KID'S KICKBALL!

All kids are invited! Kickball Play Date!

The LRKA Youth League Inaugural Season

2nd Attempt

Coming Fall 2007

The LRKA sponsored K.I.C.S 4 Kids will be a youth kickball league kicking off in Spring 2007. Besides instilling a love for the great game of kickball, it will give children an opportunity to do something they don’t do enough of: play a kid’s game and have an opportunity to get involved in their community. Beyond building friendships, K.I.C.S 4 Kids will have at its core the following 4 principles:

Sportsmanship Physical Fitness

Community Service Education

Volunteers needed to organize and help run this great project!

General Information:

There will be 2 age groups: ages 8-11 and ages 12-16
Space is limited this first season to 120 kids total, 60 in each age bracket
Each youth will be assigned to one of 6 teams within their age bracket
Each coed team will consist of 10 members of varying ages
Each team is expected to participate in a Community Service Project
Each team will play 5 regular Season games plus be involved in the End of Season Championship Tournament
Each team will be mentored by an existing LRKA team
Each game will be 4 innings long
With 3 fields and 6 teams per league playing 5 regular season games, there will be 2 games per field per Saturday. This means that a total of 6 Youth league games (3 per league) will be scheduled every Saturday
Teams will either play at 10 am or 11 am on the scheduled Saturdays
Team shirts will be provided
Both leagues will be divided into will be divided into two practice groups of three teams each, Group “A” and Group “B,” and practice on their assigned evenings
On practice evenings, time will be devoted to playing the game but also to discussing the community service project, snacks and a guest speaker will be scheduled to speak with the kids about issues important to them
Involvement in this exciting league will be $20 per child

If you are interested in helping with this league as a coach, team mom, umpire, organizer or snack person, please contact the Poo ASAP! Thank you in advance.

Contact Larry Betz, The Grand Poobah of All Things Kickball, if you have any questions: thegrandpoo@yahoo.com 501-563-1244