Time to play ball!
South Austin Baseball Association
Announces the start of the 2009 Kick-ball season
If you want your child to have fun this is the place for you! Come out and
join us for some fun on the kick-ball field. We have a co-ed, reverse
inclusion program with players with and without disabilities age 6-18.
Siblings and friends are encouraged to play! We’ll also have University of
Texas student coaches to support the program. Enrollment limited to the
first 24 players to register.
Each player will receive a t-shirt and will receive a huge trophy at the end
of the season awards banquet to celebrate their accomplishments on the
field. For a keepsake, team and individual pictures will be available for
purchase.
*When*: Games are on Mondays at 6:00-7:00. Practice games on Sept. 28 and
Oct. 5, season starts Monday Oct. 12 -Nov. 30. Player awards banquet Dec 7.
*Where:* 1704 Toomey Road, Reeder Field.
*Cost:* $30 - However, the fun, cheering, laughter, pride and joy of
watching your child enjoy themselves is priceless!
*About the program:*
¨ *The program is a co-ed, reverse inclusion model of play. About 8 out
of 24 players will be typically developing children so that the program can
create an opportunity for age appropriate modeling in a recreational
setting. We encourage you to invite your child’s classmates, friends, and
siblings of players with and without disabilities to join the team. This is
a terrific opportunity to strengthen old friendships and develop new
friendships in a structured, organized sports program outside of school.*
¨ *Traditional values of organized sports are incorporated into the
program such as teamwork and good sportsmanship. *
¨ *Games are played on Monday evenings.*
¨ *Games last about an hour with players on each team getting to kick
the ball multiple times and opportunities to make plays and get outs while
outfield. Two practice games start the season and then 8 games thereafter.*
¨ *2 teams, 12 players per team, consisting of boys and girls with a
variety of ability levels and ages.** ***
¨ *All players get to play each game and each child will get whatever
level of support they need to be successful on the field. If a player needs
extra support we will assign a teammate to help them as needed. *
¨ *The program is designed to be proactive in supporting the needs of
the players. Our goal is to help each player to play as independently as
possible.*
¨ *High expectations of each player are balanced with patience and a
strong interest to nurture and develop sports skills and social skills.***
¨ *There are no outs** for runners and no score is kept.*
¨ *There’s an end of season player awards banquet to recognize the
players efforts on the field with large trophies given to everyone.*
¨ *Each player will have the opportunity to kick the ball and run the
bases twice per inning before rotating to outfield. *
¨ *Outfielders will get outs by throwing ball to teammate who can touch
the base or the player can run with the ball to base to touch it themselves.
Players are instructed to not throw balls at runners for outs. Runners
continue to run bases regardless of outs. Last kicker in each inning kicks a
homerun and all players on base run the bases to home plate and then rotate
to outfield. *
¨ *Games only canceled on or after rainy days and/or if the field is
unplayable after a rainy day. Games will play on during or after a light
rain if the field is playable and safe. If the game is canceled everyone
will receive an email notice the day of the game.*
¨ *Each team will have at one adult coach, plus two University of Texas
student coaches. The first and third base coaches will also be student
coaches and we will be two or three student coaches on the field for support
and encouragement. *
¨ *Parents of players are encouraged to communicate any special
instructions for supporting their child to the head coach. *
*For more information*
Jimenez at 496.6100 or gerard@austin.
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