As you stroll through the aisles of your local library or
bookstore searching for the perfect novel or tell all
autobiography, you’ve probably stumbled upon a book that tells you
one hundred things you could do, or a thousand for that matter.
As you stroll through the aisles of your local library or bookstore searching for the perfect novel or tell all autobiography, you’ve probably stumbled upon a book that tells you one hundred things you could do, or a thousand for that matter.
I can’t say I’ve come across one for youth sports. So, as outlandish or far fetched some of these might be, here are a number of ways to spend time with your kids.
Play as many miniature golf courses in one day that you can.
Play as many regular golf courses in one weekend as you can on the Monterey Peninsula.
Attend a pro-volleyball beach event.
Visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, Pennsylvania.
Take any bikeway as far as it will take you.
Attend any womens or mens college sporting event.
Play a game of HORSE in basketball.
Engage in a game of Strike ’em Out.
Enter a mini-triathlon.
Run in a 5K event for a well deserving charity.
Find a skate park or bowl and go for it.
Have a one lap race at a BMX track and the loser cleans the other’s room for a week!
Play a game of pool at your local billiards establishment.
Venture out at the crack of dawn and go deep sea fishing.
Attend a Sharks game and ride the Zamboni.
Go to the Summer or Winter Olympics.
Watch golf at its finest at the Masters or an LPGA Tournament.
Sail a boat from Los Angeles to Catalina Island.
Take a surfing lesson.
Scuba Dive in Hawaii at Hanama Bay.
Learn to pass and shoot a lacrosse ball.
Do an aerobics class.
Hike to the top of Yosemite Falls.
Ice skate at the Ice Center in San Jose.
Go to a San Jose Giants Game, eat at the bar-b-que, shake the mascots hand and run the bases after the game.
Go to a San Francisco Giants game and tale lots of cash. Lunch for over $40. What a deal!
Hit a bucket of balls at the driving range.
If you’re in a traveling mood, go to the World Series.
Not in a traveling mood? Go to the Super Bowl anyway.
Have a cannonball contest at your local pool. Don’t embarrass your child!
Play tennis at the U.S Open venue in New York.
Body surf at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Don’t wear fins in front of your kid!
Kick field goals at the 49ers training facility.
Take some swings at Jenny Finch fastball.
See what it’s all about at a national cheerleading competition at Disneyworld in Orlando Florida.. Take earplugs.
Go and attend the World Cup in soccer. Take riot gear.
Make plans to see any professional sporting event in another city.
Take a two week tour and watch every minor league baseball team in the California League.
For a nostalgia trip visit Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium.
Bike around Lake Tahoe, just not in the Winter.
Go skiing, snowboarding or tubing and have a downhill race. Avoid a collision at the ski lodge.
Travel to Mavericks, just south of San Francisco, and watch a surfing competition.
Play soccer golf, baseball golf and lacrosse golf. Don’t know how? Make up the rules like my kids did!
So the next time your child asks you what are we going to do today, pull out this handy dandy list and bolt out the door for a good time. And even if it‚s not one of the above. your kids will cherish every moment.
Just don’t lose in air hockey. You’ll never hear the end of it.
Rich Taylor is the CEO and head instructor of California Pitching Academy and a scout for the New York Mets. Reach him at rj********@***oo.com.
