April is sort out month at OWLL!
The goal of
spring ball is to provide a safe, fun, developmental environment for players
and coaches. In order to do that, we want to make sure that kids are playing
with and against players of a comparable skill level. All sort outs are held at
an indoor facility (either the Kanata Sensplex Fieldhouse or Sir Robert Borden
High School gym).
The goal of the
sort outs is to create teams that are balanced with similarly skilled players
so that the season is fun for everyone. To accomplish that, all players are
asked to attend the sort out for their division, where they will be required to
run trough a series of drills to evaluate throwing, fielding, batting, and
movement. After completing the drills, the evaluation data will be used
to place each player in one of the two streams of play - A/Canadian or B/National, and then divide them onto
teams. There may be several revisions to ensure balance.
The sort outs
take place over two weekends, and players are divided by division and last
name. The full sort out schedule can be seen above, but it will also be shared
via e-mail, on our website, and our social media accounts. Sort outs will be
completed by April 13th.
Players are
asked to wear comfortable clothes (t-shirt and baseball pants/sweat pants), a
jock/jill, running shoes or indoor cleats (no outdoor cleats permitted), and
bring a helmet, glove, water, and a bat if they have one. Players should plan
on arriving no more that 15 minutes before their time slot. They must sign in, collect their number or
numbered pinnie and prepare for warm up and the evaluation activities.
After the teams are formed, coaches are
given their rosters and will contact their players. The league tries to
complete this process as quickly as possible to give the coaches as much lead
time as they can before the season starts.