I’ve never been a big fan of the sport of golf, actually, I used to categorize it right there next to NASCAR in the sports arena.  Driving a car around in a circle for hours or whacking a little white ball around and chasing it for hours…neither one ever really screamed TRY ME before.  But since moving to the south a few years back where everyone seems to play and you can play more than two and a half times a year, it’s begun to grow on me.

 While I’ve never played 18 holes myself, I’ve gone with friends and boyfriend to play many times on the weekends or in the evening.  The majority of the courses in Frisco are very nicely groomed and well kept.  Just being out on the course gets you away from the concrete jungle that we live in Dallas/Fort Worth area and allows for a breath of fresh air.

Listed below are a number of the courses that I’ve been to over the last year or so.  Some are better than others, but then again…I’m just judging by the landscaping and fresh air, not the difficulty or how fun the course is to place.  

• Trails of Frisco Golf Club
• Plantation Golf Club
• Golf Club at Frisco Lakes
• West Ridge Golf Club
• Ridgeview Ranch Golf Course (my personal favorite)

I’m sure this would have been much more helpful if the local weather ladies and gentleman weren’t calling for scattered showers this week, but check the forecast and book a tee time!!

With the good weather looking like it’s here to stay (wishfully thinking over here), I believe every one I know is starting to sweat about getting back their “summer body.”  We all do it…wear big sweaters and jeans to hide the extra weight we all put on during the cold winter months.  I like to compare myself to a bear…I have to get fat or I won’t survive….while that’s not EXACTLY true, it’s what I like to tell myself!

Well apparently, tennis is supposed to be a grrreeat workout since it’s toning and great cardio.  Personally…tennis scares the crap out of me.  Let’s think about it for a minute… John McEnroe…yep…he was a little scary…and those Williams sisters, absolutely terrifying in so many ways….namely the notion they could crush my skull with their quad muscles!  In short, the game has always struck me as one with such uptight players, that not even smacking a ball with a racket at 200 miles per hour can ease the tension.  SCARY.

I have yet to agree to go, but there’s a place located on Legacy called Lakes Tennis Academy.  For the oh…not really steep price of $20/hour lesson (cost for non-members…the words “paying your dues” and “initiation” tend to render images of gang and girl scouts…hah!) you can learn the great game of tennis.  Even though the game scares me and the closest I’ve been to a tennis court is a game of beer pong in college and a game of flip-cup last weekend I’m still considering giving it a whirl since the weather is breaking are getting nice! 

FORE!!!  Whoops…wrong sport!

http://www.lakestennis.com/pages/index.cfm?siteid=11700

Does it get any more American than that?!  Of course it does!!!  “America’s Game,” our “National Passtime”….BASEBALL!!!  And it’s almost that time again with spring training games beginning in less than a week!

I can remember my dad taking me to see the Cleveland Indians play when I was a little girl.  I can recall when the Tribe played exactly the way they were portrayed in the movie “Major League.”  The stands were empty, the vendors were drunk and the guy that is famous for beating on that drum out in left field would shout obscenities more frequently than cheers.  They stunk!!  My brother….three years my junior, with two-left feet could play better than these guys on a good day.  But I can also remember those days in the mid-90s when we were going to see game three of the World Series when the Indians played the Atlanta Braves (That’s when I developed a big crush on Chipper Jones)!!!

Good or bad…win or lose…it was about the experience of the ballpark, the seemingly magic place for children and adults of all ages.  Sporting your favorite team’s hat and t-shirt, carrying in your glove and jumping every time a fly ball, draft beer, dollar dogs, programs and crackerjacks!  I still get excited on the way to every game!

We are fortunate to have such a great facility and team right in our own backyard….the Frisco Rough Riders are a minor league team and a great time for anything from a nice evening out with friends, to a date or family outing!!  Playing at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark during the summer months the team plays some great ball, finishing in second place in their division Tex South last season.  With affordable tickets, great snack and brews it’s a great time for all ages to enjoy a little taste of Americana!

 http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t540

It’s the World Adult Kickball Association.  And funny you should ask, because yes…it’s the kind you used to play when you were in elementary school.  Big red ball rubber ball, the plastic bases and all!  I finally broke down and joined a group of my friends to play this season.  Fairly sure there was still a few repressed memories of those mean, cut throat girls that I went to Catholic school with years ago that were out for blood on the kickball field at recess that kept me from joining for so long.  Little terrors in plaid they were!

Now that we’ve all had a chance to take a trip down memory lane and remember our bullies…back to kickball 2010.  WAKA is made up of teams all over the country and are comprised of young, working “professionals.”  Professionals is used lightly as while we all wear either heels or ties to work, (generally not both) but come kickball night…we revert back to the college days and think we can all hang.  Which we can…until the next morning when we have to be back at the office by 8:00 and not sleeping until class starts at 11:00.  The league in Frisco is the Texas Thunder League.

While it’s a great week night out to meet friends, exert a little energy and hit a happy hour WAKA is also involved in a lot of charity work.  Our league hosts a number of fundraising events to support ARC of Dallas and Cystic Fybrosis Foundation.  With events from 5k runs to 80s dress parties <come on, vogue…> all over Frisco and Dallas kickball is a great way to meet friends, relax and spend time helping out folks across North Texas!!

www.kickball.com