Baseball Canada and Active for Life partner to promote physical literacy
Developing tools to help athletes succeed in sport and everyday life
Active for Life: Baseball
Active for Life is a national initiative about physical literacy.
We provide information, advice, and resources for parents who want to raise active and successful kids. Being physically literate helps children to be better baseball players, and better athletes.
Here are our key articles about baseball and physical literacy:
Top 5 reasons kids play sports
Kids play sports for the fun of it
Baseball Canada promotes physical literacy and a love for the game
This program develops skills by covering all the bases
Baseball: Rally Cap means fun and skills
By adjusting the game format, preadolescent kids have a chance to gradually develop their skills
Specialization: What does it really mean?
Repetition of one activity to the exclusion of all others is rarely wise
Can you guess the one thing that most elite athletes have in common?
Here’s a hint: it’s not single sport specialization
Scrub baseball
It’s baseball season and there’s no better time to get outside with a bat and ball and your kids. You don’t need to be part of a league to play. Scrub baseball is fun with as few as six players. Just grab some friends, neighbours or cousins and get out to your local park. This … Continued
Specializing in sport could fast track your kids to the hospital, not the major leagues
Variety is crucial until the age of 14 or 15
Seattle Seahawks quarterback could have played professional baseball
Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, and Colin Kaepernick could have played in the MLB
If you’re raising a child athlete, think long-term
Developing physical literacy optimizes both lifelong physical activity and athlete development
Girls got game at Little League World Series
Two girls are competing in this year’s championship for young baseball players
Does playing other sports make my child better at baseball?
Q: How does participating in a variety of activities help my 8-year-old become a better baseball player? By playing lacrosse they learn to run fast, as well as track an object in the air. That will help with hitting and base running! By climbing monkey bars at the playground they gain arm strength and upper body … Continued
Why specializing early in one sport is a bad idea
Diversification is more important during a child’s first decade
Why kids quit sports
70 percent will give it up by the time they’re thirteen