United States Specialty Sports Association: Welcome
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Welcome to
USSSA
Of Georgia
NEW AND EXCITING THINGS ARE IN
THE WORKS WITH
USSSA FASTPITCH IN GEORGIA FOR 2009
CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR UPDATES
New Format For 2009
No more meaningless pool games
No more playing 6 or 7 back-to-back games in the loser bracket
No more playing until midnight or later
4 Games / One-Day
Teams in each age class will be divided into two groups.
Each team will play three seeded pool games within their group.
The Number One seed in each group will play for Champion/Runner-up.
The Number Two seed and down will play their equal seed for overall Third place down.
Awards for First, Second and Third place.
IF YOUR TEAM IS LOOKING TO
HOLD A FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT,
USSSA OF GA IS HERE TO HELP.
CONTACT US FOR MORE INFO
OUR PROMISES TO YOU IN ALL TOURNAMENTS ARE
PROFESSIONAL UMPIRES
FIELDS MAINTAINED AFTER EVERY GAME
YOU WILL NEVER PLAY 6 OR 7 GAMES IN A ROW WITHOUT A BREAK
NO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE SCHEDULED AFTER 9:00 PM
7 INNING OR 90 MINUTE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
1 HOUR 15 MINUTE BRACKET GAMES
NEVER OVER-BOOK A TOURNAMENT
GAME BALLS ARE FURNISHED
3 & 4 GAME GUARANTEE
ALL Tournaments are World Series Qualifiers.
The top teams in each class receive a berth.
2009 WORLD SERIES LOCATIONS
10U, 12U & 14U---Date TBA-- Orlando, FL / Disney
16U & 18U---TBA
You must play in the State Tournament and one qualifier
to be eligible for the World Series.
USSSA has a great points and ranking system.
Points accumulated throughout the year, seed you in the World Series and you will be recognized to the USSSA softball community of your achievement at the year-end awards ceremony.
When you register your team with USSSA, you get a team page on the website where you can upload pictures, keep track of your points and rankings along with tracking other teams in the state. You can also check results of every game played in each tournament.
For more info about USSSA and a complete listing of
USSSA tournaments
go to:
$30 Sanction Fee online
$25 if paid to Director
You can go to http://www.usssa.com/
to sanction your team, enter your roster, and
have access to everything the USSSA site has to offer.
Mail Entry and/or Sanction fee to:
Ken Herbert (Director)
675 P.J. East Road
Covington, GA 30014
770-787-4257 H
770-652-8875 C
Click on any Link on the left for more info.
The Fastpitch Player
The Fastpitch Player, once upon a time, looked cute as a button dressed in pink, with pony tails. She had tea parties with her stuffed animals and dolls, and she helped Mom bake cookies. She has been, and always will be, Daddy's and Mommy's little girl. The Fastpitch Player today still has the same little girl attributes. The only difference is, she looks cute in her sliders and shorts. If she's wearing ribbons in her hair, they are the team colors. She has become Mommy's and Daddy's little hitter. The Fastpitch Player is proud of how dirty she can get. On a normal family dinner outing, she takes up to an hour primping to get ready, and she still feels somewhat self-conscious. However, between tournament games she'll strut into any restaurant with a streak of dirt across her face, matted sweaty hair, dirt stained shirt, bloody knees and brown socks (that used to be white) in sandals with a toe sticking out, and yell, "Let's eat!!" The Fastpitch Player typically has an extensive wardrobe. She has several old uniforms which she has outgrown but has not discarded because, well you never know. She has several hundred tee shirts and boxer shorts from camps, leagues and tournaments from around the country. When her parents say wear something nice, she wears something from a Regional or National event. The Fastpitch Player needs to get a scholarship, because her parents are broke from spending thousands of dollars paying for camps, Batting clinics, catching clinics, pitching clinics, hotel rooms, out to eat between tournament games, league fees, the new bat, the new glove, etc, etc, etc.... The Fastpitch Player is a fierce competitor. She is willing to stand 40 feet away from a pitcher and take a pitch with a measured reaction time that even a major league ball player would struggle to hit. She might be only 5'2 and 100 pounds (soaking wet) But she'll dig in at 3rd or 1st, 25 feet away from the batter and challenge the hitter to try to drive one past her. The Fastpitch Player has more spirit than any other sport. She'll go home hoarse from cheering and rooting her team on into the final innings. She plays the sport for all the right reasons, she loves the game. She could spend the weekend watching TV or hanging out at the mall with her non-sport friends, because her sport friends are all at a tournament somewhere. But she chooses to spend her weekend in the 100 degree heat, waiting to get into the game. The Fastpitch Player is diligent and hard-working. She knows the value of hard work. She understands that you get out of something what you put in. she is competitive and doesn't give up easily. She learns teamwork and spirit. Most of all she learns to respect all, but fear none.
We hope that all players have a successful and safe season in 2008/2009.
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before."
Great Hitting Videos(Click Link Below)
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Looking for a team or players?
Email me and I will post your ad in our Tryouts section
Webmasters Corner:
COACHES…
Back about 4 or 5 years ago, entry fees for tournaments in Georgia had to be paid a week before the tournament or you did not get in. This guaranteed Directors and teams a tournament without having teams back out 2 or 3 days before and go play elsewhere.Nowadays, there are too many tournaments being run with the “pay at the gate” policy.
It is a great idea but it does not guarantee Directors and teams that all teams originally signed up will show.
As a Tournament Director it is very hard to plan and run a tournament when teams sign up for several tournaments on the same weekend looking to see which tournament has more teams or what teams they may or may not want to play. Another is waiting until the last minute to sign up for the same reasons as above. This is not fair to the Director, the other teams, parents and coaches already signed up.
Most of you have a calendar set by the first of the year. Most associations have their complete season schedule posted in January.Why not sign up for the tournaments early that you are interested in? This will attract other teams, prefill the tournament so you will know well in advance that it will make and what teams are entered & give the Director ample time to organize the tournament.
Let the teams that wait until the last minute get shut-out instead of you having to scramble to find a tournament at the last minute.
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