Lake Xtreme Softball Coaches believe that our greatest contribution is in teaching young people the values of competition. These values include: making a commitment to work hard, to strive for excellence and a willingness to sacrifice to make the team better. We believe these values will allow them to be the best they can be as a person and as an athlete. We believe that our job is to develop the total person, and not just the athlete. Our players learn to respect the game of fastpitch softball and all who are involved in it.

We believe that softball is fun and rewarding because of the relationships that are formed on the field and the ability to accomplish a common goal together as a team. While a member of Lake Xtreme, our players will learn about commitment, success, trust, respect, pride, attitude, motivation, responsibility, discipline, mental toughness and integrity.

Lake Xtreme Softball coaches are committed to teaching our players the E.L.M. Tree Philosophy to playing the game of softball.

	We will always be proud of them as long as they give 100% effort (regardless of the outcome on the scoreboard).
	We want each of them to constantly strive to learn and improve. This involves them comparing their own performance to their own performance (i.e. Are they better than they were two weeks ago?).
	Mistakes are an inevitable part of the game. If they are giving 100% and trying new things (as they strive to improve), mistakes are bound to occur. We realize that our best players are those who ways to quickly bounce back from mistakes.

We believe that teams that focus on giving their full effort, constantly learning and improving, and bouncing back from mistakes, actually win more than teams who consistently focus on the socreboard.

We want a team that focuses on the E.L.M. Tree Philosophy (Effort, Learning and Mistakes) because players who do this well are less anxious on the field and have a greater sense of confidence in themselves and their abilities.





Lake Xtreme Softball Coaches and Players are committed to Honoring the Game. Honoring the Game means that our team will have respect for the ROOTS of the game:

	We refuse to bend/break the rules to win.
	We value and recognize that a worthy opponent brings out our best, and we take a "fierce and friendly" attitude into competition.
	We respect officials even when we disagree with them.
	We never do anything to embarrass our team (on or off the field).
	We live up to our standards of Honoring the game , even when others don't.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding Lake Xtreme Softball, please contact us at info@lakextreme.com