Get ACTIVE In Spring with SOFTBALL! TORONTO, ONTARIO Softball Ontario wants to remind all Elementary School Teachers about our Try Softball and Active Softball School Programs that are available FREE for ALL Ontario Elementary Schools! Both our TRY and ACTIVE Softball Programs introduce and further develop students fundamental movement skills and softball-specific skills. Our two programs are FUN and EASY to get your students energized, excited for summer and ready for softball season! Upon request each teacher will receive instructions, full set of equipment with the game, activity books and FREE giveaways for all students!
TRY SOFTBALL - The Try Softball Program has been used in hundreds of schools and camps across Ontario allowing thousands of students to play a modified version of softball. Teachers are loaned free softball equipment and provided with manuals introducing BlastBall and Softball Canada's Learn to Play Program. Try Softball is geared towards children aged 4-10 years. The Try Softball Program includes: A BlastBall Game Safety Bat BlastBase (that HONKS!) Batting-Tee A Learn to Play Manual (Yours to Keep!) A BlastBall Manual (Yours to Keep!) FREE Gifts and Activity Books for ALL Participants! What is BlastBall and Learn to Play? Blastball and Learn to Play are great programs designed to introduce the sport of softball to children. The programs foster the development of all players, including players with high and low skill levels. ACTIVE SOFTBALL - The Active Softball Program focuses on developing softball skills and creating interest in the game of softball for children aged 10-14 years. The program introduces combinations of loco-motor movements using different speeds, and direction in relation to using softball equipment and mini fitness drills. Active Softball can be used INDOORS during rainy days! Active Softball picks up where Softball Ontario TRY Softball Program left off! The Active Softball Program includes: An oversized Active Softball Game Board (4' x 4') A set of six (6) Playing Pieces and Dice A set of forty-two (42) Activity Cards (Follow guidelines in the 2010 Health and Physical Education Curriculum!) A "Rules and Skills" Guide (Yours to Keep!) A "Softball Skills Test Challenge (Yours to Keep!) Softball Equipment (9 Softball Gloves, 8 Softballs, 4 Safety Bats, 2 Throw-Down Base Sets, 1 Batting-Tee) FREE Gifts and Activity Books for ALL Participants! FREE BONUS FOR TEACHERS: In the ACTIVE Softball Program teachers will find a "Skills Test Challenge Booklet" which can help teachers determine their students' overall fundamental movement skills and concepts and their softball-specific skills. The booklet is easy-to-follow and can be done prior, throughout, or after using the Kit to observe your students overall understanding and execution of skills found in the game of Softball. * All equipment is manufactured using child-safe materials. Once your near the end of your loan period and your students have improved their softball skills by using the activity cards, you can play a FULL softball game by using the equipment provided! What is the Skills Test Competition Booklet? The Skills Test Challenge was introduced in 2011 and is used to help evaluate students on their basic movement skills and concepts plus healthy living concepts. Each of the skills evaluated in the Skills Test Challenge fit within the new 2010 Health and Physcial Education Curriculum!! There are twenty-two (22) skill tests included in this Manual, which will test both your student's basic physcial abilities and softball-specific skills. The Softball Skills Test Challenge can be run at any point in your sport unit. Softball Ontario suggests that to get a better overall view of each student's fitness skills and softball-specific skills, run the Skills Tests at the beginning of your softball unit, mid-way through the unit and at the end of the unit. This could help get a better overall view of each individual participants's development! By going to our Softball@School website you can implement your student's skills Results ONLINE and track their progression to see how each student is advancing through the Skills Tests! - just visit www.softballatschool.ca to begin. Softball @ School Website The Softball @ School Website (www.softballatschool.ca) is an online resource centre created for elementary school teachers, students, coaches and players. The website allows visitors to access a list of house-league softball associations in Ontario, find "best practices" and access additional resources for our Softball Ontario school programs. Each teacher/coach can log in and sign up for both of our Softball School Programs as well as educate themselves to better teacher their classes/players the game of softball. SKILLS TEST CHALLENGE - ONLINE On the Softball @ School Website, Softball Ontario has an online resource where teachers/coaches can input their participants scores for any of the twenty-two (22) skills tests. This website portion allows for all participants to evaluate their scores and see their improvement on the softball skills and fitness skills. How Can Your Local Softball Association Help? Softball Ontario has received inquires as to whether an individual from Softball Ontario is able to come to the school and help with the Active Softball Kit- Who better to do this then our Local Softball Association Volunteers who know the game best! Teachers who are interested can fill out an "X" in the box under number of participants and Softball Ontario will contact your Local Softball Association for a volunteer to come out and help! How Can You Participate? The Kits are available on first-come - first-served basis; schools are responsible for the shipping costs of each kit to be returned to the Softball Ontario office. Softball Ontario does offer subsidized shipping costs - (please contact for more details). To request a Kit please fill out the essential form (see link below) and email/fax into the Softball Ontario office - ATTN: Caly Laxton, School Programs Coodinator. or for further details on Softball Ontario's TRY or ACTIVE SOFTBALL PROGRAMS please visit our Softball@School Website at www.softballatschool.ca. ACTIVE SOFTBALL REQUEST FORM: http://www.softballontario.ca/images/stories/documents/PDFpages/ParticipationPDF/activesoftballprogramrequestform.pdf TRY SOFTBALL REQUEST FORM: http://www.softballontario.ca/images/stories/documents/PDFpages/ParticipationPDF/trysoftballprogramrequestform.pdf Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com fastb...@pmihrm.com NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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