SOFTBALL ONTARIO's Try Softball Program

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@softballontario.ca.