The Spirit of Baseball 2012 John Marshall High School.April Tlst 2012 Printing for the Spirit of Baseball Provided By 804-270-7003
r Gayton Baptist Church 13501 North Gayton Road Henrico, Virginia 23233 804-360-2801 www.gaytonchurch.org/baseball Baseball Clinic 2012 According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, children are joining gangs in the Richmond area as early as the age of nine. NINE-quite an age to be initiated into a violent organized criminal enterprise. (Notel) Teen pregnancy is not even an accurate term these days when girls as young as eleven are having children of their own. In the United States, almost seven thousand children between the ages of 10 and 14 gave birth in 2005. (Note 2) In 2008, there were 1,823 teenage pregnancies in the Richmond area. (Note 3) United States Census Bureau statistics report that over 24 million children in America are growing up without a father. (Note 4) astonished. These are incredible facts, but, hardly surprising. We ought to be surprised. We ought to be We ought to be OUTRAGED! Once children reach the age of ten, they begin to think about whom they are and what kind people they want to be. Their needs are easy to see. Chet Emerson of the Boys and Girls Clubs puts it this way, "young people simply desire to be loved accepted and valued." When a void exists in the lives of children, they will turn to sex, crime, and gangs to gain acceptance. One does not need a sociology degree to know this-just ask a police officer, a teacher, or a single morn. One thing is sure: We must intervene at this critical time in their lives! The Spirit of Baseball, Richmond, VA, Year Two In 2011, Gayton Baptist Church, along with dozens of other local organizations, established a free baseball camp in the Northside area of Richmond, VA. Over 70 children attended along with almost as many coaches and other volunteers. As in 2011, the 2012 camp will be held at John Marshall High School. Our target this year will be will be 150 inner city children between the ages of 9 and 13. The purpose of this day is to show boys and girls, who may be facing difficult circumstances, that someone does care about them-that they are loved, they are accepted, and they are valued! We want them to know that they can turn to Jesus Christ first, foremost, and always.
From 1Dam to 4pm we will be teaching nine fundamentals of the sport of baseball. These will include batting, bunting, pitching, catching, throwing, infield, outfield, base running, and sliding. Six stations will be manned by a Head Coach and several assistants. All coaches will have a working knowledge of baseball. This will be a first class operation and a complete skills training day. Volunteers from Gayton Baptist Church, other area churches, and other organizations will be on hand for coaching, registration, lunch Christian counseling and a variety of other tasks. We will provide for each participant a glove, hat, t-shirt, baseball and a Bible. How can you help? If you are reading this, you have been contacted by a member of the Spirit of Baseball Organization Team concerning a donation or volunteering for this camp. We do not anticipate high costs for this event and we would accept any in-kind donations and help you offer. We are looking forward to speaking with you about specific needs. Thank you in advance for your consideration and help. You can sign up to volunteer for the camp by calling or using the Sign-Up Genius at www.gaytonchurch.org/baseball To watch a video presentation of a previous "Spirit of Baseball" camp, go to www.gaytonchurch.org/baseball-camp or You Tube, search the "Spirit of Baseball" to view presentations of the camps from Richmond and Portsmouth, VA. The Spirit of Baseball Partners: Richmond Police Athletic League, Northside Outreach Center, Fellowship of Christian Athletes John Marshall High School Gayton Baptist Church Larry Belcher: Thomas Sprouse: 804-441-0351 804-641-5560 Sources: Note 1: Note 2: Note 3: Note 4: The Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 26,2009 National Vital Statistics Reports; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health and Human Services; Volume 56, Number 6, December 5, 2007 Virginia Department of Health Website The National Fatherhood Initiative Website U.S. Department of
r The Spirit of Baseball April 21, 2012 Fri April 20th Sat Apr 21st 6pm till dark 7:00-9:00 AM Initial Camp layout and setup at JMHS Walk through Final camp setup (registration tables, power cables, speaker systems, grills, batting cages, pitching machines, Volunteer Check-in setup, more) 8:30 AM Bulk of Volunteers and Coaches arrive and finalize setup 9:30-10:00 AM Children arrive for registration and team assignments. Job overviews for Coaches and Team Managers. 10:00-10:25 AM Final kids arrive. Calisthenics, Opening Prayer, National Anthem, Final Instructions, Play Ball 10:30-11:00 AM 11:00-11:30 AM 11:30-12:00 PM 12:00-12:30 PM 12:30-1:30 PM 1:30-2:00 PM 2:00-2:30 PM 2:30-4:30 PM 4:45-5:00 PM 5:00-5:30 PM 1st skill set training 2 nd skill set training 3 rd skill set training, Nutsy shows up 4th skill set training Lunch Break, Speaker, Counseling available, bathroom breaks, group photo 5 th skill set training 6 th skill set training Game Times All Four Diamonds Final Wrap up and hand out Bibles and Goody Bags Children leave (This is flexible time) Volunteer recognition if time permits Final camp clean up and leave area
2012 Team Names and Age Assignments A. 9 Year Olds Teams Braves (Royal Blue Shirts) B. 10 Year Olds Teams Yankees (Black Shirts) C. 10111 Year aids Teams Cardinals (RED Shirts) D. 11 Year ou, Teams Rangers (Navy Blue Shirts) E 12 Year aids Teams Oakland A's (Green Shirts) F. 13 Year aids Teams Giants (Orange Shirts) Rotation Schedule 10:30AM: Braves go to Pitching Skills Yankees go to Outfield Skills Cardinals go to Running/Sliding Rangers go to Infield Skills A's go to Batting Skills Giants go to Bunting Skills 11:30AM: A's go to Pitching Skills Giants go to Infield Skills Braves go to Outfield Skills Yankees go to Batting Skills Cardinals go to Bunting Skills Rangers go to Running/Sliding 1:30PM Cardinals go to Infield Skills Rangers go to Bunting Skills A's go to Outfield Skills Giants go to Running/Sliding Braves go to Batting Skills Yankees go to Pitching Skills 11:00AM: Giants go to Batting Skills Braves go to Base Running Yankees to Bunting Skills Cardinals go to Outfield Skills Rangers go to Pitching A's go to Infield Skills 12:00PM: Rangers to Outfield Skills A's go to Running Sliding Giants go to Pitching Braves go to Bunting Yankees go to Infield Skills Cardinals to Batting Skills 2:00PM: Yankees go to Running/Sliding Cardinals go to Pitching Skills Rangers to Batting Skills A's go to Bunting Skills Giants go to Outfield Skills Braves go to Infield Skills
The Spirit of Baseball Job Descriptions for Camp Day COACHES We will be teaching the following baseball skills on camp day: Pitching, throwing, catching, infield (all three bases), outfield, base running, sliding, batting, and bunting. Six skill stations will be set up in which every child will stop (three in the morning, three after lunch). Coaches will be assigned to spend the day at a given station. For twenty to thirty minutes, the coaches will instruct the children in their assigned skill. Two coach's training sessions are scheduled to bring coaches up to speed on the drills. After all, we want this camp to be every bit as well done as a camp in which kids pay. These sessions are not required in order to coach at the Spirit of Baseball. We bring in coaches with over twenty years of experience as well as coaches who have never coached baseball before. The training is mainly for rookie coaches. TEAM MANAGERS The children in the camp are typically divided into 6 teams. Each team will be named after a Major League team and assigned roughly by age. (The age group rule is lax because often kids will want to stay with big brother or sister.) The Team Manager is an adult equipped with the day's schedule and a map of the park. The Team Manager is charged with walking their assigned team through the camp for the entire day including lunch and the Gospel Message. Four to six adults should serve as Team Manager for each team. There cannot be too many. The Team Manger is also responsible for keeping the kids moving focused and orderly. Sport drinks will be at each station so the Team Manager can keep an eye on hydration also. If a Team Manager is also able to coach, he or she may give a coach at the skill station a rest and run the drills for them. REGISTRATION Registration is the nerve center for the camp. This is the first place the kids go to get on the park. Registration workers MUST receive from each child a city liability form BEFORE the child can participate. The form must be signed by a parent or guardian. NO Exceptions. There will be a stack of these forms ready in case a parent brings a child without a form. We will also call home to parents to come sign for children if they do not have a form ready. Registration is also where the kids will receive their hat and shirt. A child will not be allowed to participate unless he or she wears the shirt. Signs designating ages will be set up so the kids can get in the appropriate line. Typically glove fitting comes under registration. The glove fitters usually set up a table several feet from the main tables in order to prevent a log jam. FOOD PREP Hot dogs, chips, sport drinks and cookies will be served at lunch time. A local catering service is donating the use of large grills in order to prepare hundreds at once. People will be needed to grill, package, serve and shut down the food prep area. The children will eat with their team and a Team Manager will come to the food prep area to get a platter with everyone's lunch which will be packaged in a Styrofoam clam sheel box. Everyone can pitch in to clean up. BUS STOP DIRECTORS/BUS RIDERS A city bus will pick up children at stops around inner city Richmond at 9am. Each child that rides the bus MUST have a bus permission form as well as a liability form in order to ride. The City is asking that we have an individual at each stop that morning to establish order and to see to the forms. That person will then ride with the kids to the park. SET UP/CLEAN-UP We'll be starting set up of the field at 6pm on Friday before and at 7am on camp day. Usually everyone pitches in but if you would like to come just to set up and clean up, you are more than welcome.