NEWS

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New Resources Now Available

A number of new titles have been added to the Resource Centre collection and are available for loan to coaches. They include:
Stadler - The psychology of baseball
SportsTurf - Baseball mound reconstruction (DVD)
Ripken - Coaching youth baseball
Bennett - The baseball drill book
Stallings - Baseball Strategies
Dorfman - The mental ABC's of Pitching

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NEWS ARCHIVE

• Program Highlights -
  
  2007 Highlights (82KB)
  2008 Highlights (135kb)
  2009 Highlights (161kb)
  

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STAFF - COACHING & SUPPORT

Lawrie Moore -Assistant Coach

Mark Haylock - Assistant Coach

Ken Kobayashi - Assistant Coach

Justin Clark - Pitching Coach

Matt McGregor - Psychologist
Michael Riggs - Strength and Conditioning Coach
Brendon Tammo - Athlete Career Education
Annette Eastwood - Sports Science
Tim Rawlins - Video Analyst

Di Forgan - Resource Centre

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

SASI Baseball ITC Program

The Program

The philosophy of the SASI Baseball Program is to provide a comprehensive year round baseball experience of the top 20 - 25 Under 18 athletes in South Australia. Maintaining a competitive level performance that is recognised at the National level. The foundation of the SASI Baseball Program is based on work ethic and learning. It is the goal of the SASI Baseball staff to provide individual attention to each SASI athlete in order for them to develop to their fullest potential.

Principal Objective
"To provide comprehensive year round baseball experience in which athletes have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential."

Supplementary Objective

1. To provide the necessary program for SASI athletes to reach their maximum potential in the physical psychological, personal and technical.
2. To provide SASI athletes and coaches with the maximum possible support in terms of sport, medicine and research.
3. To provide the necessary support systems to maximise SASI athletes ability to perform at their highest level in competition and training

Selection from a statewide Talent Identification Program and local club competition which is conducted by the SASI Head Coach and State Coaching Panel.

Age between 14 and 18.

Approximately 15 - 20 athletes are to be selected from throughout the State.

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NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE PROGRAM

The SASI Baseball Program is a partnership program funded and supported by the South Australian government through SASI in partnership with both National and State Sporting Organisation. A key partner in the program is Baseball Australia who contributes funding support to the program as part of its National High Performance Plan. The NTC endorsement of the program recognises the status of the program in the sports National High Performance Pathway and also the indirect funding contribution to the SASI program by the Australian Sports Commission through Baseball Australia.

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CAREER EDUCATION

SASI and Marden Senior College have established a partnership in developing programs that encourage and support athletes to undertake and complete recognised secondary SACE subjects that incorporate and educationally recognise their sporting commitments.

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CURRENT ATHLETES

SCHOLARHSIP HOLDERS

ASSOCIATE SCHOLARHSIP HOLDERS

PAST ATHLETES

HALL OF FAME

National Selections

World Baseball Classic

Paul Mildren, Tom Brice, Adrian Burnside, Stefan Welch

Olympic Senior Team:
Mark Hutton, Tom Becker, Shayne Bennett, Andrew Scott, Tom Brice, Ben Wigmore, Adrian Burnside, Paul Mildren

Olympic Senior Squad:
Calvin Chipperfield, Michael Forbes, Darren White, Andrew Scott, Luke Prokopec, John Challinor, Darren Fidge, Paul Mildren, Sam Tibbits, Tyrone Hambly.

Olympic Silver Medallists Athens 2004:

Tom Brice, Ben Wigmore, Adrian Burnside.

Australian Senior Team:
Andrew Scott, Shayne Bennett, Kym Ashworth, John Challinor, Calvin Chipperfield, Darren Fidge, Sam Tibbits, Ben Wigmore, Darren White, Tom Becker, Tom Brice, Adrian Burnside, Paul Mildren, Dusan Ruzic, Stefan Welch

Players to Japan :
Scott Gladstone, Ben Wigmore, Dan Wilson, Marc Taintey, Sam Tibbits.

MLBAAP:
Players selected to the MLB Australian Academy 2001-onwards.
Dylan Martin, Paul Mildren, Travis Underhill, David King, Dale Ziersch, Josh Cakebread, Luke Luey, Daniel Redden, Tyrone Hambly, Luke Schilds, Daniel Wilson, Toby Burner, Cameron Wood, Brendan Pett, Jeremy Cresswell, Adam Spencer, Tom Fiebig, Stefan Welch, Scott Gladstone, Peter Golotta, Tim Day, Nick Talbot, Ben Onofrio, Shaun Harvey, Mitchell Fienemann, Josh Tols, Josh Golotta, Angus Roeger, Dylan Child, Ben Lodge, Christoper Doyle, Justin Roe, Brodie Wyatt, Daniel Lee, Wilson Lee, Jackson Lodge, Jarryd Klemm, Jackson Bremner-Russ, Patrick Burns, Tom Teague.

AAA U19:
Ben Wigmore, Leigh Neuage*, Dale Ziersch, Luke Luey, Travis Underhill, Dylan Martin, Tyrone Hambly, Scott Gladstone, Jeremy Cresswell, Stefan Welch, Tom Fiebig, Ben Onofrio, Chris Doyle, Angus Roeger.

AA U16:
David King, Nick Duncan, Paul Mildren, Ben Foreman, Daniel Redden, Josh Cakebread, Jeremy Cresswell, Tom Fiebig, Angus Roeger, Mitchell Fienemann, Dylan Child , Christopher Doyle .

Australian Schoolboys Team

Chris Lawson, Zac Stokes, Andrew Qualmann,

Alex Hall, Dale Ziersch, Todd Alexander, Leigh Neuage*, Jonathan Beech, Tyrone Hambly, Ben Onofrio, Stefan Welch, Angus Roeger, Dennis Christiansen, Justin Roe, Josh Tols

Program athlete of the year

SASI Players who have signed professional contracts:

Bold - Made the Big Leagues

Italic -Current professionals

* deceased

SASI Players to attend US Colleges

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