"No written word, no oral plea, can teach our youth what they should be; nor all the books on all the shelves, it's what the teachers are themselves". ~John Wooden

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2010-2011 Kick-Off Meeting

Ohio HEAT Basketball 2010-2011 Season Informational Meeting

Date: Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Allen East (Harrod) Community Center 9520 Harrod Rd., Harrod, OH 45850
What:

1. Introduce the Leadership Team
2. Discuss plans for this year’s program, including:

  • Starters (10 yrs old & under)
  • Junior Girls and Boys (11 – 12 yrs old)
  • Jr. High Girls & Boys (13 – 14 yrs old)
  • High School Girls & Boys (15 – 18 yrs old)

3. Introduce coaches
4. Distribute Tentative Game Schedule (Jr.Hi./H.S.teams)
5. Distribute registration packets
6. Collect ‘early-bird’ payments & paperwork (forms on website soon)
7. Describe family volunteer opportunities
8. Snack & Fellowship
9. Organized activities/games for pre-school through high-school students will be conducted in the gym. There will be a snack/water break for them as well. Children are welcome to remain in the meeting with their parents if that is preferred.

Bring:

  • The whole family… (and gym shoes for the kids!)
  • A NEW home schooling family to see what we’re about!
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Basketball Camp

The forms for basketball camp have been posted on our Downloads page.  Be sure to get yours for your family!

BASKETBALL CAMP will be held on August 18, 19, & 20:  Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday.

9 to 11a.m. …………7 – 12 year olds will meet in the mornings
7 to  9 p.m. ……….13 – 18 year olds will meet in the evenings

Joe Sunderman has enthusiastically agreed to teach our basketball camp again and requested the above dates! We are very grateful for his willingness and availability to us.This year, we are dividing the camp by age, into morning and evening sessions. This will hopefully allow for more individualized attention and specific instruction for various positions on the court.

If you have any questions, call Sara Schroeder:  (419)234-6712

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Basketball Camp

BASKETBALL CAMP will be held on August 18, 19, & 20:  Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday.

9 to 11a.m. …………7 – 12 year olds will meet in the mornings
7 to  9 p.m. ……….13 – 18 year olds will meet in the evenings

Joe Sunderman has enthusiastically agreed to teach our basketball camp again and requested the above dates! We are very grateful for his willingness and availability to us.This year, we are dividing the camp by age, into morning and evening sessions. This will hopefully allow for more individualized attention and specific instruction for various positions on the court. A registration form will be mailed out soon.

If you have any questions, call Sara Schroeder:  (419)234-6712

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As a Coach...

It saddened me to hear the news that Coach John Wooden passed away last week.  I have never met him, but I have studied him and his coaching style and philosophies, and to me (as well as to many others) Coach Wooden was one of the greatest basketball coaches of all times.  I not only respect him for all the great things that he accomplished on the court, but I respect his goals, family life and over all the way that he lived.

As a coach he had only one losing season, that being his very first.  He also set records for most consecutive victories in a row (88); NCAA Championships (10, 7 in a row from ‘67-’73); consecutive tournament games won (38); plus more.  His over-all college record was 664-162, an unbelievable 80.4% winning percentage!  You could list many other stats, records, and details to his 40 year coaching career and they all speak to the amazing coach that he was.

But one of the biggest reasons I have studied his coaching methods in the past few years is that I find I think alike in a lot of the things that he emphasized not only as a coach, but as a mentor to youth.  He saw himself as more then just a coach, he sought to influence  and mentor his players to become all that they could be both on and off the court.  His view of success what not about winning at all cost, but about being the best that “you” possibly could be and giving your all towards accomplishing your best!  If you do your best you are already successful, no matter the outcome.

He lived his life as an example, not demanding from others what he was not willing to live for himself. For example, I love this quote of his “No written word, no oral plea, can teach our youth what they should be; nor all the books on all the shelves, it’s what the teachers are themselves.” He longed for his faith to shine through in everything that he did  and hoped that if he was one day brought to trial for his faith, that he would be convicted.  It is easy to see that his faith was the basis on how he defined himself and it was the foundation and everything else was after that, including basketball.  It wasn’t about the wins, the trophies, the championships or records; it was about glorifying God with everything that he had. [...READ MORE...]

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Open Gyms Start April 6th!

Thanks to the initiative of the Sellers family and the generosity of Lima Community Church, Open Gym is available for Ohio HEAT Eagles families at the Axis Building (of Lima Community Church) address: 2945 N. Cole Street, Lima, OH 45801 every Tuesday from April through July, 2010.

Girls will play from 5:00 – 7:00pm and boys from 7:00 – 9:00pm. Lima Community Church IS NOT supplying basketballs. Please bring your own.

Lima Community Church requires that everyone must bring a signed and notarized Waiver and Liability Release form in order to participate.  Faith Sellers will have forms available on the first Tuesday (April 6) OR you can download the forms here.  Renee Painter will also be there –ONLY at 7:00pm– to notarize forms. Call Renee at: (419)657-6891, if you would like to make other arrangements.

The open gym nights are not official Ohio HEAT events, however Coaches Painter and Davis will be on-location most evenings to offer assistance to those desiring it.  The open gyms are most appropriate for Junior team players and older.  Families are welcome to attend.  Younger children must be accompanied by an adult.  Ohio HEAT is not supplying supervision.

Continued availability of the gym depends on good attendance at the events. Lima Community Church retains the right to use the gym on Tuesday evenings if a Church event requires it.  We will attempt to send an advance e-mail notification if we become aware of a schedule conflict.

Faith Sellers is the contact person for further questions you may have.  You can reach Faith at 419-642-5865.

Hope you are having a wonderful summer!

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Senior Slideshow

Available for download is the Slideshow for the this years seniors.  To view the file just click on the link below. To save this file, just right-click on the link and select ‘Save File’.  NOTE:  The file is in .PDF format, so you mush have Adobe Reader to view the file.

VIEW Senior Slide-show

DOWNLOAD Senior Slide-show

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Ohio Eagles Shutterfly Account

Ohio Eagles now have a Shutterfly account available for you to post pictures and videos to.  This will allow us to share all of the moments of a season (both on and off the court) with the parents and players of the Ohio Eagles!

CLICK HERE to visit our Shutterfly site.  If you want to be added as a member be sure to send us your email address with ‘Please Add to Shutterfly’ in the Subject line!

The direct URL to the site is ohioeagles.shutterfly.com.

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