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Baseball Makes its Mark on Earth Day
Earth Day is an opportunity for both individuals and companies to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment. The Baseball Tomorrow Fund (BTF), Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Player’s Association serve as great examples of how highly visible sports organizations can also make their mark .
For instance, the BTF collects used equipment via collection drives at Major League Baseball stadiums across the country through one of our major annual initiatives – Equipment Day. The equipment is then donated back to local baseball and softball organizations in need. This serves as a great example of how ‘recycling’ can be more than tossing your empty water bottle in the recycling bin. In fact, recycling can create win-win situations: the people who donate equipment AND the people who receive equipment both benefit from the act of recycling.
In addition to Equipment Day, many MLB teams are going above and beyond to make their mark on Earth Day. The Pirates are leading a trash pick-up on the North Shore prior to their game on Earth Day, while the Mariners are encouraging children to think of ways they can improve the environment via their new kid-friendly mascot, Kid Compost. The Diamondbacks Solar Pavillion will not only provide fans with shade, but it will also generate 75 kilowatts of solar power, and the Red Sox were the first to install solar panels at their field in 2008.
We ask that you think about ways that you can make your own community greener. For example, consider buying reusable water bottles or donating your old glove to charity at the end of the season. Every small step counts!
Keys to a Healthy Sports Diet for our Children – National Nutrition Month
Coaching baseball and softball includes both on-the-field and off-the-field instruction that educates our youth on different ways to reach their fullest potential. An often forgotten topic that is vital to both health and athletic performance is nutrition. In recognition of National Nutrition Month, we’ll take a closer look at ways we can educate youth on how to seek out the best nutritional options.
Three key nutrition topics for children that first come to mind are variety, moderation and balance:
1) Variety – no single food or supplement contains all of the vitamins and nutrients that our children need. Eating food from each of the five food groups daily is essential.
2) Moderation – Our children should not eat too much or too little of any one food or nutrient.
3) Balance – Calorie intake and energy expenditure should be balanced to maintain healthy weight and body composition.
If you’d like to learn more about teaching our youth proper nutritional habits, please visit our colleagues at WePlay.com
FIELD MAINTENANCE TIP OF THE DAY
Today field maintenance tip of the day is a few field layouts designs.
This first one is a regulation baseball field, for highschool and college level fields.
This is what a youth baseball field design layout should look like:
FIELD MAINTENANCE TIP OF THE DAY
To end the week, here’s the last softball field maintenance tip of the day!
Due to the large size of the softball infield, irrigation systems are installed to irrigate the infield clays.
TIP: An automatic irrigation system will allow more time for the ground crew to focus on the mound, home plate and dragging requirements.
FIELD MAINTENANCE TIP OF THE DAY
Here’s another softball field maintenance tip of the day!
TIP: The depth of a warning track on a softball field is normally 10 feet.
FIELD MAINTENANCE TIP OF THE DAY
Softball field maintenance tip of the day!
TIP: The home plate area is also treated the same as on a baseball field, as
softball and baseball players dig similar holes during the course of play.
Follow the same maintenance procedure for the home plate, mound and
infield areas!
The Orlando After-School All-Stars and the South Florida After School All-Stars.
Learn a little more about two of BTF’s third quarter grant recipients, the Orlando After-School All-Stars and the South Florida After School All-Stars.
After-School All-Stars: Comprehensive after-school programs for at-risk youth.
Orlando After-School All-Stars (Orlando, FL): The local chapter of a national program serves 1,600 children from Orlando middle schools.
The grant will provide funding to increase the number of players in the summer and fall leagues of the organization’s Youth Baseball Development League, a free baseball program to middle school, at-risk children.
South Florida After School All-Stars (Miami, FL): The South Florida After School All-Stars program is the local chapter of a national program that provides year-round, school-based academic, enrichment and health programs to middle school students.
The grant will provide funding for the development of its first organized sports program, which will be a baseball league with partner M-E Baseball, a local recreational youth baseball league.
FIELD MAINTENANCE TIP OF THE DAY
Friday field maintenance tip of the day!
The pitcher’s mound is flat and requires similar maintenance as a baseball
mound.
TIP: Watering the clays and packing the mound is important after use.
Northshore Amateur Sports Academy, Inc. (Gary, IN)
Learn a little more about one of BTF’s third quarter grant recipients, the Northshore Amateur Sports Academy, Inc.
Northshore Amateur Sports Academy, Inc. (Gary, IN) was established in 2005 to provide year-round educational and recreational opportunities in the community. The academy provides baseball and softball camps and clinics, an all-sport camp and workshops to more than 800 children.
The grant will provide funding for equipment and player and coaches training material to support a learning and resource center, a groundskeeping academy for youth and coaches training and a college readiness program.
Check out the BTF Website to learn how your organization can apply for a grant!
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