Includes
- 10 Regular season games
- Team uniform shirt and socks
- Team batting tee rental
- Half dozen game balls per team
- Team practice balls (pending availability)
- Coaches clinic provided to coaches
- Weekly reserved practice field - same time/location for the whole season
Description
- League Age 6
- Born between 1/1/2015 and 12/31/2016
- For T-ball players who are ready to also attempt to hit a coach’s pitches and make outs. It serves as an introduction to the game of softball, including instruction on the basic fundamentals of throwing, catching, hitting, fielding, teamwork, and playing games.
- Children who are League Age 5 and who may struggle physically or emotionally with making outs as a batter, or who have never played Beginner T-ball, are encouraged to play Beginner T-ball instead.
- Games are intended to be 55 minutes in length and will be played on Saturdays and weeknights starting at 6pm or 7:00pm; typically, teams will have 1 or 2 games scheduled per week during the season.
- All players play at least 1 inning as in infielder by the 3rd inning each game.
Fundamental Skills to be Taught by Coach*
- Fundamentals of throwing, catching and fielding ground balls and popups
- Fundamentals of hitting
- Game situations such as force outs, throwing to teammates, and listening to coaches
- Mental approach to the game such as paying attention and keeping track of the outs
- The responsibilities of each fielding position (all players should get a chance to play all positions at some point during the season)
- Coaches choose a weekly 1-hour practice time and field at the coaches' meeting.
- Each coach makes his own practice schedule; however, coaches are encouraged to practice 1 to 2 times per week before the season and 1 time per week during the season.
- Coaches are encouraged to keep weekly T-ball activities to 1-2 hours per week, with no more than 3 hours per week in the event that two games are scheduled.