FW: Get ACTIVE in Spring with Softball!

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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 at 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 at 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



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