T-Ball Regeneration Proposal

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Spring Sports 2014

• T-Ball Regeneration Proposal

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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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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.

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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

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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.

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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 dont fit a childs hand and even if it
does, its hard to squeeze!
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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
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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!

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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.

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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... Doesnt look like dinner
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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
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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
• 600 610 Warm up
• 610 620 1st Station
• 620 630 2nd Station
• 630 640 3rd Station
• 640 650 4th Station
• 650 710 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)
• 710 Snack the highlight of the evening!

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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.

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Feedback and Discussion