Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
Game On! Northeast Ohio WEEK 6
Dear Game On! Families:

It is just hard to believe how fast the weeks have flown by. And think about how much we have accomplished throughout, ranging from learning and practicing sports skills, discussing sports terms and strategies, and actually playing the games to Game On! Girl Team Talk, women pro athlete features, water wars, and our silly minute-to-win-it challenges. We barely sat still. No doubt each camper gained confidence and understanding while making new friends and creating memories.

 

We can't thank you enough for sharing your precious daughters with Game On! over the past 6 weeks. Your trust and support mean the world to us.


It just so happens that in addition to our summer 2015 photo album, we are able to offer you a special look back that will help fuel all of those special memories.


 

Enjoy our Game On! Summer 2015 Memories Video. 


So much fun, and a whole lotta smiles! 
Here is a  VIDEO SYNOPSIS of camp, Game On! style. 
 
Game On! Ohio Summer Memories 2015
Game On! Ohio Summer Memories 2015

 

 

Our goal for summer 2016 is to run 5 or 6 weeks strong. If you feel your camper grew as an athlete and a person, and just as important had a blast, we would so appreciate your help in creating that "word of mouth" that is so crucial to our growth. We will be marketing hard throughout the school year. Any help you can provide will be so appreciated.


 

Rest assured we will stay in touch throughout the year as we bonded with your campers. Of course we will want to hear from you as well - please share your campers' accomplishments and proud moments both on and off the field.

 

With great care,


 

The Game On! Staff - Chanel, Nicole, Sarah, Barb & Sara
 

The Highlight Reel
Replays of camp this week:

Cleveland tennis
Learning proper forehand and backhand technique leads to more confident tennis players

Cleveland LaCross
Throwing and catching in Lacrosse

Cleveland Volley
Mastering the pass or bump in volleyball


Challenge Course Friday - a great end to a great week

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Coming Attractions

 

Didn't get enough 

Game On! 

this summer? 

 

Good!!

 

School Year Clinics 

& Events

are coming your way!!!

 

 

 

Stay Tuned....


Weekly Skill Summary

Tennis:      Forehand & Backhand Volleys
Basketball: Defense, Layups
Softball:     Throwing & Catching, Batting
Lacrosse:   Quick Stick, Catching, Throwing
Volleyball:  Passing, Bumping, Setting, Serving
Soccer:       Passing, Dribbling, Shooting
Fitness:      Cardio, Core


YES, we challenged the more advanced to go that one step further. YES, we worked closely with the many who were new to the sport. YES, we gave everyone the opportunity to feel progress, thereby increasing confidence and a love for the game.


"Healthier Me" 
Topics of the Week
ABC Healthier Me 
-Eating Healthy
-Fitness - Exercising
-Believing in Yourself

The Coaches Corner

The Dangers of "Dieting"
for our young athletes


 

For years, my angel of a pediatrician warned me about the dangers of putting kids on a diet. We had many conversations on this topic because I was always amazed at the dietary restrictions related to calories and nutritional content (sugar, starch, fats...) that came along with some of my kids' friends. Mind you that these kids were active and athletic. Their menus always made me wonder if I was wrong to be so liberal with meal choices for my kids - to this day, they love my pasta!


 

The advice from my pediatrician was always full of logic and very applicable and worthy of repeating for this blog. In essence, with regard to athletic young girls, my kids' doc, in no uncertain terms, analogized the act of restricting diets to committing a crime. She would say, "you take calories away, you belong behind bars. By starving you are depriving and weakening."


 

Now I can clarify that the term dieting as used above involved the purposeful limiting of calories as distinguished from teaching and offering a balanced meal plan. My kids' pediatrician never advocated against offering a variety of foods that included fruits and veggies. In fact, to this day, she is very supportive of helping the parents of her young patients to strike that balance as well as fight off the temptation to go crazy on portion sizes. Clearly she has always been careful to separate healthy eating habits from putting your kids on a diet.


 

So, how about the young athletic girls who are overweight and possibly even obese? What would my wise pediatrician say to this? With regard to obesity (overweight to an unhealthy extent), yes, parents should consult their pediatricians and/or nutritionists to carve out a diet that still provides the nutritional daily needs while carefully restricting calorie intake. But that diet is far from one that borders on starvation. These are active girls who still require energy. You severely curtail their energy, you risk relatively poor sports performance levels that can contribute to a decrease in confidence. Their self-esteem is truly at stake here, both from the standpoint of body image and ability to perform.


 

For some athletic girls, you must consider that their contributions to team play or reputation on the circuit count more towards the all-important self-esteem than having that culture-promoted, coveted svelte body. And what about the deflating situation when these girls are at a birthday party for example and when the cake is distributed, fictional Susie is the only one denied because of diet? No one said these issues would be easy to resolve.


 

I would be remiss if I did not include the opposite situation, also common, which presents the skinny or slender athlete coaxed into believing that she can or should not eat for fear of putting on unwanted weight. This too is a very serious situation that demands attention. The emotional and psychological barriers to eating enough to maintain a healthy diet must be delicately addressed by experts. It is all about changing attitudes and habits that will fulfill the first priority, good health, while preventing a quantum leap in weight that will destroy her sports performance and self esteem. Gradual change that will permit the easiest adjustment possible is best for the athlete.


 

The key here is balance. Generally speaking, balance is hard to define. On a case by case/athletic girl by athletic girl basis, balancing nutritional requirements for proper growth and development, energy needs, caloric intake, and self esteem is doable. It takes patience, understanding and the guidance of the appropriate experts.


 

Appreciate hearing your thoughts and experiences.