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Ways to Celebrate your Athletes!
Team party
Create a slideshow or video of team pictures
Teacher vs. Students game
Create free baseball cards online: https://www.mytradingcards.com/Baseball-Card-Templates
Challenge a class or another school to a game!
Have a skills showcase to highlight new skills learned
Invite parents to come watch a game or practice
Hold a pep rally
Recognize your athletes over social media or in school newsletters
“Bring a friend” day
Encourage the teachers and classmates of athletes to write kind or supporting notes
Hand out participation certificates
Have an award celebration with fun/creative awards (e.g., heavy hitter, best alligator chomp, super spirited)
Team Traditions
As a group, come up with a team tradition to end each practice. Examples include:
weekly team photo
progressive team banner (adding something each week)
fist bump line, create a secret handshake
shout-ous (for hard worker, good attitude, etc)
choose a team mascot
come up with a team motto
end with a dance party