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| | The Columbus Sharks Organization is a competitive, select baseball team representing Columbus, Ohio. The Sharks were founded in 1996 by Ken Maxwell, Sr. (manager), Joe Fryer, Bill Speaks and Kenny Maxwell, Jr. (coaches). These four were the coaches of the 1995 AAU National Champions from the previous year, and with most players returning, saw fit to reorganize under the Sharks name. The 1996 Sharks team, as 10 year olds, not only repeated as AAU National Champions, but also were the 1996 CABA World Series Champions, a feat never before or since accomplished in the same year. Over the years the Sharks have grown to represent Columbus and surrounding areas in age groups from 9 years old to 18 years old. The Sharks success is based upon a coaching philosophy of teaching the fundamentals and executing them to perfection.
Our MissionThe Columbus Shark coaches are dedicated to quality, championship baseball with a philosophy of building young men with character, discipline, motivation, and organization who understand the "team" concept. Through tough practices and hard work the Sharks become better people as well as better ball players.
Our Policies | | | - No Trash Talking - Let our talent do the talking
- Sportsmanlike Conduct - At all times
- Respect - For Everyone- coaches, teammates, opponents, umpires, and fans
- Have Fun and Keep it in Perspective
- Winning Attitude
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Quick Quotes | | | "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
--Thomas Jefferson "Nine average kids playing as a team will always beat nine stars playing as individuals."
--Jeff Brabant It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts, its what you put into the practices."
--Eric Lindros "Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."
--Frederick Wilcox "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
--Elmer Letterman "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
-- Vince Lombardi "If your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it then you can achieve it" --unknown "There is no glory in practice but without practice, there is no glory"
--unknown "A coach is someone who always makes you do what you do not want to do so to do that you can be who you've always wanted to be"
--unknown
"To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"
--Steve Prefontaine
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog"
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Pain is temporary, pride is forever"
--unknown
"Don't get mad, get better"
--Cindy Bristow
"You have no control over what the other team does, you only have control over what you do"
--AJ Kitt
"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down"
--Mia Hamm
"The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching"
--Anson Dorrance
When you mix skill with love you get a masterpiece!
Think big, believe big, act big and the result will be big! |
Contact Information  - Electronic mail
- General Information: ken@columbussharks.org
Webmaster: melissa@columbussharks.org
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