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Cancellations on the Breeze & 2ZB from 7.15am for Juniors & 10am for Seniors

Senior results posted online 7pm Saturdays

Grounds: report faults, toilets etc to 499 4444

Pick up your rubbish around the diamonds

Weekly draws posted on-line every Tuesday

Junior Sport round up Te Atiawa FM—Pat Knox, Kylie Summers, Ross Stewart

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SNZ Coaching CoursesSoftball New Zealand Regional Coaching Co-ordinator for the Wellington area is:
RCC #3 – Glen Roff  MOB: 021 537082  (SNZ #) Wk: (04) 566 7023  Fax: (04) 566 7026

The regional coaching co-ordinator also covers the Poverty Bay; Hawkes Bay; Manawatu; Horowhenua; Wairarapa; Western Bays; Hutt Valley.

Click here to view the RRC Appointment Calendar to see when your RCC will be in our area.

 

Making Practice Fun and Effective
Softball practice can be, by definition, a chore. In order to perfect game-related skills, players must perform repetitive, sometimes mundane tasks in a quest to build muscle memory and skill.
Download now how to make practice fun & effective

 

Here is a list of coaching resources available from us or through Glen Roff at Softball NZ phone 566 7024 or email us here at wsasec@fastpitchwn.org.nz to place an order with payment.

COACHING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FROM SOFTBALL NEW ZEALAND
All items are GST inclusive. Postage extra

Coaching Planner $40.00
An A5 size folder that fits nicely into your training bag. Durable waterproof cover, great action colour photo’s, heaps of useful information, practical templates for practice and game analysis & endorsed by our own Don Tricker.
Season planning templates include goal setting, skills checklist, warm up, cool down & stretch, training plans, hitting practice organization, performance assessments, hitter information sheets, pitching/hitting analysis charts. Also, Base running, Bunting, Catching, Defence, Hitting, Pitching, Sliding, Strategy, Throwing Skill Set Descriptions & Drills

Video Set $50.00
A set of three videos on the teaching of:
The Fundamentals of Softball Pitching by Marty Grant
The Basic Skills of the Catcher by Bevan Martin
The Fundamentals of Throwing & Hitting by Mark Sorenson
Videos can be purchased individually for $25.00 each

Tee Ball Skills Passport Set $5.00
Resources to help the beginner or parent coach teach the basic fundamentals of the game for Tee Ball age players (6-9 years). The set comes with a Coach Guidelines Booklet, 10 x Players Passport Booklets & Black & Gold Stickers to reward the child when a simple skills test is achieved correctly.

Tee Ball Skills Primary & Intermediate School Resource Kit $5.00
A resource kit to help the teacher coach the basic skills of Tee Ball Softball to primary & intermediate school children. The kit comes with a Coach Guidelines Booklet (how to teach the skill), Testing Guidelines (how to run the test), Test Chart Template (record when the test has been achieved), Tee Ball Rules (play the game), Tee Ball Certificate Template (award at the completion of the exercise).

The Tee Ball Kits can also be purchased with equipment for $140.00.
Equipment supplied includes Coaching Resource Kits (as above, 2 options), 1 x Hitting Tee, 2 x 11” Flexiballs, 1 x Bat, 1 x set of Bases
NB: Free delivery anywhere in New Zealand for the Tee Ball Equipment Kit



For more in depth at resources available from SNZ ... here

 

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Paddle Aids


Ian Hall has an excellent piece of simple equipment designed to encourage young ones to use “soft hands”.
Be quick and have this very useful aid prior to the start of the season.

To purchase contact:
Ian Hall
7 Sorensons Place
Richmond
Christchurch
Phone: 03 389 4598,
Mobile: 027 406 1519

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Cost $5.00 plus postage & packaging

Bevan Martin, Black Sox