Crossover Sports Association

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Adult Sports & Excerise

by Rondalyn Abode

One of the things I have learned about having a toddler as a 40-year-old mother is I often reflect on how similar or dissimilar Baby Truth was to Baby Temple. Temple was my first baby and Baby Truth make me feels like I’ve become a first-time mother all over again because as she celebrated her first birthday on September 4th, her big brother, Priest, celebrated his 11th birthday on September 16th, and her big sister, Temple, celebrated her 14th birthday on September 20th. Yes, they all have September birthdays, and no I’m not quite ready to have one birthday party for all three kids! But I digress. More than anything, I remember Baby Temple toddling around in her walker at the Crossover Men’s Basketball League in 2008.

Now, the Crossover League was aptly named, because it was the best Men’s Basketball League in the Tulsa metroplex. The men had team names and jerseys and there were championship games, and guys that I saw play in the Elite 8 for the University of Tulsa during my time as a student came out and put on an incredible show even though they too were graduates with families of their own. One of the things that gets me most excited about the Crossover Community Center will be the addition of Adult Sports to the Crossover Sports Association’s offerings.

Pictured above: Crossover Community Center Fitness & Weight rooms

We have had to put a lot of our youth sports on hold because we do not have our own facility. It had become very difficult to find practice space for 8 basketball teams, and even now, our all-boys school does not have a functional gym. The girls have “gym class” at the YMCA, but they do not even have a permanent space for their volleyball games. All of this changes with the Crossover Community Center! Not only will we have space for youth sports, but we will have space for adults to be active too! I look forward to the Men’s League starting anew, and I would not be disappointed if there was a Women’s League as well. I hope that Crossover is able to bring back its Volleyball team of old! We were a force to be reckoned with in the Adult Recreational League through Tulsa Parks. My husband, Philip, and I, might even come out of retirement!

I anticipate the Adult Exercise classes to help adults become active and physically fit, including Dance Fitness Classes or Strength Training classes! North Tulsa could benefit from a CrossFit class or two in a “box” in our community. I will be most excited about seeing the “Prescriptions for Exercise” from Crossover Health Services put to use at the Crossover Community Center. The possibilities for helping adults become more active seem to be endless with the addition of the Crossover Community Center!

The possibilities for helping adults become more active seem to be endless with the addition of the Crossover community center!” -Rondalyn A.

Pictured above: Crossover Community Center Weight Room

Pictured above: Crossover Community Center Gymnasium

The first element of our vision to “restore our community” is seeing north Tulsa become a community that is full of healthy individuals. The Crossover Community Center will go a long way to help individuals in our community become physically fit and wholistically healthy.

Rondalyn Abode is passionate about bringing God the most glory, and she believes that her role as the Director of Development for CCI is instrumental in her doing just that! She has been married to her “Honey,” Philip Abode, for 19 years, and she has the sheer joy of watching God transform him daily. She is most inspired by her three little people, Temple, Priest, and Truth, and she often despises the “baby dog,” Rocky. As a sports enthusiast, she has waited patiently for the day that Crossover Sports would also include adult sports.

To learn more about Crossover Sports Association, please go to: http://www.crossoverlions.org