Personalized awards are some of the best items to give players from any sport. Your volleyball players will love the different options available in sports awards , such as personalized trophies in San Jose and Santa Clara. If you have been looking for ways to make this volleyball season the most memorable, continue reading for a look at different sports awards you may like to give out to your players.

Personalize Different Awards

Give your volleyball players something to remember the season with various types of awards. You can go the funny route with your sports awards; give out awards for “Best Team Clown,” “Most Likely to Spike the Wrong Way,” or “Most Likely to End Up Injured.” If you choose to the funny route, be sure that your players and their parents are okay with different awards you choose. Keep the awards light-hearted and refrain from awarding based on bad behavior or a mistake the player is still upset about.

Acknowledge Exceptional Achievements

You can make this volleyball season memorable by awarding specific players for exceptional achievements. Engraved trophies and other awards are a special way to let these players know that you have seen their achievement—such as “Most Valuable Player” and “Greatest Volley.” You may even choose to acknowledge your players for achievements off the court. Give sports awards for players that kept up their grades or players that participate in charitable organizations. These are a few different types of awards that show your players you pay attention and they are recognized for their many achievements.

Host End-of-Season Award Banquet

With all of these sports awards to hand out, you need a memorable awarding event. Treat your players to an end-of-season award banquet at a nice restaurant or in your own backyard. Just as your players deserve memorable awards that acknowledge who they are as players and individuals, they also need a great event where their fellow players, parents, and supporters can see their achievements.

Whether you’ve painted a beautiful watercolor painting or have come across a museum-level artist, you should consider taking pride in your painting with a custom frame in San Jose and Santa Clara. An elegant frame can protect a painting and make it much more presentable. Here are a few brief tips on how to custom frame your painting.

Match the Style and Color

Watercolor paintings tend to look best in a wooden frame. That said, the style of your painting, as well as its subject, might affect the color and style of the frame you choose. For example, if your subject is a Japanese cherry blossom with a pagoda house behind it, you might choose a frame made from bamboo or a lighter-colored wood. Think about how your painting will come across in relation to the picture frame.

Mat Your Painting

To make your watercolor stand out as a professional piece or one that could hang in a museum, you will want it matted. Most paintings are surrounded by a neutral-colored mat made of acid-free material. This will protect your painting in the years to come. If you desire some color to match the colors in your painting, you can have a colored mat, but keep in mind that any colors present should complement each other.

Consider the Proportions of the Frame

You must also consider where in the frame your painting will set. Many paintings are matted before they are framed, and you’ll need to decide how much the matting should show between the painting and the frame. If you have a smaller piece, you may want a larger mat surrounding it. This size difference will help make your painting the focal point. Also, think about how thick the sides of your custom frame are in comparison to your painting and matting. For larger pieces, you will want a small frame, typically one to two inches wide.

When handing out personalized trophies in San Jose and Santa Clara, you might be interested to find out there are actually four different parts to a typical trophy. Typical sports awards and trophies can be separated into the bottom, middle, top, and the figurine.

The bottom, or base, of the trophy usually matches the top. As seen in the video, trophies are often made with a marble base and top to support the middle column and figurine. Any sort of trophy engraving can be found on one of these marble pieces. To keep all four pieces of these common sports awards together, a threaded rod needs to be inserted through the middle of each piece.

Looking for trophies in San Jose and Santa Clara should be a fun experience. Designing custom sports awards can be a thrill as long as you hold onto a feeling of creativity. Think about your players and how their team makes you feel. If you can communicate that pride through your awards, you can show your team just how much they mean to you. Here are a few ways you can spice up your baseball sports awards.

Have Fun

Hopefully, you and your baseball team had a fun season. Why should that stop when you are handing out sports awards? Look for creative templates for your awards, or print silly designs special to your team or league. There are a multitude of ways you can have fun and make sure your players enjoy themselves when you hand out the awards.

Be Different

There is no rule saying awards can only be given on off-white thick parchment or printed on a baseball-specific trophy. You might see if you can have your team mascot made into a trophy or etched onto a plaque. You could hand out bronzed baseball cleats, or have all the coaches and sponsors sign each player’s jersey. Design an award personal to your team, or better yet, personal to the player receiving the award. Go to your local trophy store for some helpful ideas, and don’t be afraid to think outside the box. This should be a special moment for your baseball players, so you should find some special ways to celebrate them.

Be Funny

Everyone loves funny awards, so consider gearing your awards to each player’s individual triumph or snafu. “Player Most Likely to Watch Butterflies in the Outfield,” and “Player Who Improved the Most” are just a few examples of what could be very fun awards to hand out. You can even include parents in your award-giving ceremony. Awards can go to the parent “Most Likely to Yell at an Umpire,” or “Parent with the Best Cookies.” The more personalized your custom awards are, the more appreciated the players and parents will feel.

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