Smoke Chasers Travel Team
(TTP)
The Purpose of our Travel Team Program is to provide our members with competitive experiences, constantly challenging the athletes to train, practice, prepare, and compete at the highest level in their age group. These competitive experiences are the most important aspect to stimulating development and improvement in advanced athletes.
. Travel Team members are required to participate in a few local tournaments as well as out of town tournaments.
The focal points of this program are:
• Learn, practice, and perform advanced team concepts in highly competitive settings.
• Provide athletes with opportunities to compete at the highest level within their age group.
• Provide athletes a platform to perform and showcase their talents in high-level competition.
• Stimulate athletes to train and prepare on their own in order to be capable of performing successfully in highly competitive situations.
— To serve as positive role models for athletes and coaches. To inspire athletes and coaches to use sports as a vehicle to influence others to accept the challenge and commitment to say “No” to alcohol, drugs, and the worldly lifestyle that is so prevalent in today’s schools.
Objectives
— To participate in tournaments will allow the athletes to display their team and individual skills to provide an opportunity for the present and near future each athlete not only to receive a college scholarship, but to put them at a college, university that best suits their athletic and academic skills.
Goals
— Promote physical fitness and sports activities as a means of developing a healthy lifestyle and a drug free environment for youth athletes state-wide with an opportunity to demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship and competitiveness while developing leadership skills and self-esteem
Playing Time
— In the event that you need to discuss the student’s playing time please speak with the coaching staff. The Head Coach makes the final decision concerning playing time.