Blast Ball & Mini-Tad and T-Ball Division

Minitad- Director -  Nicole Henry
MiniTad@VernonMinorBaseball.com

Blastball Schedule 2008 PDF

Mini-Tad Information and Parents Agreement PDF, Mini-Tad Schedule PDF

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Mini Tad Report

It was another great season for Mini-tad! A thank-you goes out to all of our coaches and parent volunteers who made the season a success, and of course to the kids who played and committed themselves to the sport of baseball. I have heard feedback from various parents about many of the coaches this year. This feedback included how impressed the patents were about the dedication of the coaches and the opportunities that they provided for their child to learn the fundamentals of ball. I hope that these coaches will continue to dedicate themselves not only to future teams of Vernon and District Minor Baseball, but also to the greater passion that they instill in the kids to continue to play and love the sport of baseball.

Nicole Henry
Mini Tad Director

Blast Ball

Blast Ball We had fifty children playing blast ball this year, and several more interested in joining next year. 6 parents volunteered to coach, so we were able to place 8 kids on each team. The teams played twice a week at Bearisto fields. A 20 minute practice session (throwing, catching, hitting) was followed by a fun 30 minute game. All the coaches mentioned how the kids improved throughout the season and were all enjoying their ball experience. We had a fun wrap-up this year with the Mini-Tad division. We set up 10 "ball game" stations and rotated the teams through each station---the highlight being the water balloon batting stations! Tim Horton's donated Timbits and we supplied juice. The medals and team pictures were given out at this event. Overall, it was a fun season for everyone.

Tentative schedule - Tues/Thurs @ Bearisto/Mission Hill/Okanagan Landing schools. Mini-Tads are the youngest group starting baseball and as such, we will encourage all of the children to have a fun time learning the basics of baseball. The basics would include which way to run the bases and learning how to hit and catch the baseball. The children playing t-ball for the first time will be playing 'Blast Ball" which is a fun way for the little ones to learn. The children who have played before will be playing a simplified version of baseball. We are looking for someone to run the "Blast Ball" section, if you can fill this position.

T-BALL: This format is designed to get young people interested in the game of baseball by stressing and maintaining active participation of all the players with mandatory and free substitutions in each inning and emphasis placed on teaching the fundamentals of baseball. The ball is hit from a batting tee and the base paths are 50 feet in length. It is recommended that a soft resilient ball is to be used for play in this division. It is further recommended that a minimum of one coach, and a maximum of 2 coaches (while his or her team is playing on defense) be on the playing field to provide guidance and training to their team in the fundamentals of baseball. Regulation games shall be a maximum of 6 innings and a minimum of 4 innings. Other guidelines for T-Ball play may be found in Rule 19.