First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all.  This is a day that should be about spending time with your children, not doing laundry, cleaning, or cooking.  For several, 5 to be exact, I spend my Mother’s day driving to the Poconos for my son’ soccer game.  For whatever reason, they ALWAYS scheduled a game [...]

I came across this piece and I thought I would share it with you.  It was written by Kirk Mango who is also a blogger. Kirks blog includes that, “ Making a difference in the loss of perspective and “winning at all costs” attitudes so prevalent at many levels of sports.  It is a great [...]

We did some research and talked to the people at Sew News Magazine about sun protective fabrics.  We wanted to get to more information to pass it along to you.                    What are sun-protective fabrics? The term “sun protective” describes fabrics specifically designed to protect the skin [...]

As promised, I would report back as to what I saw as far as new colors, style, functionality of the hundreds of girls basketball uniforms I saw the past weekend.  Unfortunately, I did not see anything outstanding!  What I saw was basically the same uniform, different colors, same style.  I did see one whole team [...]

As I head out to a rather large basketball tournament in Chicago today, I am thinking I will see all sorts of uniforms.  There are going to be 250 teams, all girls.  I will look at the styles, colors, and functionality of the uniforms.   It is one thing to see the local flare in [...]

We all know that having your kids play sports doesn’t just involve getting them to practice and games, parents also need to contribute time in various forms.  Fundraising and volunteering somehow always creep into your schedule once your kids become part of a team.  Have you ever noticed that it is almost always the same [...]

Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity. – Vince Lombardi Well said.  Recently, a friend of mine was telling me about her daughter’s new soccer team.  She began the story with how grateful they are to be part of the ” [...]

What happens when one of your athletes gets put on a higher level team?  It’s a good thing right, it means that they worked hard to move up?  Sometimes, but other times, it is because another athlete on the higher team asked to be moved down.  There can be many reasons why they would asked [...]

We did some research here at Chicks Play Sports on the Easter dinner and the traditions that come with it.   Here is some of the information we found, and we would like to wish all of of our readers a happy Easter.  Be thankful for where you are, what you have, and who is in [...]

Arguably the biggest sporting event in 2012 is the Summer Olympics in London. From the spectacle of the opening ceremonies to the Queen’s attendance at some athletic events, all eyes will be on the athletes. According to Colorcombos.com, for 2012, the winner from among so many potential candidates is juicy Tangerine Tango. However, this vivacious [...]