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the bike just wouldn't make the turn....
I've heard that on occassion, even had a few riders ask me about cornering and why their bike "wouldn't make the turn". This came up again at the BMW shop where I work part time. I was cleaning up a K1300GT that had obviously taken a ride through the tall weeds into a field. According to the shop owner, the rider had said it wouldn't make the turn. When he described where it happened, I said "that is no brainer turn at 60, could probably easily do it well over that."
Shop owner said, "if the pegs or some other part aren't dragging through the turn, the bike WILL make the turn." True, as long as the road is clean, decent tires, as long as the rider has some ability, the bike WILL easily make it. The rider chooses NOT to make it, by actual choice, or by brain fart, or by panic/freeze mode on the grips. Probably expains a lot of those left laners on the Dragon, same for the ones photographed off into the trees.
I remember the first time on a real racetrack how surprised I was at the effort needed to turn an otherwise easy handling motorcycle at high speeds. It is alarming.
We had an accident along those lines with the vintage motorcycle club of which I eventually became el Presidente. Moral of the story the ride leader on that ride began preaching countersteering. Try it. It takes some practice, but in an emergency situation you can firmly control that bike to the point where the pegs or the cylinder heads (in the case of a BMW) are on the ground.
Practicing counter steering,the only way a bike turns is counter steering.
Guys just dont know they're doing it.
I think if riders never push all that hard on corners to get a feel for what going fast is like,when a corner does come up too fast they freeze up and off the road they go. Corners are the fun part but only if ridecraft is up and working.
It can almost always be saved,but once the eyes are looking somewhere besides around the corner its over,better be some soft dirt.
Turn your head, look where you want to go, press on the handgrip. The MSF is right.
I would also suspect that this rider had a problem with his outside arm fighting what his inside arm is doing. I don't know if it's a psychological thing or simply natural muscle tension, but my riding got so much better when I started to concentrate on keeping my outside arm 'loose' while turning. It was like getting an all-new, much sportier bike when I learned that trick.
Is there a 'fog line' on that corner? I know a lot of people use the fog line to focus on as they go around the curve... no line and some people find something else to stare at. Sometimes it's a fixed point as in, don't hit the tree, watch out for the tree, don't hit the... oh shit! :eek1
This is one of the things that can happen to motorcyclists who suddenly find themselves far outside their experience. Our monkey brains aren't born with the equipment to respond correctly to the unnatural or artificial sensory inputs of motorcycling. Unless a rider has deliberately learned and practiced the correct reactions, our built-in monkey reflexes (bodily reactions to "falling", flinching away from perceived danger, visually fixating on danger, etc.) will take over.
For the complete explanation, look up the term "survival reactions" in the "Twist of the Wrist" books from Keith Code.
The poor alternative is for the rider to shift body weight to the inside of the turn direction to handle limited centrifugal force (not hanging off, but an unconscious shoulder lean), then steer the bike around the turn. This works but is very limiting. This is one good reason why, "the bike can't make the turn." This is one case where the arms are trying to wrestle the bike around the turn, and it just won't go and maintain balance.
A less poor alternative is to do the usual hidden countersteer where upper body movements push the arms for a secret countersteer--which the rider vehemently denies, 'cuz everybody knows you can't turn left by steering right!
And, of course, the correct way where the bike is steered the "wrong" way to make it lean, then the front wheel drops into the turn to actually get the bike turning for the curve--after the bike is steered right for a left turn and leans to the left, the front wheel turns to the left to make the turn. It is so empowering to feel for the first time tightening the turn radius by pushing forward on the inside grip.
Yup. I found that I could switch between countersteering and "conventional" riding pretty easily, but at the end of a long trip on a bike with relatively narrow handlebars my arms and shoulders would be dead tired. Much easier to countersteer a big GS BMW than a K1100RS or a K100RS, which originally had some seriously narrow bars fitted.
Target fixation
In almost every case I have known, of a bike not "turning", the rider had target fixation. He looked where he didn't want to go rather than where he wanted to go. Had he done everything right the bike would have low sided.
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June 2014-30 days Oregon to Vermont and back
My fiancée and I are getting married in June of 2014 then going on a 30 day ride from Bend, Oregon to Vermont and back to Oregon.
Our possible route there may be like this. OR, ID, NV, UT or AZ, CO or NM, OK, AR, TN, VA or KY, WV, PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH, VT.
Haven't even thought about the return route yet, we are in the very begining of the planning stages.
What we are looking for. Back roads dirt or paved. Rural communities. Twisty county roads. The backbone of America. To stay off interstates.
A little about us. We both are experienced riders that average 10k+ a year of on and off road riding. We love camping. When I say camping, I mean throwing a bag on the ground under the stars by a creek in the woods or the desert, not a developed campground.
We are well equipped with all the gear to be self supported for a day, week, month, or years off our bikes, and are very experienced using it.
I ride a freshly rebuilt plated Honda XR600R, LittlePosum rides a Suzuki DRZ400S.
Yes we're doing this on dirt bikes.
Yes we're both a little crazy, that's why we're together!
I'm starting this thread to try and find those hidden spots across the country.
I'm not really interested in the TAT, except for maybe some parts in AR, and TN.
Prefer to plan our own rides and find places that no one really ever talks about.
I appreciate any input!
One more thing, I've travelled by car from coast to coast several times now and have always wanted to do it by bike. I know how much you miss just being on the interstates! That said I also realize how long of a journey this will be!
You're never lost till you run out of gas....
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Map suggestions
Good maps for the states of OK, AR, TN, KY, VW, VA.
Any one have particular ones they like? I've requested the DOT ones from each of those states, but I'm sure I'm going to want more detail then they provide.
Looking for maps that give detailed local info. Kind of like the Benchmark brand we have for most of the western states. http://www.benchmarkmaps.com/products-page/folded-maps/
I really like the DeLorme maps, but they're not available (I think) in the cheaper foldable maps and at around $20 each that would get really expensive buying 25+ atlases. Plus having to carry them!
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I'm in western pa and have spent over 25 years exploring OH,PA,NY,VT,NH,WV,VA. Just too many great routes, you really have an endless array of possibilities. I think the perfect route would take you north-south up through WV, into central PA, and then into NY, through the Adirondacks, then into VT and NH, kinda just following the spine of the Appalachians. you can then circle back south, through MA, eastern CT, back through the catskills, down through PA, a bit of MD and then into VA a ways before turning west.
lot's of great dirt forest roads and paved county roads. as for camping, the east isn't as easy to just plop down beside a creek as the west, a bit more population here, but if you stay in the national and state forest areas, you should be ok, as most allow dispersed camping, though some areas say you need a permit. don't know how often these areas are patrolled, so if you come in late and leave early, you probably won't have a problem, besides, your' from out of town, easy to just play dumb and say you didn't know.
If you narrow down your route a bit, I can be more specific on roads, cool towns, eateries, etc.
sounds like a great trip!
as for maps, the delorme atlas's are great, but yeah, expensive and bulky. great for research though.
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Thanks for the reply bikerfish!
A little more background and why we are choosing this east coast route.
The route we need to take once we get through TN needs to bring us to NJ.
I have family there, in fact was born there and lived in NJ until I was 13. My family then moved to VT where I lived until I moved to OR in 1996 at the age of 23. Also have family to visit in RI and LittlePosum has never been to NYC.
I'm still waiting for maps to be delivered so its a rough plan right now but it goes something like this.
Leave my dad's place in Tulsa, OK and head for the Ozarks. We plan to take our time as much as possible in all theses states. Work our way through AR into TN. Go through TN and into VA. Up into WV and into Central PA. Then head for the masses!
We never set an exact route when we travel. But we do choose a corridor and stick within about 100 miles of it depending on local info.
Pretty good at stealth camping!
This plan will take a little bit of time to evolve, it will help a lot when we start getting ordered maps in the mail. In the meantime, we've been reading as many ride reports as possible from these areas! Looks awesome!
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gotcha. you can still hit some great stuff in VA and WV and central PA before turning east to NJ. to head north from there, I'd go around NYC, some great little roads in the catskills, then back into CT or MA, lots of great riding and towns in the Berkshires.
For central PA, contact the pa DCNR, you should be able to get forest service maps of all the state forests you want to go through, probably for free. they are good maps.
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So it looks like we will go through the Catskills on our way to RI.
Pretty much cruising through NV,UT,and CO on state highways and county roads. Why? Those western states are only a day away for us and we've seen much of them. Easy for us to get back to them. Those central and eastern states, well, they're a bit more involved to get to.
Plus neither one of us have been to the southern ones. Damn Yankees!
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People spend a lifetime doing what you plan to do in 30 days, so pretty hard to narrow down what you should see, or where you should go during that small a period. just one of things that makes this such a great country.
To help narrow it down......are there some things that either of you, or both of you, are really interested in? Thinking such things as railroads, art museums, civil war history, musicians or certain types of music, certain authors, etc?
Combining visits to places with a certain theme makes planning a trip easier IMO.
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The 2003 film of the same name by Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksei Popogrebsky follows the journey of a father and son as they try to reach Koktebel from Moscow.
Koktebel was known as a vacation spot for writers in the Soviet Union. It is also famous for its brandy, its hang-gliding and its naturist beach, largest in the former USSR.
Nowadays, Koktebel fills up in the summer with tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Rubles and dollars are readily exchanged in kiosks along the beaches. There is a mixture of public beaches and private beaches with a paved walkway all along the bay. This walkway is lined with small restaurants, cafes, kiosks, and small market areas selling arts and crafts, dried fish, or slices of home-baked cake. In the evening, the beachfront comes alive with many small discos offering music, beer and shashlik. The cuisine is predominantly Tatar but Russian and Ukrainian food is also on offer. There are boat excursions, horse-riding and trips to a nearby monastery or to the cognac factory. Accommodation is either in a small hotel or in one of the hundreds of guesthouses run by local residents. It seems as though the whole population has turned into innkeepers in the summer.
Koktebel is nowadays also well known for its jazz festival that usually takes place in the middle of September. It lures the attention of jazz-lovers from the whole ex-USSR. Cast from the festival in past years included De-Phazz, Nino Katamadze, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham and many other famous jazz and world music performers. But the festival's 2014th edition will be held in Zatoka and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (both in Odessa Oblast).[3]
- ^ This place is located on the Crimean Peninsula, most of which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine. According to the political division of Russia, located on the peninsula are the federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol). According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, located on the peninsula are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol).
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Koktebel Jazz Festival's 2014 venue is Odesa, Interfax-Ukraine (10 June 2014)
External links[edit]
- Media related to Category:Koktebel at Wikimedia Commons
- Koktebel.net - Map of the place Koktebel


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MONTREAL- SEPTEMBER 24: Tim Thomas #30 of the Boston Bruins makes a glove save on the puck without his stick during their NHL Preseason game on September 24, 2009 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images)
The Boston Bruins are hoping they can take advantage of the shortened season with a veteran team that's largely the same as last year. The big difference is the absence of goalie Tim Thomas, who has decided to sit out a season. The team has placed the two-time Vezina Trophy winner on the suspended list. That means Tuukka Rask is the No. 1 goalie for now. Rask had the job in 2010 when Thomas struggled with a hip injury. The Bruins were the defending Stanley Cup champions when they won the Northeast Division last year. But were bounced from the playoffs in the first round in seven games by the Washington Capitals.
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creating a smooth tonal range
i wish i had a sample of my work to post, as it would really help describing this problem, but...here goes.
when i'm painting in oil, i don't have a problem creating smooth transitions between tones when i'm using monochrome (lately i've been using prussian blue mixed with varying degrees of white) but i seem to have problems creating the same smoothness with different colors, i.e. a recent experiment was prussian blue for the dark tone, yellow ochre for the middle and white for the highlights. i'm just not getting the same smooth transition between colors when i'm blending. this sucks because i am trying to use actual colors. this is sort of difficult to describe, so i hope someone can shed some light!
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This might be because yellow ochre and prussian blue are near compliments: blue/ orange, and tend to create a neutral color that might not be blending well with the two you used to create it. I've never blended those two colors together but I can only advise to create "steps" of mixtures instead of just blending them on the canvas like I assume you are doing. For example a 25/ 75 mix of yellow ochre and prussian, then 50/50, then a 75/25, which would be the brightest before yellow ochre and use those to aid the blending process.
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For those of you not familiar with 'The Feeling' is it basicly a series of blogs where I put a spotlight on some, in my case, oldschool games that I used to (and still do) love and play from one end to the other... and back again in my early years of gaming.
Now explaining it in detail would take up half the blog post, so feel free to check out my introduction where there's a lot more to be found.
And why not start where it all started?... Lets do that. Now I can't talk big about being one of those 80's gamers who saw the rise of Nintendo cause my life as a gamer first started back in 1993. I was only a few years old then and my experience with video games were, safe to say, very limited as it is with most kids that age. I did, however, had some gaming background in me before I got a game I could finally call my own.
My older brother, who's 8 years ahead of me, had been confirmated that same year and in present did he get one of the wildest computer's you could ask for back then, at least as far as we knew. I don't remember much about the PC itself, except it had Windows 3.1, a 60 mhz processor, 8Mb of RAM and came with one of those old, nicotine yellow monitors that took up half of your desk space. Trust me - it was a monster!
My brother weren't really a gamer in the sense of the word. I'm not really sure why, but it seemed like it never really caught he's interest to the point of actually buying and expanding his collection, he just liked to play now and then and luckily did he have a good friend who supplied him with all sorts of games (and naughty 3-color pictures) on floppy disks. Yup, some of the first games I ever had my hands on were a bunch of DOS games played on that machine.
Opened had a new world and boy did I love it. I clearly remember sitting behind my brother whenever he had friends over, just to get a glimpse of what was happening on the screen. When I finally, on one of those rare occasions, got around to actually play the games did it feel like heaven!... Though I was more often told to get the f... out... unfortunately.
Christmas was right around the corner that year, but I don't remember wishing me any games since I had my brothers computer to play on. However, that would soon turn out to change. From being the little guy sitting behind my brother, begging to play, did I get my very own and first console - the original Nintendo Gameboy in a present from my mother. While I didn't exactly go all N64 kid (and started ordering games from Blogbuster) was I, nevertheless, extremely surprised and exaggerated at the same time.
Battletoads was developed and released by Rare for the Gameboy in 1993 (NES 91), and is undoubtly one of the hardest games I have ever played. Despite being insanely difficult did I love the game. The story took place around the battletoad Zitz who needs to rescue his two best friends Rash and Pimple with a helping hand from professor T. Bird and his spaceship The Vulture.
The game was a classic 2D beat-em-up and featured a trial and error type of gameplay (also seen in Megaman) where you had to memorize the whole thing if you wanted to make it through the second level. The enemy army were obscure and featured a wide arrange of different foes. Axe-wielding pigs and rats with mohawks were just some of the stuff you could encounter. It took patience and reflexes which resulted in the fact that I never got around to the part where you actually have to rescue your two friends.
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The phone rang. It was brother Mike again. "I called Coco," he started. (He sounded mighty self-righteous.) "Asked her about the boiled eggs."
"She did both. She put some in waxed paper bags and chopped some up and put 'em in the tuna salad. So we were both right."
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"Well, OK," he said. "She used sweet pickle relish. But I like dill relish better."
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"Sam!" Aunt Irma was calling. "I finally read that book you wrote."
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I was waiting for her to tell me what a great read it was and how wonderful the writing was and how great the characters were and how much it meant to her and how the food in the book brought back bittersweet memories and ...
"That story about the farm's all wrong. Uncle Pete says he only had that old sow and the piglets for a year. That was the year the hay wagon burned. Remember? Not the year you boys fished out the pond and kept us in the kitchen frying up those durned sunfish."
"Right," I said.
"And you messed up that story about the white sauce. I put nutmeg in mine. Mamie made it plain. She hated nutmeg. You got the whole thing backwards."
"Yes ma'am," I said. "Sorry."
"And why didn't you put in my story about the rabbit? That's the best story -- way better than a lot of the ones you put in. I tell it all the time. Everybody loves it. I can't believe you left it out."
"Yes ma'am. Sorry."
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Sites of the 2016 ASA/USA National Championships were selected at
the 83rd Annual ASA Meeting held in November in Reno, Nevada. A full
list of all 2016 sites will be posted in the coming weeks. The 2016
ASA/USA National Championship locations are as follows:
ASA at 2014 USA/ASA Nationals
Teams from around the state traveled to ASA National
Championships from cost-to-cost in late-July/early August. Click on
the links below to see how they did.
Make sure to
get the latest results on Georgia teams at National Championships at
Facebook and
Twitter pages.
Georgia ASA Fans and Photographers: We want your photos!
We're in the need of some photos to share on our Web page, Facebook
and Twitter, Can you send us some?
Please upload them easily and directly using the following links:
2014 States (all age groups):
2014 State Photos
18-Gold Nationals:
Upload 18-Gold Nationals Photos
16-Gold Nationals:
Upload 16-Gold Nationals Photos HERE
Upload 18-USA/ASA National Photos HERE
Upload 16-USA/ASA National Photos HERE
Upload 14-USA/ASA National
Photos HERE
Upload 12-USA/ASA National Photos HERE
10-USA/ASA Nationals:
Upload 10-USA/ASA National Photos HERE
18-Eastern ASA Nationals:
Upload 18-Eastern National Photos HERE
14-Southern ASA Nationals:
Upload 14-Southern National Photos HERE
Or if you'd prefer, you may e-mail them to
firstname.lastname@example.com (just let
us know what the photos are from)
See an example of the finish product of what we already have from
the 2014
Georgia ASA State Tournament
Thanks for the photos!
Georgia Power DeMarini's Newton Earns ASA J.O. Player of the Week
Hannah Newton (Peachtree,
Ga.) led the Georgia Power DeMarini Gold with dominating
performances in the circle earning her the 12th ASA Junior Olympic
(JO) Player of the Week award, presented by Worth Fastpitch and
StudentSports.com. Announced today by the Amateur Softball
Association (ASA)/USA Softball, the ace pitcher amassed 25 innings
while allowing just two runs on four hits, one walk and struck out
31 opposing batters.
Its an honor to be selected as the National ASA Player of the
Week, said Newton. My teammates and coaches are winners of this
just as much as I am. Ive played for my coaches since I was little
and theres no way I would be where I am now as a player without
them or my team around me.
Newton has an 18-2 record on the season with an ERA of less than 1
and a 0.56 walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) average. She
has recorded 179 strikeouts in 131 innings in the circle. The
starting pitcher is in her fifth year with the Georgia Power
DeMarini Gold and holds an 11-1 record in ASA Nationals (14-Under
2010, 2011 and 16-Under 2012, 2013). Last week, Newton and her
Georgia Power DeMarini Gold team are competing at the ASA/USA
18-Under GOLD National in Oklahoma City.
Hannahs not a pitcher thats going to blow anyone away with her
speed but she has great movement, said Georgia Power DeMarini Gold
Head Coach Ernie Yarbrough. She always wants the ball and thats
all you can ask of a pitcher. Shes never missed a turn in six years
playing for me. She has always been there. Hannah is very deserving
of ASA (JO) Player of the Week.
Established to recognize JO players 18 years or younger for
outstanding play in an ASA/USA sanctioned event, the ASA/USA
Softball JO Player of the Week will honor 14 athletes, male or
female, from May 9 - August 8 following the conclusion of the ASA/USA
JO National Championships. Nominations will be taken on a
week-by-week basis (see below schedule) and will be submitted and
accepted through http://www.studentsports.com/softball/2014/02/12/asa-player-week-form/
until noon ET every Tuesday. In order to be eligible for the award,
athletes must be registered with their local ASA/USA association and
must have participated in ASA/USA Softball sanctioned events or
tournaments during the week nominated.
ASA Crowns 2014 State Champions
Congratulations to all five J.O. Class A teams who were crowned
Georgia ASA Champions!
Teams from all over Georgia competed around the state the
weekend of July 11-13. Each age group
first participated in pool play before moving on to the double
elimination bracket ... similar format to the ASA/USA National
Championships many teams will compete in at the end of the month. Completed brackets
and some team photos are listed below. Thanks
to all players, coaches, umpires, tournament staff and fans for a
wonderful championship weekend.
Photos from the weekend. Do you have photos to share?
the ASA Umpire Mobile App
Stay on top of the game by learning the Official Rules of Softball,
as published by the Amateur Softball Association of America. Now
available for iOS (iPhones/iPads) and for Android devices, find out
how ASA's Apps can help you learn the rules of softball. You can
download ASA's Apps
Clarification on Electronic Cigarettes
The official interpretation by the ASA National Office is an
electronic cigarette or personal vaping device is deemed as a
tobacco product. If a state, city or private complex has a more
stringent law on the books than that law must be followed.
A reminder to
players, coaches, umpires and fans on the mention of tobacco
products in the ASA Code and Official Rule Book of Softball:
Junior Olympic Championship Play
The ASA Code in Article 310 General Regulations of Championship
Play, G Junior Olympic General Regulations 02 states the following:
Use of Tobacco Products. The use of any tobacco products is
prohibited at all Junior Olympic Tournaments.
The Official Rules of Softball in Rule 5, The Game, Section 12,
Dugout Conduct, C states:
(JO Only) The use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products is
prohibited at all Junior Olympic Championships.
Effect: The first offense is a team warning. Any repeated offense
shall result in the ejection of that team member.
Adult Championship Play
The Official Rules of Softball in Rule 5, The Game, Section 12,
Dugout Conduct, B states;
Adult: Participants may not smoke or use alcohol beverages inside
the dugout or on the field.
A reminder to
players, coaches, umpires and fans on the mention of tobacco
products in the ASA Code and Official Rule Book of Softball:
Junior Olympic Championship Play
The ASA Code in Article 310 General Regulations of Championship
Play, G Junior Olympic General Regulations 02 states the following:
Use of Tobacco Products. The use of any tobacco products is
prohibited at all Junior Olympic Tournaments.
The Official Rules of Softball in Rule 5, The Game, Section 12,
Dugout Conduct, C states:
(JO Only) The use of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products is
prohibited at all Junior Olympic Championships.
Effect: The first offense is a team warning. Any repeated offense
shall result in the ejection of that team member.
Adult Championship Play
The Official Rules of Softball in Rule 5, The Game, Section 12,
Dugout Conduct, B states;
Adult: Participants may not smoke or use alcohol beverages inside
the dugout or on the field.
Deputy State UIC Position Announced
Congratulations to Rick
Hearn, who was announced the new Deputy State Umpire-in-Chief at the
State Umpire Clinic on January 25 in Douglasville. Rick will assist the State UIC,
Jimmy Derrick,
in performance of his duties and to take over full responsibilities of the State of
Georgia UIC in the future. Rick's former position of Georgia ASA Assistant
Umpire-in-Chief will be filled in the coming months.
Georgia ASA
Shines at ASA Nationals
Georgia ASA had a tremendous showing by the 61 teams who
participated in ASA/USA National Championships and the Territory
Nationals including two USA/ASA National Champions and two Territory
National Champions. Below are the eight teams (13% of Georgia ASA
teams at Nationals) who placed in the top three of their respective
tournaments. Great job by all participants all year and the powerful
showing on the national stage. You all represent Georgia ASA very
well and make us proud.
Vipers - Berry: 16A National Champions!
to the
Atlanta Vipers - Berry who were crowned 2013 ASA/USA 16A
National Champions! The team went undefeated through the winners'
brackets, averaging 10.4 runs per game, outscoring their opponents
83-26-7 in eight games, including
a 9-5 win over Lady magic of Sacramento, CA in the Championship
Game. Georgia ASA had 11 teams in the field of 138 teams competing at ASA's top JO tournament held in
Sunnyvale, CA. The Atlanta Vipers - Berry join Georgia ASA's
Atlanta Vipers - Giles who won the
18-Gold National title the previous week.
Were you at the
16A in California? We'd love to see your photos. Please
to the Georgia ASA SmugMug site so we can share your photos
with everyone.
to Georgia ASA's two ASA/USA National Champions: Atlanta Vipers -
Berry and Atlanta Vipers - Giles.!
16A National Championship: Sunnyvale, CA |
Pool Bracket |
Winners' Bracket |
Losers' Bracket |
Stats |
GA ASA Photos |
Vipers - Giles: 18-Gold National Champions!
to the
Atlanta Vipers - Giles who were crowned 2013 ASA/USA 18-Gold
National Champions! The team went undefeated through the winners'
brackets, outscoring their opponents 33-7 in seven games, including
a 3-2 win over Wagners Gold - Dunn of Oviedo, FL in the Championship
Game. Georgia ASA had five teams in the field of 64 competing at
ASA's top JO tournament held in Clearwater, FL. The 18-Gold is the
second 18-Gold crown for Georgia ASA since the
East Cobb Bullets won the National Title in 2010.
ASA Teams at USA/ASA National Championships
Fifty teams from across Georgia are participating in ASA/USA
National Championships from cost-to-cost this week. Be sure to keep
up with our updates on Georgia teams via Facebook and Twitter. Are
you attending one of these tournaments? Please upload your pictures
and videos via the links below so we can share your pictures with
the Georgia ASA community. We're looking for action shots, candid
photos ... share your pics at Nationals. Information on each
National Championship is listed below. Good luck to all the players,
coaches, umpires and fans representing Georgia ASA this week.
ASA Crowns 2013 State Champions
Congratulations to all five J.O. Class A teams who were crowned
Georgia ASA Champions!
Teams from all over Georgia will be competed in Marietta
(12A and 16A), Calhoun (10A and 18A) and Forsyth County (14A) the
weekend of July 12-14. Each age group
first participated in pool play before moving on to the double
elimination bracket ... similar format to the ASA/USA National
Championships they will compete in at the end of the month. Photos
of the winners and some completed brackets are listed below. Thanks
to all players, coaches, umpires, tournament staff and fans for a
wonderful championship weekend.
Cress Announced as Next National Executive Director of ASA
The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) and USA Softball Board of
Directors announced today the selection of Craig Cress (Edmond,
Okla.) as the next Executive Director for the National Governing
Body (NGB) of Softball in the United States. Cress, who currently
serves as the associations Director of Membership Services since
May 2002, will begin duties as Executive Director effective November
15, 2013 at the ASA/USA Annual Council Meeting in Oklahoma City.
Click here for more on the story.
Happy 80th
Birthday ASA!
From its humble beginnings, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)
of America and USA Softball has become one of the nations leading
sports organizations. As the association celebrates its past 80
years in 2013, numerous individuals have helped make ASA/USA
Softball the nations foremost softball organization.
Here, we salute those who played a vital role
in the first decade of ASA/USA Softballs history.
Certification Mark for Slow Pitch Bats Manufactured in 2013 and
A new Certification Mark
will be used on all future bat models manufactured FOR THE GAME OF
SLOW PITCH for 2013 and beyond. The new certification mark will look
like the image to the right (ASA Shield). The current 2000 and 2004
Certification Marks will continue to be valid Marks for the existing
Slow Pitch bats, while any new models produced by the manufacturers
will display the new Certification Mark. All bats currently listed
on the approved bat lists will remain legal for ASA/USA Softball
play. ASA/USA Softball will continue to perform random testing of
all approved models to verify conformance of the approved bat
performance standard and any model found out of compliance could be
added to the non-approved list. All models currently listed on the
non-approved list will not be allowed in ASA/USA Softball play.
Please note, there will NOT be any changes for Certification Mark
and Test Standard for all bats used in the game of ASA/USA Fast
Pitch Softball for the 2013 season. The current 2000 and 2004
Certification Marks will continue to be the appropriate Marks for
Fast Pitch, and any new models produced by the manufacturers will
continue to display the 2004 Certification Mark.
Clarification: If the new ASA stamp is on the bat, it CANNOT be used
in the game in fast pitch, but it CAN be used in the game of slow
For more information on Certified Equipment,
click here. | ASA YouTube
Certification Marks |
Fast Pitch Bats |
Slow Pitch Bats
ASA Awarded A National Championship in 2015
Georgia ASA was awarded the 2015 ASA/USA 12A Girls' Fast Pitch
Southern National Championship in Columbus, GA at the
81st Annual ASA National Council Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK in
mid-November, 2013. Columbus will host the tournament July 29, 2015 - August 2,
2015 at the site of the 1996 Olympics for Softball.
Many J.O.
Fast Pitch Class "A" teams from around Georgia will be working toward a
National Title in 2015. The USA/ASA Class "A" National Locations for
2014 are as follows:
Click HERE for a full list of 2015 National
Georgia ASA is
preparing to host two ASA National Championship this year (2013):
Many J.O.
Fast Pitch Class "A" teams from around Georgia will be working toward a
National Title in 2014. The USA/ASA Class "A" National Locations for
2014 are as follows:
Click HERE for a full list of 2014 National
Georgia ASA Qualifying Procedures for Georgia Association Berth
Download the
2013 Georgia ASA Qualifying Procedures for
Georgia Association Berth Tournaments document. This will tell you
everything you need to know before the Georgia Association Berth
Tournament and what to do after your teams earns its berth. Please
note, these are for Georgia ASA Association Berth Tournaments ONLY.
Rules to Qualify for 2013 State Tournament
1. Teams must participate
in at least two ASA sanctioned tournaments in order to enter the
2013 ASA State Tournament.
2. Teams that wish to participate in one of the ASA Territory
National Championships must participate in at least two qualifiers
and the ASA state tournament.
Georgia ASA Creates Facebook and Twitter
Pages for Georgia ASA UMPIRES
Umpires: Now you have a Facebook page dedicated to Georgia
ASA umpires ... as well as a Georgia
ASA Umpires Twitter Page.
After a successful first year with the Georgia
ASA Association Facebook and Association
Twitter pages in 2010, which
generated over 850 followers, Georgia ASA decided to extended the new
form of communication to umpires. The original Association Facebook and
Twitter pages will still be heavily active with status updates/tweets
on tournaments, rules, national berths, web site updates, meetings,
photos, video and more. Umpire information will still be posted on the
existing association sites, but the new umpire sites will allow for
more in-depth umpire-centric content. The new umpire sites will, of
course, be tailored for Georgia ASA Umpires, but anyone is welcome (and
encouraged) to "Like It" on Facebook or become a "Follower" on Twitter.
We look forward to seeing you as on our new Social Media sites!
ASA Launches J.O. Coaches' Accountability Program
Georgia ASA has instituted the Georgia ASA Coaches'
Accountability Program for unsporting behavior which results in the
coach being ejected. This is effective beginning April 1, 2010 for all
Georgia ASA Events, including Association Berth Tournaments, National
Qualifiers, Region Tournaments, Territory Tournaments, Friendly, and
any other event that utilizes ASA certified and sanctioned umpires. Download
the details of the Georgia
ASA Coaches' Accountability Program here. Any
questions, please contact Georgia ASA
Commissioner, Al Dattolo.
ASA Crowns 2012 State Champions
from all around Georgia competed for the Class
"A" and Class "C" Titles over the past few weeks. The 16s and 18s
played in Woodstock while the 10s, 12s and 14s battled in Cobb County.
The Class "C" teams competed in Forsyth and produced four State
Champions. Great job
by all participating teams. A special Congratulations to our State
Champions! The 2012 Georgia ASA State Champions are as
follows (photos to be added shortly):


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