FW: Softball at School Newsletter - FREE School Programs Available!
Al's Fastball News
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Wed Dec 1 14:56:46 EST 2010
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Issue 3
December 2010
Softball Ontario is looking forward to 2011 as we have some great
opportunities for teachers and coaches to utilize our FREE Softball
Kits. Check out our Newsletter as there are some great prizes
and giveaways for those who request Kits in early 2011 - you
don't want to miss out :)
Happy Holidays from all of us at Softball Ontario!
Active Softball Program in 2011!
NEW "Skills Test Challenge" included in the Active Softball Kit!
Try Softball Program in 2011!
Softball at School Website
How can local Softball Associations partner with local Elementary
Schools?
News from Softball Ontario
Feature Articles
Active Softball in 2011!
Softball Ontario is excited to announce the Active Softball Program
is now available to all local Elementary School teachers for
the 2010-2011 school year!
Our Active Softball Program is ideal for winter as the Active
Softball Kit can be used indoors so your class can play Softball
regardless of the weather! All Teachers who request an Active
Softball Kit for January 2011 to March 2011 will be entered in
a draw to win 1 of 10 FREE Pizza Lunch Giveaways (value of $100)...
... Read more
NEW "Skills Test Challenge" Included in all Active Softball Kits!
New for the 2010-2011 school year is the Softball Skills Test
Challenge Manual which is now included in all Active Softball
Kits. The Manual will help teachers determine their students’
skill level in softball. Teachers can also use the Softball Skills
Test to evaluate students...
... Read more
Try Softball Program in 2011!
Are you looking for a fun and different way to teach fundamental
movement skills like throwing, catching, hitting, and running,
while encouraging physical activity and physical fitness? Softball
Ontario has a great program for you to try and can be used indoors!
The Try Softball Program is available to your JK to Grade 5 students
FREE OF CHARGE!...
... Read more
Softball at School Website
Softball Ontario is proud to announce the new address for our
Softball at School website (www.softballatschool.ca). The website
is an online resource centre created for elementary school teachers
and students to be able to access a list of house league softball
associations in Ontario, provide them with "best practices,"
and inform teachers about...
... Read more
How can local Softball Associations partner with their Elementary
Schools?
New for 2011! Softball Ontario is introducing the Active Softball
Partnership program. Currently, Softball Ontario offers a Partnership
Program for both the Try Softball School Program and the Active
Softball School program but never gave Elementary School teacher’s
the opportunity to invite someone to come to their class to help
demonstrate softball drills...
... Read more
News from Softball Ontario
Here are some of Softball Ontario's latest News Releases:
Request an Active Softball Kit and WIN a FREE Pizza Lunch!
Softball Ontario adds three new Coaches to the Coaches Committee
Apply for 2011 Softball Association Fundamental Excellence (SAFE)
Award!
Attend a "Generating Revenue- Fundraising" CSAP Workshop!
Interesting Fact
"...data indicate that approximately 12% of Ontario children/youth
attain the recommended daily level of physical activity and that
many children
use the after-school time period to engage in sedentary recreational
activities."
www.activehealthykids.ca
Opportunities
Coaching Clinics
Umpire Clinics
Play Softball Network
Volunteer Opportunities
CANpitch Program
QUESTIONS?
Feel free to contact Softball Ontario with any questions or comments
you may have about upcoming opportunities. We would be happy
to assist you! Email your questions to info at softballontario.ca.
Programs & Services
Fast Pitch Umpires
Slo Pitch Umpires
Coaching
Participation
Scorekeeping
Resources
Play Softball
Play Softball Network
Contact Us
Softball Ontario
3 Concorde Gate
Toronto, ON
M3C 3N7
Phone: (416) 426-7150
Fax: (416) 426-7368
www.softballontario.ca
Active Softball Program in 2011!
Softball Ontario is excited to announce the Active Softball Program
is now available to all local Elementary School teachers for
the 2010-2011 school year!
Our Active Softball Program is ideal for winter as the Active
Softball Kit can be used indoors so your class can play Softball
regardless of the weather! All Teachers who request an Active
Softball Kit for January 2011 to March 2011 will be entered in
a draw to win 1 of 10 FREE Pizza Lunch Giveaways (value of $100).
The Active Softball Program is designed to teach fundamental
movement skills and concepts to students in grades 6, 7 and 8
through the sport of softball. This is a great innovative way
to introduce a different sport to your elementary school gym
classes and allow students to learn diverse skills specific to
softball while playing fun, engaging activities!
The Active Softball Program is a great new way to keep your students
active and fulfill elements of the physical education curriculum.
Softball Ontario’s Active Program is available for schools to
borrow for a period of one (1) month FREE-of-charge!
What is included in an Active Softball Kit?
Each Active Kit consists of everything you will need to introduce
your class to the game of softball!
Each Kit contains:
• A Game Board (4’ x 4’) – perfect for indoor use!
o A set of six (6) playing pieces and dice
• A set of Activity Cards (72)
• A “Rules and Skills” Guide (yours to keep!)
• A “Skills Test Competition” Guide (NEW in 2011- yours to keep!)
o Results Sheets/Certificates
• Equipment
o 9 Softball Gloves
o 8 Softballs
o 4 Safety Bats
o 2 Throw-down Base Sets
o 1 Batting-T
• FREE Activity Books and Giveaway Prizes for each participant!
All equipment is manufactured using child-safe materials. Once
you near the end of your loan period and your students have improved
their softball skills, you even have enough equipment to have
a full game of Softball!
Calling for Feedback!
It is very important that you fill out and return our Questionnaire
so that we may better serve our communities in the future and
continue to provide the Active Softball Program free of charge.
For every teacher or facilitator who fills out a questionnaire
a FREE gift will be mailed to those individuals as a HUGE thank
you for providing us with the necessary feedback to keep our
School Program innovative!
"Very fun, lots of opportunity for skill development." - Betty-Anne,
Resurrection.
How can you participate in the Active Softball Program?
The Kits are available on a first-come – first-served basis;
please visit www.softballatschool.ca and register to download
the Active Softball Program Request Form and find other awesome
information on our Active Program! Those who request the Kit
are responsible for the return of the Kit back to the Softball
Ontario office- Softball Ontario does offer subsidized shipping
costs at a reasonable rate. Contact Carly Laxton and claxton at softballontario.ca
for more information.
It's Time to Get ACTIVE!!
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NEW "Skills Test Challenge" Included in all Active Softball Kits!
New for the 2010-2011 school year is the Softball Skills Test
Challenge Manual which is now included in all Active Softball
Kits. The Manual will help teachers determine their students’
skill level in softball. Teachers can also use the Softball Skills
Test to evaluate students on their basic movement skills.
After using the fun activity cards (72 total) included in the
Active Softball Kit, which provides fun and exciting methods
of teaching fundamental softball skills to those who do or do
not play softball! Each of the skills evaluated in the Skills
Test Challenge Manual fit within the 2010 Health and Physical
Education Curriculum!
Softball Ontario is looking for teachers who would like to help
pilot the new Skills Test Challenge in their gym classes in 2011.
In order to do so, you must request an Active Softball Kit and
utilize the Manual and Result Sheets that are given in the Kit!
There are twenty-two (22) skills in total but foreseeing time
constraints, Softball Ontario asks that you test your participants
on five (5) skills and return those results back with the Kit
at the end of your loan period! The Softball Skills Test Challenge
can be run at any point in your curriculum seeing as you will
now have all necessary equipment from your using the Active Softball
Kits. Those teachers who request to use an Active Softball Kit
in January 2011 to March 2011 and test their students' in five
(5) Skills will be entered in a draw to win a FREE Pizza Lunch
- valued at $100!! The Skills Test Challenge
The Softball at School website will have a section that allows participants
to input their results from the Skills Test Competition. However,
until this component is complete, Softball Ontario would like
teachers to have their student’s manually record their results
on the included "Results Sheet" and send them back with the returned
Kit. The Softball Ontario Program Coordinator will implement
the results as part of the pilot project.
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Try Softball Program in 2011!
Are you looking for a FUN and different way to teach fundamental
movement skills like throwing, catching, hitting, and running,
while encouraging physical activity and physical fitness? Softball
Ontario has a great program for you to try! The Try Softball
Program is available to your JK to Grade 5 Students FREE OF CHARGE
and can be used indoors so your class can play Softball regardless
of the weather! Participating schools will receive a Try Softball
Kit for a loan period of one (1) month.
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 ages 4-10 years old.
The Try Program includes:
A BlastBall Game
o Safety Bat
o BlastBase (that HONKS!)
o Batting-Tee
A Learn to Play Manual (Yours to Keep!)
A BlastBall Manual (Yours to Keep!)
FREE gifts and Activity Books for all participants!!
To address any concerns, all of the equipment is manufactured
using child-safe materials; the bat and ball are made of a soft
foam material, removing safety concerns that are created by aluminum
bats and hard balls. There are no equipment requirements for
the students, as softball gloves are not required to participate
in the game.
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.
Activities and lead-up games are patterned after informal playground
games that promise FUN and LOTS OF ACTION. The fantastic manuals
are resources given to your school to keep as a thank-you for
participating in our program.
"BlastBall is a FUN way to introduce sotball. The younger grades
enjoyed the noise the base made when they stepped on it!" - Jeff,
Central Avenue Public School.
How can you participate?
The Kits are available on a first-come - first-served basis;
contact Softball Ontario as soon as possible to book your month.
For further details on Softball Ontario’s TRY SOFTBALL program
or to borrow a TRY Kit for your school, please contact Carly
Laxton by phone at (416) 426-7150 or by email at claxton at softballontario.ca.
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Softball at School Website
Softball Ontario is proud to announce the new address for our
Softball at School website (www.softballatschool.ca). The website
is an online resource centre created for elementary school teachers
and students to be able to access a list of house league softball
associations in Ontario, provide them with "best practices,"
and inform teachers about upcoming giveaways. Also, teachers
and students can obtain assistance with skill development, softball
terms, and download reward items!
The website also allows both teachers and their students to log
in to see specific information and programs geared towards both.
The teacher section is designed to assist Ontario elementary
school educators by providing resources that will help meet curriculum
expectations for health and physical education while teaching
students the sport of softball in a FUN and exciting way.
Each teacher can log in and sign up for both of our Softball
School programs (TRY and ACTIVE) as well as educate themselves
to better teach their classes the game of softball. The student
section helps children find where they can sign up to play softball
in their home-town as well as download free drills and games
to play with their friends!
Coming in 2011 is the new Skills Test Challenge portion of the
website which will enable teachers and/or students to input their
results of the Skills Test Challenge, which is included in ALL
Active Softball Kits this school year!
Be sure to keep checking in for contests regarding requesting
the Active Softball Kit in specific months, which will enable
those teachers to be eligible to win an AWESOME prize! Also,
all participating teachers who complete a feedback questionnaire
and return it with the Active Kit will win a cool “Thank You”
gift from Softball Ontario!! Remember: Your feedback matters!
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Local Softball Associations Partner with Elementary Schools
New for 2011! Softball Ontario is introducing the Active Softball
Partnership program. Currently, Softball Ontario offers a Partnership
Program for both the Try Softball School Program and the Active
Softball School program but never gave Elementary School teacher’s
the opportunity to invite someone to come to their class to help
demonstrate softball drills. Softball Ontario received some questions
regarding the availability to have someone come to their class
and help out with the Active Softball Program. So who better
to come out then those who know Softball best- Your Local Softball
Association Volunteers!
On the request forms for 2011, a new box will be on the request
form allowing those teachers who would be interested in having
an individual from the local Softball Association to come during
their class period to help with the Active Softball Program to
mark an "X" in the box!
As part of this program, the local Softball Association will
be working with Softball Ontario to promote the game of softball
in your area and encourage children to register with their league.
Softball Ontario will be letting the local Softball Associations
know when an Active Kit is at an Elementary School in their area.
If the teacher has checked the box that they are interested in
partnering up with an Association we will help to make that happen!
This Partnership Program is an awesome way to have both the local
Softball Association and Elementary Schools maximize the benefits
of the Active Softball Program and Softball Ontario. By creating
a Partnership between the two, Associations will be helping the
Elementary School Teachers with the game and proper technique
instruction, all while the Associations get to know those Elementary
Schools in their community and hope to increase the number of
kids interested in the game of Softball!
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