Last night our head coach, Neil Turner, and secretary (Emma-Louise Allen) visted Chalfont St Peter Youth Centre to run the first of two softball taster sessions for their young people. It was a great opportunity to introduce softball to a group of local 14-16 year olds.
The session ran for an hour and took place on the centre's fenced basketball court. Neil and Emma ran some drills to introduce the basics of catching, throwing and fielding before progressing to a modified game based on indoor softball to give the attendees and idea of how a game works and to add a competitive edge between them.
Next week a further session will give the young people to have a go at batting - something that is sure to go down well with them to be followed by a more organised modified game.
It is hoped that after the two sessions a number of the young people will come and attend our next club training session on Gold Hill to fully experience the softball we play at Chalfont Softball Club. Neil and Emma also discussed the possibilty of CSC running a full game on Gold Hill for the people of the Youth Centre at some time in the future.
This series of sessions follows on from a very successful taster session we ran for Marlow Ladies Rugby Club in March. We also have a tasters booked at Beaconsfield School for 50 year 10s at the end of the month at which it is hoped there is enough interest to start an after school club.
If you have a school or organisation that you think would like to have Chalfont Softball Club run an event for you then please let us know.
