2012 Annual Report - Softball Australia
2012 Annual Report - Softball Australia
2012 Annual Report - Softball Australia
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Acting CEO’s <strong>Report</strong><br />
Sustainability<br />
Our national events provide an opportunity to<br />
showcase our sport, promote the sport and enhance<br />
spectator involvement. Last year we established the<br />
Event Review Committee to evaluate and review all<br />
aspects of the current national events program. The<br />
intention of the review was to develop an effective,<br />
commercially viable and sustainable national events<br />
program.<br />
Michael Shields, <strong>Softball</strong> Victoria Board Member, was<br />
appointed to conduct interviews throughout <strong>Australia</strong><br />
with coaches, officials, administrator, participants and<br />
spectators to seek feedback regarding our national<br />
events program. The report indicated a need for similar<br />
standards across all tournaments, provide a better<br />
focus on our volunteers and to improve the overall<br />
atmosphere of these events to engage and attract<br />
more spectators.<br />
The Event Review established short, medium and long<br />
term goals that need to be finalised in consultation<br />
with our Member States, such as:<br />
• trial combined events (eg U17 Boys and Girls same<br />
venue) or Gilley’s Shield and U17 Girls<br />
• a review of the national events calendar, including<br />
all <strong>Softball</strong> events (international, national and state)<br />
with the purpose of improving the current schedule<br />
• trial a proposed event model at one event, eg U17<br />
• develop a full working document for a centralised<br />
event program which includes procedures,<br />
processes, costings and case studies<br />
• identified and recruited volunteer SCCP Coaches to<br />
deliver the pilot programs in each state and<br />
established baseline numbers for FY12 and FY13 (as<br />
part of planning/pilots)<br />
• finalised the national ISP strategy and the<br />
membership model for remote Indigenous<br />
communities, launched the ISP program in Canberra<br />
on 23 March with MOU sign-off in Northern<br />
Territory, South <strong>Australia</strong> and Western <strong>Australia</strong><br />
• 7,896 ISP participants through various initiatives<br />
In High Performance:<br />
• delivery of six National Catchers and Battery Camps<br />
in ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic and WA<br />
• development and implementation of a national<br />
Strength and Conditioning program for Open and<br />
U19<br />
• review and restructure of the National Elite<br />
Development program with the focus on the Daily<br />
Training Environment (DTE)<br />
• establishment of a National Coaches Leadership<br />
group, which includes the formation of the<br />
National Coaching Committee and establishment<br />
of the Battery Reference Group with work<br />
commencing on the National <strong>Softball</strong> Coaches<br />
Guidelines<br />
Our deliverables<br />
Over the past 12 months we have achieved many of our<br />
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).<br />
In participation:<br />
• finalised the <strong>Softball</strong> Batter Up (SBU) program and<br />
Kids Zone for associations and clubs and delivered<br />
25 pilot programs, with 1,517 SBU participants taking<br />
part<br />
• appointed a National Community Coach<br />
Coordinator and three coordinators to develop the<br />
SCCP resources<br />
• conducted four <strong>Softball</strong> Community Coach pilot<br />
programs to compile feedback on the induction<br />
course resources and delivery methodology.<br />
Stacey Webber<br />
Stacey Webber (Qld) was one of the standouts for the<br />
Aussie Pride team with impressive statistics that included a<br />
batting average of 0.556, a huge 14 RBI display from 6 games<br />
(6 singles, 1 double and 3 home runs) and a slugging average<br />
of 1.111<br />
Image courtesy Donkin Gook Photography.<br />
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