will win every age group. You don't get better if you don't play better teams. And being a big fish in a little pond is not worth nothing when you leave your pond. Right Ha ha. So every now and then you have to go and take an butt whipping just to keep everything in perspective and this is a great place to get that lesson. Makes you play more team ball cause if you don't you have no chance I am hoping our little dribbler teams go to Amarillo. So they can play some better teams and lose some games before the National Tournament. Get that out of the way so they don't have that problem when they get there.It's hard to play if you are undefeated you are all way afraid of that first loss. And then the recovery time so you can accept it. And get back to playing your game. You don't want to deal with that in a big tournament. It is better to get it over with in a tune-up tournament. Like the hoop 10 then you can blame it on the referees and the running clock so it does not tear down your player egos to much. Just enough to make them focus more in the big game. Nothing like a loss to make you get you stuff together. Anyway that is the plan for this weekend Hoop 10 in Amarillo. Go girls and remember you play to have fun and your good at it....... 



                  

Idalou Golf Tour.

The wind blew like crazy all day Monday but they had to play there was no time to reschedule it was now or never so every one got in groups of three or four and teed off. Let's see Shallowater was there Idalou of course Denver City, Roosevelt, and Abernathy Slaton was suppose to show up but they canceled. Anyway
it was just like last year a terrible day to play golf so the director of  the tournament moved all the tee boxes up. He did not know he was setting the course up to fit Summer's game that is right Summer drives the ball long and straight and then she has a great short game around the greens so this was tailor made for her. So it was know surprise to me anyway for her to shot a 43. She boogied Holes 12569 and double 4 and pared the other holes for a seven over. Bailey shot a 55 Carly shot 59 I think Sherrie 60 Lynsey around 60 and Bailey made it in as a alternate Bottom line is Shallowater won the team competition first place and Summer won the first place medallist. Was a great tournament for Shallowater as the boys won first place also as a team .           

All stars Who's who

I am going to take a little time here and kind of review the player on the Shallowater all stars Seniors The  Mayors and the minors I have not watched them play enough to know who are the best and who are getting better so I'll leave them for another time. And focus this article on the fore mentioned team. Now the Seniors a bunch of player I know a lot about because my youngest daughter Summer is on this team. Now I may be a little biased but for my money Summer is the best player on this team because she is the only complete player She can handle the ball she plays great defense she has size and strength she is not a noodle she can score points tremendous Basketball IQ she passes the ball to you and not at you. She is the number one player. Now next is Kelsey She is a great shooter be it around the basket or from the three point line she is by for the best. And she is tall at 5 10 in the 8th grade she tower over the other teams and has good ball handling skills strength and defence are the two things she needs to work on. Number three is Morgan she is the point guard and is a really good one great IQ see the whole court passes the ball to you not at you a real drummer she controls the timing and tempo of the game better than girls two or three years older needs to be a better shooter and work on her spot. Number four is Shelby she is a true post player she is not as tall as Kelsey but she has so much more power and her drop step to the basket is becoming automatic and when she gets on a roll and they feed her the ball she can put up some numbers and rebounds put backs block shots She has no ball handling skills and is not a good passer when you shoot the ball all of the time you never get a chance to be a good passer that is just the way it is. Number five Hannah she is tall and young and plays pretty much that way she is a good player but does not do anything great but does not do anything bad either she just needs to grow up to get better get bigger stronger calmer patience these are the skills she could use.Six it's Carly she is a ball of fire great ball handler good shooter an all round good player knows how to drive and dish and can finish needs to learn how to slow down and be more patience is a out standing over all athlete fast good jumper aggressive.Seven Kellian she was a post player who is getting passed by other players height wise she needs to get a ball and dribble it for two hours a day and get her ball handling skills up to play guard she is a very good player she just needs to change positions.she is already a great outside shooter she never misses a free throw.  Eight is Kandice she is a good guard she is fast can shot it and makes good passes she just needs to learn to drive and dish more and not to shoot every time she will mature and get this she is only a seventh grader. Nine is Kaylie  she is another fine post player unlike some of the other post players she is fast real fast a all around athlete a good shooter and will play defence is thin but is not a noodle not going to let players come inside and push her around..          

Leveland Tour.

The girl played a tune-up tour. at Leveland Sat. The minor majors and new division seniors Summers on the seniors and it is basicly the same girls that won the national tour. two years ago as 6th graders. Their were only six teams from around here playing just a practice thing really. Let's see there was of course Leveland then Monahans and Lamesa and Denver City , Idalou Whitharral,and Shallowater. The minors are 3rd and 4th graders then the Majors are 5th and 6th graders and the seniors are 7th and 8th and given the fact that for the last two years Shallowater has won the National little Dribblers back to back the minors and the majors this year is a pretty big challenge to three peat and adding the seniors on to the ballot to boot but everything went as planed Sat. with a sweep for all three teams All three won first place so when the regional tour. is played in Monahans later this month now the teams we played will know what to work on and how to prepare and so will we having played most of the teams in our region. and beating them That is a big psychological advantage and should pay dividends at the regional and national tour. It is hard to lose once you get used to winning it feeds on it's self somehow. As is evident by our record over the last two years. No one had ever won both the minors and majors the same year until we did 2009 then we did it again in 2010 so Shallowater is in uncharted territory here and now we have the seniors so it would be a true three peat with three different teams. This is going to be hard to do but nothing worth wild is easy. So go girls have fun and play hard......................




     

Idalou Golf Tour.

Lorenzo yes that's the location of the Idalou Invitational Golf Tour. this year. For some reason we don't have enough schools with golf teams in the 3-A ranks so our middle school team will not get to play in a district tour. But they are going to go and play at our old district tour Idalou. And the bad part about that is Idalou closed there golf course. My friend Jimmy Senz went broke over there and the city repossessed the course and sold it to some one who has not open it back up to the public. I think it is going to go private not sure.
Anyway so the Idalou tour. now is played at Lorenzo and it is a nice little track small tiny greens with a lot of slope and crown not long but OK. There are some elm trees and the fairway are hard and dry I don't think they have water for the fairways so if it does not rain well, you get the picture. The greens do have at lest 8 to 10 feet of elevation not like Abernathy the greens are right on the ground  maybe 12"inches of elevation. The tee boxes are slightly elevated to. Everything considered it is a course well worth the 10 dollars to walk 18 holes and 5 dollars for students. It is not comparable to say Reese and Reese is not comparable to the Rawls Course. As you spend more money you play better harder courses. That's just the way of the world. But for my money the course at Idalou was the best one for these school tour. Because it is long and it was built by the city for there waste water treatment with a substantial grant it was pretty much done right. It is a nice little 9 hole track. It is to bad the city did not reopen it. And sold it to someone
who just took it off the market. It was an inside deal because it was never advertised it just sold and for less than 1/2 of what the city sold it to Jimmy for. That don't sound right but a small town. Nepotism Cronyism and corruption go hand and hand. Sounds like a brother in-law deal to me. That is the only reason they took it from him was someone in that town wanted it. So they all stopped going to play golf out there and would not support it anymore that is when he could not make the money to keep the course in shape and the greens he was losing them and that was one of the stipulation of his contract. He had to maintain the greens.  Which is hard to do with on money. You have to baby that bent grass. That is enough of that. Now only 5 boys and 5 girls get to play Monday in the tour. but everyone gets to go I think that is great even if your skills are not quite there yet you still get to participate by going and help find balls or keep score or something that is great .So everyone have a good tour Monday and remember you play because it's fun and you are good at it........




                    

Little Dribblers

For some reason  my daughter is playing in the Little Dribbler League again. Well really not the league just the championship tournament. Our program over here in Shallowater is from the 1st grade to the 6th grade it always has been now our 8th grade girls and a few 7th graders are going to play in the senior division. Even though most of these girls are on AAU teams and have been for many years. Why they are going back down in competition level to the Little Dribblers is beyond me unless it is just an attempt to win the title again. Now I am not saying there is anything wrong with that. My thought has been for the last two years is let's make a run at the AAU national tournament. I know that is a big nut to crack but you have to dream big and set your  goals high just to hit the board if you don't you will fall way short I know this... That being said I know a bunch of skinny girls from a small town in West Texas are not  your number one pick for winning in AAU tournament but these girls have played two tour. this year and won both easily they are all exceptional basketball players and the grade behind them have not lost a game in two years so there is a lot of talent here and should be taken as far as they can go. There is a lot to be said for the fact that our Little Dribbler Program contends if not wins the National Tour. every year and the exposure our kids get to a big event helps them when school ball starts they are not as nerves as the average kid.Who do not have the experience of playing on a bigger stage the traveling  the motel rooms and the fact you are there because of them this is a real ego boost and will stay with them for the rest of there life. So it is hard to vote against playing in the tour. over in Leveland it is not in Houston there won't be a lot of travel cost. Thank God  Well after looking at it from as many angles as my little mind can. I say just remember why you play basketball #1 it's fun and #2 you are good at it. Now just have fun. Just my opinion

             

School Golf

Monday Summer played in the golf tournament at her Middle School it is a real casual thing with parents helping keep score and walking and talking and helping the kids play their best. It is played at a little rural course that is not much more than a field with flat greens and rock hard dirt fairways no ruff so you can't lose your ball when you hit it. It just goes forever. Anyway we caught a beautiful day nice and cool no wind that is so unusual for this time of year in Texas most of the time the wind blows bad. And it has been but not that day. Now you have to understand most of these kid don't play golf they come out in the spring and think they are going to learn at school there are to many and to little time for that. We are a small school with a small budget and you have to know how to play to make the team. That is the reality of it so out of the 35or40 kids
5 girls and 5 boys are all that make it. I know it's not fair but it is just economics.
 Summer was pared with two other girls one was Carly a girl who also is on her AAU basketball team and the other was Bailey  both are really nice girls. But their are not golfers they didn't look like they had played very much. If any. Summer was a little nervous and shot a 51 for 9 holes and the other girls shot 62 not that bad being there experience level. And the best boy was 46 so she wasn't far off the pace. She was the best girl. So I was happy for her and glad to see all the hard work paying off a bit. She just needs to take her time and stay in the moment and give her self a chance. .         

Blues

I have been playing the blues for a long time for some reason the 1 5 7 is a standard and everybody plays it. From  lead zeppelins whole Lotta love to the milk cow blues by George Strait. Every singer and band at one time or the other does some rendition of the blues Muddy Waters Jimi Hendricks Steve Ray Vaughn . So what is the deal is it the simplicity of it the three chords or is it that the lead does not have to follow the melody. So the guitar or what ever lead you have is free to just soar with out regard for the Vocal melody or structure of the song.As long as it stays with in the three chords and turn around. So it has a wide open door as far as being able to express ones self and put your style and personality on a song with out having to come up with a chord arrangement that is your own. It is build in  of course there are no new chord arrangements any more every combination has been played and put in to thousands of songs. But the blues is special in that you can play it real slow to real fast and it still holds up and  can become a great song a hundred years ago and people are wighting great songs even today. So what is it. Does it come from the slaves of the last century  in the American south or is it of Celtic origins from Ireland and the blacks just  heard there masters playing this style on there stringed instruments and slow bluegrass is just the blues that high lonesome sound from the mountains of the south. So to say the blues and jazz are American music styles is a little misleading because most of it comes from France in New Orleans and folk music from Ireland and England and Germany yes the immigrants brought this music with them and when you mix it all together Jazz Blues Country Western and Rock and Roll and even Hip Hop and Rap is what it has turned in to. And I believe these melody's are as old as the plains of Africa and the Ice Age in Europe. And that my friend is why this music hits people so deep. Just my opinion.......Enjoy the music.....         

Crap

Haven't been writing much lately it has been pretty slow I am only now starting to feel well enough to give a shit. Yes that is the most important factor in living. With out it everything just become different shades of gray. There is no black or white or wrong or right. Just the day in day out march of time. That is your life living it day by day or watching it pass you by. One way or the other its going and your own mortality is certain. So you wonder should you try and get more out of life or should you just be content with your lot. Meet more people go more places have more relationships put your self out there to experience new things. Or stay at home and look at all the familiar things that we have surrounded ourselves with and die a little each day afraid to take a chance at a new life. Stuck in a comfortable rut. I have heard it said when humans got conciseness or became self aware the fear of death is overwhelming and so they had to invent God and life after death in order to keep their sanity. If you are a animal and you don't think about the future  you don't need God to live in the present. It is only when you stop and think about tomorrow next week next year then your own death is inevitable life becomes pointless and with out meaning. Like putting a wild animal in a cage some will just give up not eat and die. This is why we should move passed superstition and folklore and try to get a better understanding of life. And what it means to be alive and how to cope with death and sickness and get rid of all the religions that were written by people who lived in tents and wiped their ass with their hands who had no more in site into the meaning of life as we do more likely less. Most of it is law and ownership of property be it land animals or women or children. And that is just to keep people from killing each other
for taking things that belong to others. The old testament is all about Land women and wars. And  Jesus comes along and he is the only one who gets it God made everything that being said God is every ones father Jesus's yours mine every ones so get over it you don't have to do anything for your father he loves you unconditionally. But we can't do that we have to steal lie and cheat so we can have more than the other guy. A bigger house a newer car more wife's well now we call them girlfriends a rich man has his wife and two or three four or five girlfriends it depends on how much money he has. And most men have had two or three wife's in the old days when a man would get tired of his woman he would marry another younger one but he would still keep the old one because he owned her. She was his property every ten years or so he would  marry a younger woman if he had the money. Now we do the same thing we just divorce every few years if we have the money and get a younger woman to make the man feel like he is still young. Ha Ha Ha  what a joke. Religion is all about the law and depending on your flavor that is how you believe I think I am going to become a Muslim and go and get all my ex wives and force them to come back and live with me and all the others in a group wouldn't that be the shits with big mouth America women you can't get a word in edgewise with one much less six or seven that would be hell on earth.....Now I get it that is why we have divorce.     







  


           

Easter or Passover

Yes another Easter Sunday has come and gone or Passover if you are of the Jewish persuasion. Either way it is a day to give thanks for deliverance from oppression in one way or the other. But to often these days it becomes a day of feasting and drinking and doing alot of things that are just stupid. Like getting drunk and fighting with your family over of course Religion. Why because everyone believes in God but not the same way and most are under educated on the subject and are at the mercy of what they were told or heard and have not read the book them selves or studied it what so ever. Then there are the ones who have read just enough to get it completely wrong. And are strong in their convictions. These are like Islamic fundamentals they will kill you and all your family if you don't believe like they do. You are going to hell and I am Gods chosen person what a crock of shit. That is why it is so dangerous to be a preacher because they become self righteous The closer you get to God the harder Satan works on you and let's face it this is Satan's world. It"s almost imposable no it is imposable to resist Satan's tempting of the flesh money, power, fame, sex, perversion all ways to lead men and women astray. And these are the things most people strive for I need to make more money so I can have more power that way I can buy more stuff and I will be better known and respected so I can have sex with more women and feed my insatiable flesh. This is the way this world is set up and all we can do as intellectual peons is live and try not to become to perverted and self absorbed that we can't see the truth when it is right in front of us. So next time you get in a conversation about religion remember It does not matter because in America MONEY is our GOD........Just my opinion I am sure your's is different... Ha ha ha                

Golf At Reese

Well we played a practice round today over at Reese after Mandy Mayo played there last week  and won a trip to the state tournament shooting a 73 the first day and a 83 the second. And her being one of the girl Summer made friend with last year on the North Texas PGA kind of got Summer's attention and motivated her a little to get out there and start practicing again. So that is what we did and it was a great day I shot an 82 and Summer shot a 92 her best round ever and she has not even been playing I think she will break 80 some time this season and be right on track with where Mandy was last year at the same age. All it is going to take is being out there playing the game all summer with good competition having fun. And getting in shape to play golf. Playing basketball is one thing but if you get to tired you can come out and set on the bench a few minutes relax get your head out of the game. Golf you are moving all the time if you are not making a shot you are walking to your next shot out side in the heat in the cold it is a mentally brutal game it wears you from the inside out. It is a action sport not a reaction sport so the brain is worked double time. We are off to a good start to the season and I hope you are to.  Play some music Play some Golf  This is your Life.     

Sping Break Golf

Yesterday Summer played her First Tour. of the 2011 season it was a chilly start in more than one way. The temp was in the 30's and she was a little cold from lack of practice. Now is track season and she is on a Volleyball team and an AAU Basketball Team so golf is not a priority right now. She will get back to it once all the other slows down. After all of that she did get third place but didn't post a very good score 122 not what you are looking for going in you would like to break a 100 that is what the winner shot a 99 and on the canyon course with the elevation changes that is not bad for the first tour. of the season. And these girls that is all they do is play golf everyday at school because they go to big schools where all you can do is one sport  you have to focus or you don;t make the team not like a small school where you have to play everything. Now you mite think you get watered down by playing so many sports I don't think so if you can transfer the coaching and preparation from one to the other yes serving a Volleyball is a lot like making a golf swing timing the hit is a key Free throws in basketball is all about pre shot routine and mental imagery Put the pressure on the routine not the shot. In a big game it is important. Or in a big tournament. So with that said we are looking forward to a great Golf Season.......   .

Mob

Well the draft was yesterday and we came out pretty good I think being we did not have any frozen players. We just went in blind having looked at about half the players and not knowing any of them. It is really hard to tell who has that intangible quality of being a player they all look good in practice But can you hit the shot in a game when it counts that is what MOB is all about putting these young men in a situation where their are referees and a clock and other players their same speed and see if you can perform. Pick up games and playing around the house never gets you prepared for real game atmosphere. People in the stands. Even if it is just your mother and father. Brother and sister and friends. Now to the particulars we have one player 6'6 real strong we have two 6'4 and two 6'3 then we have two point guards who are 5'5 and 5'3 then three brothers that we don't know how tall they are or how they play they where no shows at the draft. You take one you get all three. that is the way it works.. So I don't know if we can run and gun and play transition basketball or will we have to slow down and go to a half court game. It just depends on how much talent we have and will they run or are they lazy. It won't take long to see who will go and who won't .............    

Its not Over

As of last week I thought basketball season was over until June when Summer's AAU team would start up and play the Caprock tournaments here in Lubbock maybe a hoop 10 one in Amarillo. But the coach and player and parents decided to take a bigger loop this year. And play some other cities and tournaments. On one hand this is a good thing and on the other it is not. One way is you are always creating that sense of this is a big game and a big tournament and you have to win. Pressure the only way to play under the gun is put it in between your eyes and cock the hammer. That said!!!!! Sports or games are suppose to be fun and if every game is life or death you will finally get to that point you don't care anymore pull the trigger I quit... This is the problem I see school ball here is a pressure cooker. Every girls wants to play for a top ten ranked school . And all these girls play AAU to keep there skills up during the Summer and to have fun that is right basketball is a game and you are suppose to play it for fun. That is the only way you can perform and get better at any thing is relax and have fun who cares if you win or lose did you make some 3's some reverse layups some spin moves some behind the back passes some steals in to fast breaks make plays be a player that is whats important. That is how you get better not by playing every game as a must win. Sure you have to have that but not every game it gets tedious and the players don't play their best they become stifled under the false pressure. It is a constant battle you tell them it's just a game go out and have fun and play your game and the other people are saying this is a big game this team is real good and we have to win. Most people fold like a cheap lawn chair under pressure so why put your kids in that position. Make AAU the fun league and the school the pressure cooker......on to something else
   I am going to coach a boys high school team this off season for MOB I am excited and looking forward to bring my mental game to some boys who my guess is are trying to get their skill level up to make their high school teams and I am going to do everything I know to get these boys off the winning mentality and on to being players. Get in the now and perform because it is fun and they are good at it. Their is only two reasons to play a game it's fun and you are good at it. They don't pay you to play they don't whip or beat you if you don't  play no you play because you want to. And if you are not good at a game you don't play it. And it's not fun So you are good at it and it is fun that is why you are here. Now we can go to work.. Get these boys skill level up so they can make the team at school........




              

Basketball Season Over

Well it's over another great year of basketball for the Shallowater Middle School all in all it was a stellar performance for both teams the 7th and 8th. The 7th went undefeated I think they were 18 and zero what a outstanding record but it wasn't all easy they had some stiff competition from Frenship and Cooper. These teams pushed them to the limit and they were able to answer the call and find away to win. The secret to the success of this teams is this they are a team they play together better than any bunch of girls I have ever seen at this age. They just get it.. Its a team game no ball hogs needed.... Now for the players. The number one suspect is Morgan Bennett An all around ball handler and shooter who runs the team from the point guard position she can push the ball about as good as anyone anywhere. #2 is Brandy Goulette is a pure shooter she has a effortless two handed release and is a solid ball handler. #3 Kandice Pope this girl comes off the bench and handles the ball and is a shooter to boot a starter on any other team. #4 Kelyn Morris strong down low a lot of rebounds and an excellent free throw shooter. #5 Kristen McDonald this girl is the most improved player on the team a post player who makes a lot of points and rebounds. #6 Kaley Shotts another post player who is getting her legs under her and is making a big difference around the basket every game. #7 I think her name is Taylor Tentens she is another point guard  who comes off the bench and you don't lose a step with her on the court she is fast a ball handler and a shooter another girl who would be a starter on any other team.# 8 Abbey Goodwyn  yet another post player and a good one and a girl who would be a starter on any other team. #9 Kaylee Jackson unfortunately she was hurt in a motorcycle accident at the first of the season and was unable to play. She is a very good basketball player that is why she is on this team.
   Now for the 8th graders. They were 14 and 4 and had a really good season. So here are the players #1 is Kelsey Smith she is the offensive power of the team an all around player with post player size and point guard ball handling skills can take it to the basket or shoot from outside. #2 Summer Pearson is a true power forward takes the ball to the basket and shoots from outside and is the best defensive play on the team..#3Hannah Almsted is another post player with guard skills can shoot from outside or take it to the hoop. #4Shelby Johnston is a true post player tall strong her moves under and around the basket get better and better every year if she gets big enough she mite be able to play at the next level.. #5 Carli McCravy is a great point guard she is fast a good ball handler a shooter can attack the basket with moves. needs to break down the other team and pass more.#6 Allyssa Johnson is a guard who comes off the bench and is fast and a good shooter and you don't lose anything with her on the court. She will do her job.  #7 Tatum Cagle is another guard who comes off the bench and plays some good hard minutes and usually puts some points on the board she is a good shooter. #8 Kelsey Bigham is a post player who is finally getting her feet under her and is becoming a player she needs more playing time..#9 Maci Sparkman is a guard who is very fast and plays some real tough defense and has a instinct for releasing to the basket for the fast break she need more playing time. #10 Macy McLellan here is another guard who needs playing time. That is the only way to use your skills is to play enough to be able to relax .  If you can't relax you can't use your skills.....
    Now here is the problem the 8th grade B-team has a lot of really good players and next year where are they going to play we don't have a freshman b-team yet.. Well I would just like to say Brenley Irvin is a really good basketball player. And so is Katelynn Parra, Ariah Robertson , Sheree Satterwhite, Alicia Sims, Hannah Ayers I know I have forgot some players but this is just my opinion.... So take it with a grain of salt...


                   

Browntown Game

Last night I went to a basketball game at Brownfield it was no different than any other game this year the fact it was the last game was not a factor. The fact our girls have never lost to them that was not a factor. The fact they are a poor ethnic school on the decline in a dieing town with little opportunity. Those are all facts but they have no bearing on the game between young girls... Wrong these are all contributing factor as to what happened last night. A bit of history two years ago our girls won the National Little Dribbler Championship
and beat you got it Brownfield. Now our girls have keep growing being mostly caucasian and Brownfield are mostly Hispanic and have stopped growing they are all going to be 5 foot to 5' 5' and our girls are tall 5'5 to 6'foot. So the teams are not even competitive any more our girls are to big to fast and are better athletes  better basketball players. So here we are watching this blowout 20 to 10 first half and our girls have missed a ton of shots it could have been 40 to 10 easily. Now the referees were a short Hispanic man about 5'foot tall and a Hispanic woman about the same. Now you could tell the woman had never refereed a game before and the man was making calls all over the court. I her zone and his. That in itself is wrong.  It is unprofessional and unheard of in the ranks of officiating. That is disrespectful to your partner calling the game. So we have a crew that is out of balance. Now  to add insult to injury the man starts calling a home town game. That is right everybody has seen it when a official starts to make to many calls and to many for the home team. This is part of the game but he was just blatant he was out of control. The problem was no matter how much cheating he did it was not going to change the out come of the game. The big dog kills the little dog every time.No matter how much you try and fix the fight. Now for the economic impact after the game we were going to go out to eat there in Browntown. But after such a sorry game we drove all the way back to Lubbock to eat. We are not going to spend any money in Brownfield and next year we are not even going to the game there if they play there we are not going to contribute any money to that town. After the game when they were shaking hands one of there players when told she played a good game she: replied KISS MY ASS when our coach told her not to talk like that she told her to shut up you can't tell me what to do. It is really sad to hear 8 grade girls talk like that. But it is a product of the town where there is no opportunity people can get really trashy and it rubs off on there children. The only thing they have is to live through their children and when they lose they take it hard. So they try and cheat. With their little hometown referees. That is what happens when you have to play little dieing towns here in west texas. Just my opinion..........                 

Golf Etiquette

We had a beautiful day yesterday 70ish no wind clear blue skies. A perfect day for a round of golf with my teenage daughter. In the middle of the winter we don't get many days like this here in west Texas this time of year. We need to practice and stay in touch with our golf game through the off season and to get a break from basketball and all the pressure of having to play at a top ranked basketball school. It starts to wear on you mentally after a while. So a relaxing round of golf no score no expectations feel good about the good shots and laugh about the bad ones. That is what we needed and that is what we went out there for. But because it was a great day a lot of other people had the same idea. We play at a public course and on the nice days it is full and it is slow you just have to accept it and take your time and play in your slot and enjoy yourself  it is backed up one through eighteen. There is no point in playing through. Now you get those old men who think they can play and are in a hurry. Here is the problem in golf the course books to many and to close together and some people play fast and some play slow. And some have no respect or regard for others and they think if they start hitting on top of the group in front they will speed up. They are like ostriches with there heads in the sand they can't see the course is full and just take there time and enjoy playing the game and the day. No they are in a hurry they won't to ruin your day because the are stupid people who can't see the big picture and all they want to do is push push push these people need to find another sport and give up on golf they will never be any good at this game because they don't have the mental toughness and patience golf requires. Pool  Bowling anything but golf a game that requires patience patience patience. Anyway I had to get into some guys face and be belligerent to get it through his stupid head not to hit the ball until after we were off the green. I am amazed at how stupid some people can be this is a serious situation people are killer every year from getting hit in the head by a golf ball. WE were playing a Reese Golf Course and this is the first time I have had this problem there. But I will never play Shadow Hills because that is all there is over there Grumpy old men who think they can play golf. Try to have a little golf etiquette and be safe.



              

Modern Aliens

AS you look back at history and the invention of civilization it seems to have taken place a approximately the same time in different parts of the world. This is a curious coincidence how is it that all over the world across vast oceans and land masses. Humans after living on this planet for millions of years all the sudden start to plant crops and gather together in town and cities. Communicate with each other developed writing to communicate with the past. Then they can build on the collective consciousness of others and start the process of civilization. Now that paragraph does not sound that amazing but it is... That is the difference between us and all other animal life on this planet. Why did dogs not do this or cats. They have been here just as long as us maybe longer. What about Chimpanzees the have four fingers and a thumb they can manipulate objects  they can think and there brains are not far removed from ours. Why did they not evolve in to a civilized species. This is the question of life and long ago people explained this with Religion. With the enlightening come the questions Who am I?? Why am I here?? What is this place??  And yes I will die..... It is a limited existence there is a time limit. Once you have a conscious and become self aware. Then your mortality is inevitable. Then there is fear no animal wants to die. You will fight for life with your last breath. So people developed religion to calm peoples fears and to control the masses for the purpose of gaining power over them. The same way the use of money is a way to control people and make them do what you want them to.  Money and Religion are the two leverage devices civilization uses to manipulate people. And they have since the beginning of time. Deep inside our human soul  we know there is a God someone started all of this And we have tried to explain this in many many different ways. We worshiped the SUN the MOON the STARS rocks that fall from the sky Gold all kinds of Animals. Wisdom. We worship anything and everything because we don't know and we are desperately searching for answers. So there is a problem with our soul we are lost and empty inside. We are not at peace on this planet.
  Now why is it we can only eat about 20 % of the vegetation on this planet and if you look closely at the plants we do eat they come from three precise places on the planet the birth places of civilization.  There are just a handful of plants that feed the whole worlds population. And they originate in these places. The first is wheat from the Middle east. Then there is Rice from the far east.  Then there is all the plants that come from South America Potatoes, Tomatoes, Corn, Squash, Beans. There are others but these are the plants that feed this world the main plants and look at where they originated. Now why is it we can't eat all the other plants on this planet the trees the bushes why can't we eat grass,, weeds are we indigenous to this planet or are we from somewhere else and did we bring our food with us. Are we a hybrid with an ape from this planet and an alien from another planet. Are we a cancer on this planet planted here 10,000 years ago  for some purpose unknown to us. Are we just waiting for the return of the Aliens that seeded this planet with there seed. Who knows but it is hard to worship the Sun now that we know what it is and it is hard to worship the Moon now we know what it is And it is hard to worship tales told by people who lived in tents and wiped there ass with there hands and were living in fear of all the things that happen on this planet that they did not understand and had no knowledge of  Volcanoes Earthquakes Tsunami's Meteors Fossils. Any other natural disasters that we see all the time now. With our global view of the planet. WE need to move past Religion and Money and try and reach a new since of consciousness Go ahead and evolve into the star people we came from ........

                                    

Our Troops

People keep saying on facebook we support our troops that is a lie if you really supported our troops you would vote these Republican bastards out of office and bring the boys home and stop spending all that money on the military Who are we fighting anyway China I don't think so they own Walmart they are taking money out of this country hand over fist. Everything we use is made in China we don't make nothing here anymore except babies. T Boone Pickens said this is the largest transfer of wealth in the history of man all the money we spend on fuel from the Arabs and all the commerce with China. This country can't not stand that big of a trade deficit for to long. Sure we can print more money but it won't be worth anything. And what is the Republican answer to this problem lets be the big bully on the block and go and exploit third world countries. Yes lets steal there resources and invade their countries put our young men in harms way to strip the wealth from the country Where is all the oil money going from Iraq Its not balancing our budget is it. The price is not going down is it. The GREED of  American business is unbelievable. And since big business owns our government we the American people have no say in anything anymore. We are becoming just another third world country to be exploited. Stagnate less and less opportunity everyday if you don't have it you are not going to get it. Now we have social unrest the young form gangs and take what they need to survive in a GREED driven society. Where it is all about what you have not who you are. This country is in sad shape morally bankrupt.  That is why our Kids and grand kids may have to pay for the polices we implement now and the greed we show to the rest of the world. Looking back in history great power is followed by great suffering. Look at Egypt. Greece, Persia, Roma, Germany all great empires at one time now just little countries. And they were almost destroyed in there defeat. The population of these countries were devastated  and the scare is still a part of their national personality.  There is one way to fix this situation get the companies out of government turn it back over to the people And regulate greedy people and companies . Never happen!!!!!!!!!! So don't say you Support the Troops if you are not willing to take the hard line and change the system and bring them HOME. for good..Or till next time someone wants to steal the resourses of a third world country.



         

Trinity

Tonight is the big game Shallowater vs Trinity. They are both coming in with two loses and they both lost to Lamesa. Even tho Shallowater beat Lamesa in their first game and lost to Trinity in their first meeting. So the stage is set for a really good game. Shallowater with a record of 13 wins and 2 loses with two Tournament Championships The Sundown and The Levelland and in the Levelland they had to over come Frendship and district rival Cooper. For a small school like Shallowater that was quite the accomplishment.
And win or lose it has been a great season for the girls. They really came out and played some steady basketball. And it is a shame to have the whole season riding on this one game but they came out flat and tired last week against Lamesa and got beat. That all night party over at Cagles just killed them. And you have to remember when you are number one everybody wants to knock you off. So they are going to try their hardest and play their best game against you. So you can't have a emotional let down just because you beat a team bad the first time. You can't look past teams you have to play everyone the same.
  Looking at the game tonight I my self would double team Breckland the whole game with pressure the whole court. If she is going to beat us I would make her work for it. Put your two best defences players on her and run a triangle zone in the paint. A two one zone not a one two. In this way you can stop the short jump shot and still have a post player under the basket to stop the penetration. Don't press them get back into your zone and pressure their point guard if you don't get back they will fast break you. You say why would you do that well because they only have one player who can beat us and that is their point guard If you take her out of the game then they are not a very good team. With her passing and decision making and 3 point  shooting they are a really good team. She is the key so turn her off this game with pressure. Don't let her ever get comfortable that is the way to beat them. And once you get a lead don't go to the bench pour it on them don't let it be close at the end. That is why they lost the first time had a ten point lead in the second quarter and the coach went to the bench and they took advantage of the subs and came back. You can't do that against the good teams. But that is why you play the games to learn and our Middle school coaches are learning just like the players. It is one thing to play and a whole other to coach. And it takes practice experience dedication and an open mind to be a good coach. And I think all of our coaches have those qualities. The main thing is to Educate and Motivate. Then after that there is a lot of way to look at the game the season. Hey my Mob team I don't care if they win or lose so everybody plays the same amount. Maybe that is the way our school coaches are they want to get everyone playing time and that is a good thing..     That's enough of this Good Luck Girls...



           

Team Player

When I was a little kid I would say 4th or 5th grade best I can remember. I would play baseball all summer.That was my thing baseball I loved it and I was pretty good at it. Little League was a big thing to me. Then in the spring of the year our school would put a little team together and we would play all he other schools around our part of the city. Now by this time I had been playing ball for 4 or 5 years and I knew the game and was good at it. Yes I was a prima dona I was the best I knew it all and no one could tell me anything. Now we are playing a school I use to go to my first 3 years of school and I knew most if not all the players at that school and I wanted to win bad. Because it would not be long till the Little League Season would start and I would see all these kids over there and I wanted bragging rights. Well it wasn't going good our pitcher was terrible he could not get the ball over the plate and when he did they hit it out of the park I was getting frustrated mad. I am thinking what is this coach doing keeping this kid in as pitcher he sucks. Myself I always played catcher on every team I played on. so I am behind the plate. So I started throwing the ball over the pitchers head then I would throw it to him in the dirt. That's when the coach called time out and took me out of the game and I said why are you taking me out he is the one who sucks. Then they started the game back. The coach sit there and told me he is our best pitcher he just gets to nervous in the games and can't perform. We have to put him in there long enough to settle down and relax and get some confidence he needs our help. He needs your help then I started feeling bad that I acted so selfish All I could think about was winning. I wasn't thinking about the game or the players or the coaches the fans all I was thinking about was my self and winning. That is when I first learned about being a team player. And we came back and won that game. But it did not matter because from then on I was a team player. And thinking about the game trying to make the right decisions thinking about he players on both sides the fans the coaches that's being a team player. A real player. You know looking back that is the only game I remember from those days and It is not because we won it's because I learned a life lesson that day. The name of the coach the players I can;t remember any of them. But it was a day that changed my life and that is the beauty of sports. And I was lucky to have a coach who could see past winning. And show me all the other aspects of the game Thanks....... That is why I like to coach a little kids team now. To show them there is no black and white just different shades of gray. Try to look at the whole picture..... 




                     

Young and Stupid

Young and stupid is a dangerous combination. That is right and most of us are sufferers of this condition in our lives yes being young and stupid can be a tragic problem. You know a 16 year old kid gets a brand new pickup truck to go back and forth to school next thing you know they are driving on a country road with a bunch of kids in the back and showing off the kid drives a little to fast and rolls the truck and kills some of the kids in the back. Didn't mean to do it was an accident none the less it happened and people are dead for being YOUNG AND STUPID.
 Girl is driving down the road texting on her phone early in the morning she takes her eye off the road for a second and she flips her vehicle and is dead. I wonder if it was a important conversation to lose your life over. Another case of YOUNG AND STUPID.
 I don't think anyone is immune to this condition but according to Insurance Mortality Tables you are a whole lot more likely to be infected before the age of 25. After that age for some reason the condition starts to go in to remission somewhat until one reaches the age of 40 and it is almost completely gone.
Anyway I my self suffered from this problem in my youth for some reason I was attracted to pool halls and all the things that congregate there. The Alcohol the Gambling the easy girls as a matter of fact if you meet a girl in a pool hall her name is probably Easy. Or at lest her disposition is. OK on with the story I was about 14 when I went in to Town with a half ass friend of mine one night by the way night is when these places start to jump it is the only time worth going and getting in to shit. They are the clubs for  kids to young for bars.So I am with this guy at a place called Pete's Pool Hall and we are just shooting a game of pool  looking around  for any girls that we hadn't already been with. Funny when you are young you want to have relations with every girl you can. I think it is another symptom of YOUNG AND SUPID.Well there we are doing our thing and all the sudden A guy comes running in with a gun in his hand yelling and screaming I am going to kill you bitch and you to you Motherfucker. It was a couple at the pool table right next to us apparently this was his girl friend and her boyfriend and he was not the sharing kind. He was loud telling them the boy and girl what he was going to do to them. Then all the sudden this guy I was with walked over and told the guy with the gun if you are going to shoot someone motherfucker shoot me and the guy said I don't have no problem with you so Charles just reached out and grabbed the gun and hit the guy in the head right between the eyes blood went everywhere then he turned and said look T that is what some people called me back then  I got a new gun and we ran out of there as fast a we could got in his car and went to another pool hall. YOUNG AND STUPID. I did not go to the pool halls with Charles anymore it wasn't long after that he had to do ten years in the pin for armed robbery and I think I know where he got the gun. YOUNG AND STUPID.                  

This and That

This Sunday Summer and I have a meeting with the other Mob coaches to pick a all star team and get our tournament brackets Shoot I didn't even know there was a all star team. I am in a fix I should have been paying more attention to the players on the other teams instead of my own. I don't get to vote for players off of my team. I think I have two all stars for sure and maybe one more has an out side chance. I don't really understand it why they pick a team when they have know place to play after it is over they are going to split the players in to two groups and play a game. They should keep them together and play the four AAU tournaments this June as a Mob all star team.. Just my opinion.
  Now to Monday's game here in Shallowater they are playing Trinity. Here is a little back ground. There is a team in Lubbock called the Ice an AAU team that is made up of girls from Frendship, Cooper and Trinity. Now our girls have never won a game against the Ice. But this year they won against Frendship and Cooper but lost by 3 to Trinity. So this Monday is the big game for district and everyone is excited about our  chances. I just told Summer to go and play her game and have fun it's no different from any other game. Just play your best and let the winning and losing take care of it self. Next year it will not matter who won and who lost it will just be one more of a bunch of  memories from your basketball career. So relax and have fun.




    

Mob

Last night was our last Mob game it was not much of a contest. We won by a score of 32 to 8 we were asked to stop pressing at the start of the 4th quarter. Because unknown to me they were a team with problems. In the hall before the game the coach of the other team and one of his parents got into an argument
apparently they were talking about playing time and who was a better player and who should play more at one point the parent said something very rude and made a little girl cry. Then went on to say how his daughter was the best player in Lubbock and the coach was not playing her enough. And that is why they were not winning. This is what happens when you make winning your priority. I am sorry to tell you this but winning is not the reason for playing games. Learning to play the game and have fun is the number one reason .Next is developing your skills getting better. Then Sportsmanship how to win with grace and how to lose with dignity. And keep your head up at all times. I tell all my teams I coach there are two reasons we play basketball Number one it's Fun And number two we are good at it. And there is only one way to coach young kids here it is you educate  and motivate you tell them what you what them to do then you tell them how good they are doing it. And that is it there is no room for a critic or a fault finder. Fault finders need not apply. When someone is doing there best and trying there hardest there is only room for praise. I heard a coach tell a girl in one of our games that is not your shot you don't take that shot you are to far out. Well the girl was short and could not shoot inside she would get blocked. So when she got outside she shot the ball
and the way I look at it a missed shot is a good pass when you rebound. Don't look at it as a missed shot see it as a good pass. Knucklehead look at the whole game and missed shots and rebounds are a big part of it. So if you take this approach to coaching and everything is positive you will have a better re pour with your players and with your parents. And parents can have unrealistic expectations about there children's athletic abilities. Just try and be fair and supportive.  I was lucky this year I got a group of great girls and nice parents..And like most things in life there are a few bumps along the way no matter how smooth the road is.
So if you sign your kid up for Little League or Little Dribblers just be sure to take it with a grain of salt and remember your kid is probably not going to be the next Tiger Woods, Michael Jordon, Sheryl Swoops if you were not a great athlete chances are your kid will not be either. But that does not mean they can't have fun playing sports. And be good school players...






      

Football Playoffs

So you got some extra money and it's playoff time and your thinking I can lay down a few bets and clean up because this year it is pretty easy to pick who is going to win.  Wait wait wait back up asshole yes you can probably pick the winner but can you beat the spread it is almost impossible to beat the spread anymore they have computers running stats and prognosticators putting in the human factors. So yes Green bay is hot but at 3 points and playing in Chicago that is a dead heat my friend. If you want to gamble just go to a alley somewhere and play dice or flip a coin with a bunch of drunks. This is not the game to put your kids thought college on forget about it. Personally I think Green Bay is hot and has the momentum going in and both are outdoor cold weather teams so know advantage there. And believe you me Chicago is one cold place this time of year I know I spent a year there when I was young . It is miserable in the winter unbelievably cold.
But that is where both teams play and both have outdoor stadiums. So this is to close to call. that is why its at 3. But it's Green Bay all the way.
  Next The Jets vs the Steelers this could turn out to be a great game. Yes I said great I know defence wins championships and everyone knows the steel curtain and this will be the difference Big Ben will do his job
and Sanchez will do his. It will come down to stops and I think the Steelers make more stop than the Jets
Third down and five the Steelers stop them more time than the Jets do. It;s that simple. Now what do we got well I will tell you The Steelers and Green Bay in the Super Bowl in Dallas. That does not work on so many different levels Being from Texas and a Dallas Cowboy fan and to see the super bowl played in Dallas and who are the two teams please  I hate both of these team and cities and population and to have these dam Yankees down here playing the super bowl in Dallas it could get ugly. I would not watch this game if you payed me money. And if by chance it is the Jets and Chicago well I don't hate them as much just a little I mite watch some of that game really not a chance who cares. No one out west cares about the large ant beds back east that is right we don;t cares about there Football or Basketball teams. So this year is a wash for people out west. My opinion




       

Money and Power

You know its not a big world anymore as a matter of fact it is a small world. That is right it use to be the world was huge hard to get around different cultures religions peoples skin colors all making for suspicions
and distrustfulness and exploitation of people who are not the same as you they are not as human as you they don't deserve your respect or consideration. That is the way it use to be and to some it is still the same. They don't respect different people hell some don't even respect there own kind. They will exploit there own population just as readily as anyone else. For what money and power that is right people don't care about your God the color of your skin the culture you were born in to. All people care about in this world is Power Power to travel Power to live in a large house with lots of servants to do everything for you Power for your children do as they please. Power to posses all the toys that make you think you are happy. The Cars the boats the airplanes the house at the beach the house in the mountains The house in the city the house in the country.Go to the mountains to ski after the first snows Then down to the Islands to be warm in the winter.
Keep moving so you don't get bored or God forbid fall in to a rut or a routine.
 Most people who live like this are empty in side that is why they keep moving and buying to fill the hole in their soul. Until there is no new place to go and no new toy to buy. Then they become bitter and cruel to there servants. And try to get pleasure through someone else is pain. This is the sick fate of rich people all because Greed is their God. Their food does not taste good their sex is unfulfilling their relation ships are warped and twisted All about using their money to manipulate. So the world has not gotten smaller but there are a lot more of these praises moving around on it use way more resources than they should. And lets face it. It has been this way scene time began. With slavery in the past and now economic slavery. Every person on this planet should be entitled to live life and be happy and not a slave to someone else be it physically or economically there is enough resources if you eliminate the greedy people Get rid of the Greed System the POWER of MONEY. A horse wants to run. A cat wants to hunt. A bird wants to fly. A man wants to do what he does. WE need to evolve past Money. This is just my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 




         

How to lose

Last night was not a fun time for the 8th grade girls They had such a big week last week winning the biggest tournament of the year for them. Then the big party at Tatum's house Saturday no sleep an all night-er.Then after school today they have to ride 60 miles in a school bus to Lamesa and play another game.I knew they would be flat. But they defeated Lamesa by a lot of points the first time they played and I assumed they would beat them again. But this was not the case. Right before the game the coach told them that Lamesa had beaten Trinity the week before and Shallowater has never beaten Trinity. That planted a seed in their minds this must be a good team this year even though they beat them by 15 points a month ago. It was never close. What you think is what you get if you think they are good they will play you that way. Maybe this is just what they needed to focus next week on Trinity if Lamesa can beat them. They can. Sometimes a loss is better than a win if it makes you focus and see things in a different light. And you can't be so confident you play sloppy and out of control. You have to run your plays and be disciplined on and off the court. Well we will see if they learn from this loss?????? Winning gives you the big head  Losing tells you you have to work harder and that is the only way to get better.