Tee Ball

What is tee ball?

Tee Ball is a modified version of baseball. The major modifications include no pitching, hitting the ball off a tee of adjustable height, a reduced time of play, and competing on a diamond which is only two-thirds of the senior size.

The games provide a lot of fun, opportunity for rapid improvement in ball skills, hand-eye coordination and general confidence, as well as fast moving excitement during the game itself.

The Westgarth tee ball program places an emphasis on safe play, having fun and learning new skills.

Our program is suitable for children aged 5 to 10 years. In 2018 we launched a Prep/Grade 1 mini session alongside our normal program.

Our tee ball location

Merri Park, cnr Sumner Ave & St Georges Rd, Northcote.

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Weekly schedule

Bigger kids

09.45     Arrive, unpack gear, setup

10.00     Start warm up drills

10.10     Skill stations

10.30    Mini game

11.15     Finish, pack away gear

Smaller kids

10.15     Arrive

10.30    Learn tee-ball/baseball fundamentals (hitting with foam bat, catching with soft baseballs, etc)

11.00     Finish, pack away gear

As the season progresses we will extend the session length for the smaller kids

Equipment grant

Westgarth Baseball Club received a grant from the Clifton Hill/North Fitzroy community bank for the purchase of $1,000+ new tee ball equipment for season 2017. This equipment is still in great condition for the 2019 season.

Key dates (2019)

Tee ball will be return on Sunday mornings throughout term 2 and 3, with the exception of any weekend forming part of the school holidays or part of a long weekend.

• Monday 23 April – Term 2 starts
• Sunday 12 May – Week 1
• Sunday 19 May – Week 2
• Sunday 26 May – Week 3
• Sunday 2 June – Week 4
• Sunday 9 June – no session (Queen’s Birthday)
• Sunday 16 June – Week 5
• Sunday 23 June -Week 6
• Sunday 30 June – no session (First weekend of school holidays)
• Sunday 7 July – no session (Middle weekend of school holidays)
• Sunday 14 July – no session (Last weekend of school holidays)
• Sunday 21 July – Week 7
• Sunday 28 July – Week 8
• Sunday 4 August- Week 9
• Sunday 11 August – Week 10 (Includes medal presentation)

• If more than one session is washed out then additional sessions may be added in August subject to ground availability etc.
• Children are welcome to begin at any time up to and including Week 4.