British Federation sends U10-Team to Tournament in Czech Republic
The British Baseball Federation has pledged their support to a new overseas tournament opportunity, which will see a United Kingdom u10 team traveling to the Czech Republic for the 2017 ‘Super Cup’ coach-pitch baseball tournament.
Now in it’s the seventh year the Super Cup tournament is organised by the Czech Institute for Baseball Development (IBD), which will see 24 teams from across Europe playing three days of tournament baseball at the Tempo Titans Complex in Prague.
IBD have been promoting the u10 coach pitch format across the Czech Republic for many years. Their Super Cup initiative has helped spread the popularity of the format across Europe, and for the first time in tournament history, a team from the United Kingdom will be participating.
The project has been spearheaded by Team UK General Manager (and Leicester Blue Sox u10 coach) Matt Crawshaw.
The provisional Team UK squad will be added to in the coming weeks as the target roster size is in the region of 13-15 players. Final arrangements are in progress to add players from both London Sports and LYBL to the team and it will be confirmed on 15 March 2017.
Liam Carroll (National Team Official), further went on to say on behalf of the BBF, “Great Britain Baseball is behind this initiative, and we’ll be following along in June. I’m particularly looking forward to seeing prospects for future Great Britain teams, especially as we move closer to the re-launch of a U12 team for the 2018 European Championship Qualifier.”
BBF affiliated club coaches for the tour will be:
Robin Banerjee (Brighton Baseball)
John Gulliver (Brighton Baseball)
Joshua Miles-Knutsen (London Mets)
Steve Rollins (Leicester Blue Sox)
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Great opportunity for them. I hope they all will have fun and take part in game. Coz my kid did learn a heckuva lot last year during his bench time – and it wasn’t much, because our team carried only an 11-man roster. However he learned how pitchers tip what they’re throwing, and he learned the importance of not doing that or, conversely, watching for it at the plate. He learned how a catcher who’s playing ahead of him stops low pitches from getting away, which is something he’s struggled with. He learned to study hitters and watch for vulnerabilities because that information will come in handy when it’s his turn on the mound. And his brother, who was sitting beside me, learned even more. So it’s quite possible for kids to improve while not playing if they have the right attitude about it.
I like the idea about this tournament! IBD tries to develop baseball among little players. The tournament looks like for adult teams. It`s so great! Because such tournaments can prepare them for the big baseball. I like, that BBF welcomes this tournament. This event can help to promote sport among children. I believe, that participation in this tournament will bring more opportunities for these young talents. I would like to keep an eye on this young players and watch how they make their progress.