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Spring Sports 2014

Spring Sports 2014. T-Ball Regeneration Proposal. T-Ball Regeneration Program. The current T-ball Program is guided by the values and principles of TRUE SPORT The TRUE SPORT principles are: Have Fun, Go For It, Respect Others, Give Back, Play Fair and Stay Healthy.

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Spring Sports 2014

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  1. Spring Sports 2014 T-Ball Regeneration Proposal

  2. T-Ball Regeneration Program • The current T-ball Program is guided by the values and principles of TRUE SPORT • The TRUE SPORT principles are: Have Fun, Go For It, Respect Others, Give Back, Play Fair and Stay Healthy.

  3. T-Ball Regeneration Program • The three spring sports that Bridlewood Community Association supports are Soccer, Softball (T-ball and Coach Pitch) and Ultimate Frisbee • The Soccer Program for Junior Kindergarten aged athletes was successfully regenerated 4 years ago • The Soccer Program made a move to develop skills through repetition, short sessions and 1 on 1 attention – each child brings an adult (parent, older sibling, other family member or friend) to work on the drills with them.

  4. T-Ball Regeneration Program The BCA Soccer program for children 4-6 (Kindergarten) has revised their Soccer Program to take into account that young children have yet to refine their listening skills in the following areas: • following audible instructions without repetition • following directions for a short-period of time • following direction in a large group

  5. T-Ball Regeneration Program BCA has taken the following action steps: Follow audible instructions without replication • Repeat it! Do the little things over and over and over Follow directions after a short-period of time • Change it! Change activities or skills every 10 minutes Follow direction when in a group of large participants • Break it down! Provide 1 on 1 instruction.

  6. T-Ball Regeneration Program Repeat it! Catch Drills: For 10 minutes throw a bean bag back and forth between child and adult. Ask your child to catch with 2 hands – no glove required! Gloves are big and clumsy and often don’t fit a child’s hand and even if it does, it’s hard to squeeze!

  7. T-Ball Regeneration Program Change it! Throw Drills: For 10 minutes have a child throw a Velcro-ball at a Velcro-Dart Board, bean bags at a target or soft balls to their adult partner Have child try to throw a ball through a small hula hoop that the adult partner is holding

  8. T-Ball Regeneration Program • Break it down! • Running Drills: • Run bases forwards • Run backwards • March around the bases • Run bases 1-2 • Walk bases 2-3 • Sprint bases 3-home • Walk like a duck – after all your only in Kindergarten ONCE!

  9. T-Ball Regeneration Program Do the little things over and over and over! Batting Drills: • Little Bats for Little People • Whiffle Balls – no more bruises • Will my child still learn? Yes  • Teach safety skills – wear helmet when batting or running and always keep your eye on the ball when on the field.

  10. T-Ball Regeneration Program Where do I stand? Hey am I a bobble-head? COOL... I have to PEE? Where am I gonna PEE? Whoops!!! My hands go where? Why do I have to wear this bobble-head thing? So I stand behind a Plate? When is it my turn to hit? Hmm... Doesn’t look like dinner

  11. Pragmatic – How does this work? Station #1 Batting Drills here – Enabling use of Backstop Station #3 Catching Drills Station #2 Throwing Drills in short outfield Station #4 - Running Drills outside baseline

  12. What to expect each week • 2 Teams per field – each team has a different t-shirt colour and 2 adults per team (coaches) will receive t shirts • Each team of 8 – 10 players will be divided into 2 groups with pinnies making 4 groups while rotating through the stations • Each child will be accompanied by an adult – 1 adult (coach) will be tasked with warm up drills and moving the group from station to station • Schedule: 6:00 – 6:10 Warm up 6:10 – 6:20 1st Station 6:20 – 6:30 2nd Station 6:30 – 6:40 3rd Station 6:40 – 6:50 4th Station 6:50 – 7:10 Each team regroups and plays 1 inning of t-ball (1 team will take positions in the field while the other team bats and runs. Then they switch. Times may vary) 7:10 Snack – the highlight of the evening!

  13. Resources required • In order to provide a more meaningful, age appropriate and fun T-ball program, we will need the following resources: • Volunteers – • Develop drills for each station for 8 weeks using repetition each week but also adding increased challenge • Create new coaching manuals based on the existing JK Soccer program • Activity leaders at each station (4 per field) to provide instruction to the groups on the drills • Equipment – • Pinnies for 2 groups/field • Bean bags, velcro balls, wiffle balls, hula hoops, extra tees and bats, etc. as determined by the drills for each station each week.

  14. Feedback and Discussion

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