Emerging Sox U17

(13yrs - 18yrs)

 About 

 Seeking new experiences, added responsibility, taking risks and establishing the identity that can impact choices about sport and physical activity participation. It is important at this   stage being able to access many varied pathways from informal physical activity through to opportunities providing more competitive performance based sport.


 Life Stage - Participate, Compete & Develop

  • We focus on having fun, participation, learning and competing
  • We are promoting these more technical skills:
    • Hitting
    • The short game (bunting)
    • Sliding
    • Pitching/Catching
    • Defence/team defence
  • Work on tactical plays:
    • Emphasis on teamwork
    • Developing their positions
  • We provide physical fitness by:
    • Developing softball - specific physical conditioning
    • Developing their speed, agility, quickness and flexibility
    • Introduction to injury prevention
  • We ensure their social needs are meet by:
    • Having pride by working as a team (teamwork)
    • Taking pride in their team/game
    • Expressing gratitude
    • Fulfilling team roles
  • We help develop the cognitive awareness by:
    • Developing goal setting, team cohesion, visualization skills, emotional control, decision making during skills
    • Introduce game plans, pre game and game routines, coping strategies
  • We develop the game modifications:
    • Using 12inch standard softball
    • Standard home plate and strike zone
    • Rotating positions
    • Equal playing time


 What does WBOPSA provide to players/coaches & officials?

  • We provide clinics within WBOPSA for all and invite Softball New Zealand Representative to hold and teach clinics
  • We provide information and manuals if necessary for all players/ coaches & officials 
  • Players have opportunity to trial and represent WBOP at Nationals either for the Association or as a pickup player
  • We can provide opportunities for players to play for other regions as a pickup player
  • Players have opportunity to play Senior level if they wish to gain more experience and develop their skills
  • We also give players opportunity to represent their school in Secondary School competitions or any other tournaments their team/club participates in


 Fees:

 FREE

 Registrations:

 Team Registrations (Coaches/ Managers only): email: [email protected]

 Player Registrations: Click here


 Emerging Sox Resources

 Emerging Sox Skill Sets:

 The Emerging Sox skills sets have been developed to help coaches identify and develop technical, tactical, strategy and game knowledge skills appropriate for this age group. You can   also give this resource to your players to enhance your understanding of what they do know…and more importantly, what they don’t know!

 U18 Skill set Click here


 Emerging Sox Pitching & Catching Programme

 Softball New Zealand has developed a National Pitching & Catching Programme targeting the Under 18 (Emerging Sox), age groups. The programme aligns with the National Player &   Coach Development Pathway. For more information on the Emerging Sox Pitching & Catching programme please check out Click here


 Emerging Sox Coaches Accreditation

 Please contact Paul Goodall [email protected] or Roger Marshman [email protected] for more information or view Softball New Zealands website

 here Click here