Former Franklin High School kicker and Showtime Sports Academy member Matt Moseley was named the National Punter of the Week. Moseley is a freshman at Tennessee State University setting school records like crazy. On September 24, he kicked a 69-yard punt to set the school record against Air Force. Later, against Eastern Kentucky, he broke his own school record with a 73-yarder. This punt was out of the end-zone so the Colonels didn’t have as good of field position as they were expecting. Moseley averages 39.5 yards per punt on the season, ranking fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference. Let’s hope he can keep this going! Being only a freshman, Moseley has a lot of potential to be an amazing kicker. Congratulation, Matt, on all you have accomplished so far. We look forward to seeing what you do the rest of the season!

Moseley is not the only athletic one in the family! His mother is a trainer for the Atlanta Dream, his father is a trainer with the Tennessee Titans, and his sister, also a Showtime Sports Academy member, pitches for Franklin High! There sure have been some athletic genes passed down in that family! Or maybe it’s just the cooking? I may need to go to their house for dinner!

Coming up in a couple weeks is another terrific baseball camp at Showtime Sports Academy! Winter Workout Camp will be starting October 18th. Anyone ages 6-14 is able to join. It will be twice a week for five weeks, on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The camp is designed to help players with the fundamentals of the game, such as: sliding, hitting, throwing, fielding, baserunning, and pitching. One unique aspect of this camp is that all the instructors are either former or current professional players.  Camp will last from 5:30-7:30 PM. If you are a member, the cost is $245.  If you are not a member it will be $295. Not a bad price for such a helpful camp!

If you have questions or would like to sign up for camp, you can print of a registration form at http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101545875545-187/2011+Winter+Workout+Camp.pdf and either fax it to 615-373-1299, email it to ">, bring it to 119 Seaboard Lane Suite 402, or even call 615-373-1105! Hope to see you at camp!

Showtime Sports Academy is proud to announce its newest addition! Kelley Cash will be the new instructor for softball players. From Ohio, she started all four years at Hudson High School. She then studied and played softball at Belmont University where she graduated this spring. At Belmont, she played second base, center field, and left field.  Her expertise is in hitting,  especially bunting and slapping. She hit in the ninth spot at Belmont and was even captain as a senior. Since slapping has recently become a very large part of softball, Kelley arrival is much anticipated. She is currently pursuing her Masters degree at Belmont in Sports Administration. She will be a great addition to Showtime's staff and cannot wait to start!

If you would like to schedule lessons, email Kelley at or call her at 615-364-1984!

 

I remember back when birthday parties used to be all about running around playing without a care in the world.  When you could surround yourself with your best friends and just play. That is exactly what Andy Nunn did at Showtime Sports Academy. He celebrated his seventh birthday party with his closest friends and family. They played an intense game of soccer and finished with the best part about any party: the food. The cake was decorated  to look  like a soccer ball and field. The party was a big hit.  The kids had so much fun, it wouldn't be surprising to see some of them back for birthday parties of their own.

If you would like to schedule a birthday party at Showtime Sports Academy, email them at , visit them at 119 Seaboard Lane Suite 401, or even call at 615-373-1105!

 

The Nunn family The cake!

 

 

The boys get ready to play some soccer Some of the little sisters run around

 

 

The group just after the game More of the little sisters!

 

 

The group getting ready to eat Andy and his friend are very excited about the cake

A few weeks ago, my family and I ventured up north and made our way to Boston, Massachusetts. All we heard about were "lobstahs" the "Hahvahd Yahd" and of course, "Fenway Pahk." My parents and I were curious as to the obsessions with these. We ate lobster rolls, visited the Harvard yard, and then, Fenway Park. Apparently, if there is not a game going on in Boston that day, you can get a tour of Fenway Park. Lucky for us they had just finished playing the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. So we decided to check out Drew Sutton, an instructor at SHowtime Sports Academy.

The tour actually starts on the outside of the park. The group met at the team store just across the street.We all made our way over to see banners flying in red and blue. Red to identify the American League pennant, and blue to identify a World Series win. We all proceeded to Gate B. We saw countless concession stands, who knows how many thousands of people have bought food from here. The tour went on the stands right behind the first base dugout. People were "ooh"-ing and "aww"-ing at the sight of this old field. People were working tirelessly at the infield keeping the clay in perfect shape for tomorrow's game. They were watering the infield and the outfield, and making sure the grass was in perfect condition.

After this, we went up what felt like a million stairs to the right field bleachers. They are supposedly some of the best seats. There is a restaurant up there with waiters, tables, and bar stools. Sounds like the place to be on game day! Then, we were on our way to the nosebleeds above first base. The view was marvelous. You could see the entire field from here. The men on the field looked like little ants crawling in the grass. But I feel like watching a game from up there would be a blast.

Then we were on our way to the coolest part of the tour (and by cool I mean there was air-conditioning). The press box. The view was incredible. It was a little up, just above home plate. The whole field was in plain view. It was a beautiful sight. These press-folk can see all the action on the field and in the stands. My favorite thing to see from there was the lone red seat in the right field stands. Every seat was green, all except for one. This seat symbolizes the longest home-run ever hit by Ted Williams. Now that was a sight to see.

To me, the most interesting thing about Fenway Park is the history. It is the oldest park in Major League Baseball. What goes along with this are some of the greatest players in the game's history, such as: Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, and so many others. One of the most interesting things about the park were the old seats. Going all around the infield, somewhat in the back, were the oldest seats in the Majors. They were the old navy-blue painted wood. They were gorgeous. And to think I actually got to sit in one! They even have a name for just about everything. Even the foul poles. The right field foul pole is called the Peski Pole. Named after Johnny Peski, it is the shortest distance in the Majors. Johnny Peski only had 17 home-runs in his whole career, and eight of them somehow wrapped around this pole. The left field foul pole is called the Fisk Pole. Carlton Fisk hit a home-run in game 6 of the World Series in 1975 to tie it up. The hit nearly went foul. The play is famous because as Fisk ran down the first base line, he was waving the ball fair and yelling at it. The ball went fair and the Sox won the game.

How many ball parks do you know of that still have a manual score board? Cause Fenway does. It is the oldest working manual score board in the Majors. There are little slots between the "ball," "strike," and "hit" signs for the score keepers to keep track of the game. There is also a memorial for the original owners of the team. In the white lines separating the teams stats, there are little black dots and lines. This is the memorial. Those little black dots and lines are the original owner's and his wife's initials in Morse Code. That's creative isn't it?

Then it was on to the most infamous wall. The Green Monster. Standing 37-feet high is how it got the name. Pretty self explanatory: it's green and it's the size of a monster. These seats were amazing. You could see everything from up here. There were stools and a little place to lean forward against. They supposedly sell out for the whole season in minutes. Doesn't surprise me a bit!

By now the tour was over but it sure was one heck of an experience. If you happen to ever make your way up to Boston, I highly recommend going to Fenway Park. There were even a few Yankees fans there! So even if you go for the pinstripes, this park is beautiful and will always be a part of baseball history, and earned it too.

This past week, I had the chance to sit down and talk with Tony Kemp. You may recognize this name as the Vanderbilt left-fielder. He went from the local baseball kid to a hometown hero. Born and raised here in Franklin, he attended Johnson Elementary, Freedom Intermediate, and then Centennial High.

 

At Centennial, he lettered all four years, made the All-District team his sophomore, junior and senior years, the All-Tournament team his junior and senior years, the All-Williamson County junior and senior years, the first team All-Midstate junior and senior years, and the second team All-State his senior year. That's a lot of accolades for one player. He can even brag about having a 540 batting average his senior season. For these reasons, he got the attention of colleges all over. Finally, he narrowed his choices down to East Carolina University and Vanderbilt University. He ended up choosing Vanderbilt for "education, academics…then baseball comes next." Also, at Vanderbilt you get "great education, great coaches, Nashville's a great area, and you have everything you need right there…and it's always good to be gold." He also loved the coaching staff Vandy had to offer. He talked about Coach Corbin being a sort of "father figure" to the players and how he was a "great mentor, great leader."

When I asked him about going to Omaha for the College World Series, he said the experience left him "speechless" and he talked about the excitement knowing "that's the first time that Vanderbilt as a school has ever been there." He said that overall, the trip was the "highlight of his life."

 

He said that he was "very fortunate" to be named the SEC Freshman of the Year and to the first team All-SEC and that the awards were "very humbling." He believed there were "a lot of other freshman that could have deserved that honor just as much as  did" and that he was truly "blessed."

You would think a freshman on one of the best baseball teams in the country would feel some pressure once he found out he would be leading off the batting order. But in this case, there was no time for pressure. Coach Corbin never told Tony he would be leading off, or even starting for that matter, but when he heard he would start "[his] ears kinda perked up." And then he saw the lineup, saw his hid name first, and "it kinda shocked [him]." He felt honored "with the trust [Corbin] puts in [him]."

 

Throughout the season, there were some moments that he won't be forgetting for a very long time. One of these moments, was after Vandy won the super regional and "dog-piling the field for the first time" and loved seeing all the "smiling faces and the fans so happy." Off the field, he remembers when the team took a white-water rafting trip on the Ocoee River here in Tennessee. He loved seeing "the baseball guys in lifejackets and scared to death just to get in the water." It's memories like these that Tony knows will last longer than any trophy or championship.

I got the honor of telling Tony that he led the entire SEC with 51 hits. Once he found out, all he could say was "Wow, that's an accomplishment!" He knew they got racked up one hit a time. And of course, he wouldn't take all of the credit. He thanks the "guys behind [him]" in the lineup that "made [him] feel comfortable enough knowing that if [he] was able to get on…those guys would move [him] around." He also didn't know he placed second in the SEC with the amount of runs scored with 33. He said this was also "a great accomplishment…being able to go out there in the first year, and feel comfortable, and play it like it's just another game."

Tony also believes next season will be just as good, if not better, even though the team lost 12 players to the MLB draft (which set and SEC record, might I add). He has so much confidence because "[the team] has such great guys coming back." But he knows "the leadership of Sonny Gray, Grayson Garvin, Taylor Hill, Curt Casali, Jason Esposito, Aaron Westlake, just those older guys. Losing them, that's tough." Although, he believes the players that are still there are definitely able to lead this team. He's just exciting that people now know that "Vanderbilt is a contender to go to the College World Series."

 

He definitely feels that the coaching at Centennial helped him get through Vandy. Coach Baughman, Coach Albertson, and Coach Brown helped him "relax and have for [his] senior year." They helped him out physically (his swing, throw, etc.) and mentally by keeping him relaxed.

He went up to Minnesota just days after I talked to him to play summer ball until mid-August. He hopes to have some scouts looking at him up there. He says that if any team could draft him, he would love to play for the St. Louis Cardinals. He grew up loving Jim Edmonds, Ozzie Smith, Albert Pujols, etc.. So look out Redbirds! There may be a new addition coming your way!

 

 

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Will Witherspoon blew past the offensive lineman, wrapped up Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell in a hug and took him down for a sack. It looked simple, and it was, compared to the adversity the Titans’ linebacker tackled this week.

(ARA) - You might not think you have anything in common with the world-class athletes competing in this year's Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, but if you're seeing a chiropractor for aches and pains from shoveling snow, training for a local marathon or lifting your grandchild, you're more alike than you think.

Doctors of chiropractic play an important role in helping Olympic athletes prepare for competition and recover from injuries. Their visibility on the U.S. Olympic Committee's (USOC) medical staff has increased steadily over the years.

"We're taking five chiropractors [to the Olympic Games this year] and that just shows how far chiropractic has come since the first chiropractor joined the Olympic medical staff in 1980," says Dr. Michael Reed, a doctor of chiropractic who serves as a USOC medical director. "It has a lot to do with the requests of the athletes - they recognize the benefits of chiropractic in helping their bodies perform at peak condition."

"There is an increasing demand for the expert care of doctors of chiropractic by athletes of all levels," confirms Dr. Rick McMichael, president of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). "But chiropractic's unique, drug-free approach can also help members of the general public enhance their health and wellness.

"In addition to the use of spinal manipulation and other manual therapies, DCs offer patients exercise and dietary recommendations, ergonomic tips and rehabilitative procedures - a full package of conservative, non-surgical interventions," he adds.

Surprisingly, treating a non-athlete with aches and pains is very similar to treating an Olympian, says Dr. Ted Forcum of Beaverton, Ore., president of the ACA's Sports Council. Dr. Forcum served on the USOC medical team in 2008.

"[As with Olympic and professional athletes,] it's important to ask patients what their goals for treatment are," Forcum says. "Is their goal just to be out of pain, or is their goal to function at a higher level? In most cases, chiropractors treat elite athletes to help optimize performance, not to treat an injury."

Athletes understand the importance of maintaining balance in their bodies and full range of motion in their muscles and joints. These are just some of the benefits of chiropractic care that enable them to perform at optimal levels.

With the rise in popularity of complementary and alternative medicine and today's emphasis on going green, many also appreciate the option for care that is drug-free. Chiropractic offers a natural approach to back pain, neck pain, headaches and the myriad aches and strains that result from leading an active life. To begin your road to good health, you'll find a wide range of health tips on the American Chiropractic Association Web site at www.acatoday.org/healthtips.

Even if you aren't training for a marathon or on your way to the Olympic Games, you might discover that a chiropractor can assist you in strengthening your muscles or joints, alleviating your headache or preventing your knees from aching. For more information about chiropractic or to find a chiropractor near you, visit the ACA's Web site, www.acatoday.org.

Courtesy of ARAcontent