Australian Baseball League Promotion

This assignment analyzes the efforts of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) in promoting and developing baseball within Australia. It examines the ABL's strategies, their success in motivating people to play and watch baseball, and identifies areas for improvement. The report concludes with recommendations for the ABL to further enhance its impact on the sport's development.

Sport Analysis

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Part 1: Sport analysis ......................................................................................................................1
A. The sport and its structure .....................................................................................................1
B. History and Cultural Importance ...........................................................................................3
C. Volunteers and volunteer strategy .........................................................................................6
D Government input ...................................................................................................................7
PART 2 : Summary ........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Sport analysis is an approach to understand and measure the various aspects of a sport,
Every sport has its own structure as well as controlling organisations or authorities. The present
report is in context to Baseball, a popular sport in Australia. The report will identify structure of
Baseball in Australia, along with the organisations or clubs responsible for delivery of the cited
sport. Furthermore, the report will describe brief history and cultural importance related to
Baseball. In addition to this, the assessment will identify roles of volunteers and government in
the selected sport in Australia.
Part 1: Sport analysis
A. The sport and its structure
Baseball is generally considered a summer sport traditionally, which means it gets started
in spring and ends in autumn. However, this phenomenon has changed many times in Australia
for various reasons. One of these reasons was that baseball I Australia was mainly considered as
a sport for cricketers in the off-seasons. But later when this sport became popular it was played
by people more often during summers. Baseball became popular at every level of skill and age in
various areas of the world. Even the kids at the age of 4 and 5 plays a simple form of Baseball
which is called as T-ball. Baseball is a sport which is combined of various mental and physical
talents. Many Baseball players are specialist such as the pitcher who is very well trained to throw
the ball accurately to the hitter as well as also making the ball hard to hit(Bernardina and et.al,
2016). Some players are expert at fielding whereas some are good at hitting the ball for home
runs. It is a combination of team play and skills that make the game interesting and complex.
Baseball is different from other major sports such as football and basketball, there is no clock in
Baseball like in other sports.
Structure of Basketball
Statistics inn Australia – Baseball in Australia healthy acceptance and participation as the
following statistics indicate –
 35000 registered senior and junior players.
 In excess of 17000 children play in various recognized competition.
 Of the 118 primary schools surveyed nationally, 60% has T-ball sports consisted in their
Aussie sports programs.
 Government statistics list T-Ball as the top participatory sport within primary schools.
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 Based on national statistics, over 500000 individuals attended ABL games in 1993- 1994,
over 1 million individuals watched baseball on television in the year.
Australian Baseball Federation – The ABF or Australian Baseball Federation is the main legal
body in Australia which controls Baseball for every level all over the country. The Australian
Baseball Federation is one and only representative of Baseball in Australia is generally
recognized by the following bodies -
1. Major League Baseball
2. The International Olympic committee
3. The Australian Olympic committee
4. International Baseball Federation
5. Australian sports commission
The Australian Baseball Federation includes seven association from seven Australian territories
and states which are mentioned below -
 Baseball Northern Territory
 Baseball Queensland
 Baseball western Australia
 Victoria Baseball Association
 Australian capital Territory Baseball Association
 South Australian Baseball League
 New South wales Baseball League
Each of the above mentioned State Baseball associations have roles and responsibilities for the
growth or development of baseball in their specific state in Australia for example all levels of
Junior Baseball and Senior baseball along with the various competitions played in that particular
state(Marsh and et.al, 2015). The Australian Baseball Federation, both in its partnership with the
seven state associations and its own right coordination, assists and directs the growth or
development of Baseball in Australia, it also has responsibility for the below mentioned
programs -
1. International competition
2. Rookie ball
3. T-Ball and Yard-Ball
4. National Teams
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5. All types or levels of Junior baseball
6. Masters Baseball
7. Women Baseball
8. Coaching program
9. Elite development
10. Umpire programs
Grants and Funding for the sport
There are huge number of opportunities for sporting organizations and individual to
generate funding through the Australian Sports Commission(ASC).
 National officiating scholarship program – The National officiating scholarship programs
has a main goal officials in targeted sport to offer support in their growth or development
to gain the highest level of officiating.
 DAIS- Athlete Grant – The Athlete Grant – DAIS scheme is providing a chance to the
athletes in Olympic, Commonwealth Games sports and Paralympic in order to receive a
direct cash grant from the government of Australia for helping them with their efforts of
being a professional athlete and play for the country.
 Local Sporting champions grant program – This programs is designed and developed in
order to provide financial help to the junior sports individuals with regards to
accommodation, cost of traveling, equipment or uniforms etc.
B. History and Cultural Importance
Baseball was introduced in Australia by American gold miners and was played on the
gold fields of Ballarata on their rest days for fun in the 1850s. The cricketers Goldsmith and
Gaggin tried to play baseball at the Yarra park, Melbourne in the year 1867 but fans of AFL
arriving for the AFL football interrupted the game. The members of Surry Baseball club played
the first series of full competitive games of baseball by Australians on Moore Park and the
members in the NSW cricket association on the nearby Sydney cricket ground in 1878. In the
year 1881, American residents developd a Union Baseball club and after one year Sydney
Baseball club was formed by the Australians with U.S. Consul Gilderoy Wells Griffin
developing a NSW Baseball association in the year 1885.The essential Australian titles were in
1910 in Hobart, Tasmania between New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania and won by NSW.
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This was trailed by a similar game plan in Melbourne, Victoria between Victoria, NSW, South
Australia and Tasmania in August 1910. NSW moreover won this series. In December 1888, an
American, Albert Spalding, brought his Chicago White Stockings and a gathering of U.S. all-
stars to Australia, as a siginificant part of a world tour. Sydney Cricket Ground encouraged three
games. Around the complete of the nineteenth century, Americans in like manner tried to set up
baseball partnerships and contentions in Australia, with some accomplishment. A national class
was begun in 1934, and the national gathering entered World Championship contention in the
late 1970s. Going before winning the silver enhancement at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens,
Australia had finished seventh in the Olympics twice, which is similarly the most lifted position
came to in World Championships. Both test cricket and baseball move about as brisk as a
Jamaican on Valium. This makes them ideal for hot climates where fans require motivation to
relax around drinking ale and swearing off anything too objectively strenuous. The two
recreations were familiar with Australia in the 1850s, yet however cricket has thrived, baseball
has struggled. In its underlying years, baseball had a sensible after. Collisions were developed in
most capital urban groups and press degree was certain. It's American picture; in any case, was
both a quality and inadequacy. On one hand, it could trade off the considerable picture of
America for its predominance. On the other hand, it possibly undermined Australian patriotism
since playing baseball was a celebration of America. (Actually, cricket was furthermore a remote
diversion yet since various Australians perceived themselves as British.) likewise, cricket had a
culture of playing overall matches, and these matches empowered Australians to feel pride as
Australians when they played the British. Baseball did not have a comparative worldwide
playing society.
To avoid arrange contention with cricket and empower potential contenders to play the
two diversions, baseball transformed into a winter association. For different reasons, it was
perhaps the wrong move. At first, it put baseball in facilitate contention with the football codes,
which obviously had more fiery followings than cricket. Reflecting this dispute, a couple of
media recorded conflicts between baseball fans and football fans as they set out to watch their
specific recreations. Furthermore, baseball is excessively moved back, making it impossible to
watch in frigid atmosphere.
In the 80s, baseball affected a determined move by transforming into a pre-summer to
wield, and making a national association. It filled a gap in the mid year grandstand, which did
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not have an innate based private contention. As the attitude of the time was proficient US,
baseball could position itself as the trendiest entertainment on the square. Baseball tops were to a
great degree well known, marketing specialists showed kids in baseball apparel, and it was cool
to have experts use words like "offense" and "defend" for a non-contact shake. In the 1993/1994
season, the Australian Baseball League seemed practically got done with taking cricket. Typical
investment was very nearly 4,000, signify interest accomplished 500,000 and more than one
million individuals watched baseball on TV. From a spectator point of view, these figures
exhibited that local baseball was more unmistakable than nearby cricket(Downward and et.al,
2015).
Cricket reacted with some execution of some hereditary based publicizing thoughts of its
own. Immediately, state bunches were given monikers, for instance, Bulls, Tigers and
Bushrangers, which they hadn't had never had. Additionally, they dealt with some private one-
day competitions, which were imparted on business TV. Thirdly, they made a couple out of
cross-sports headway with the football codes that included legends of the football codes playing
altruism cricket diversions. Not only did the football legends propel cricket, they moreover made
some mocking comments about baseball. Under five years sometime later, the ABL had fell.
While Australian baseball is immaterial from a spectator point of view, regardless of all that it
has some potential. In 2003, there were around 57,000 Australians playing baseball in around
5000 gatherings. These gatherings made the players that defeated Cuba at the 1999
Intercontinental Cup, and won the silver honor at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Notwithstanding the high playing numbers, it is unrealistic that a national gathering would ever
succeed. Since its swing to summer, baseball has been trailed by soccer and b-ball, which have in
like manner endeavored to fill that forte of a natural based private association. The improvement
of 20/20 has similarly allowed cricket to influence a class to continue running along the course of
action of a football contention.
The Australians are very much attracted to Baseball due to its popularity all around the
country, kids at age of 4 or 5 grow up while playing Baseball in different forms. The people play
Baseball in Australia to have fun in summer and for them playing baseball is a season in itself.
Australians have developed Baseball as a traditional sport in the country which is played in every
area or region of the country by every kind of individual and on different level. The Baseball
Australia and the Australian Government have introduced the Diamonds in the Rough a social
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development program in Indonesia in order to support the promotion of gender equality and
prevent domestic violence through sport. Baseball in among the 10 sports that together form the
Australian sport for development in Asia program, the goal of this program is to spread values of
sport such as teamwork, competition and fair play as well as it develop trust among countries and
share Australia's own values, cultures and identity. This social program or development initiative
proves that Australians have a great connection with Baseball and it has great cultural
importance among the people living in that particular country.
C. Volunteers and volunteer strategy
Volunteers are considered as the backbone of a baseball game, from young coaches
developing the next generation of immensity on the fields all around the world to people
encouraging their kids to train in playing Baseball and competitive in the game or sport. The
Volunteers helps in motivating or encouraging an individual in a sport or game. According to the
current statistics the sport and recreation community in Australia have around 2 million
volunteers who are contributing to over 180 million hours in running sport and recreation.
Volunteers are supporting each and every part of the sport system across Australia, from
sustaining community lower level sport to elite level sport as well as in the successful staging of
huge events such as Paralympic games and Sydney 2000 Olympic. The prerequisite for more
volunteers over all domains of diversion event exercises requires more significant advancement
in how volunteers are enrolled, administered and held. Compelling volunteer turnover can spare
event organizers and affiliations the effort, time and cash related resources required to constantly
enroll and plan staff. Or maybe, these advantages can be put into the achievement of other
definitive goals. To construct volunteer intrigue and incorporation, it is basic to consider:
1. Volunteer motivations.
2. Volunteer satisfaction.
Focus on motivations
Retention and Recruitment of volunteers is more fruitful when event organizers revolve
around various volunteer motivational. This approach is particularly significant when arranging
persuading correspondences, doling out volunteer endeavors and sorting out experiences to
specific volunteers.
For example, to select volunteers who are motivated highly by social openings and expert
achievement, event organizers could use volunteer uncommon fliers that component the overall
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public one can meet while volunteering (especially the people who could move the volunteer's
employment). To hold these volunteers, event facilitators could setup instructional courses that
are coordinated in a social occasion setting and gathering arranged errands. Nevertheless, in light
of the way that volunteering expectations may change after some time and are multifaceted,
volunteer co-coordinators may watch along these lines to manage be unnecessarily resource
concentrated. Thus, it is in like manner basic to give volunteers experiences that are
satisfying(Gornitzky and et.al, 2016).
Focus on volunteer satisfaction
Job satisfaction has been associated with lessened turnover and extended feeling of
obligation with regard to affiliations. In like manner, volunteers will presumably need to return
to help the association and volunteer again if the experience has been a delightful one. With
fewer people volunteering and the extended enthusiasm for volunteers, holding impelled and
skilled event volunteers is essential. Volunteer co-coordinators must choose how best to satisfy
volunteers (i.e. fulfill volunteers' needs) to hold their organizations. Also, volunteer satisfaction
isn't fundamental for support purposes, it is moreover indispensable to enroll volunteers in light
of the fact that satisfied volunteers will likely choose diverse volunteers to help the association.
D Government input
The organisation of sport in Australia has been highly determined by its federal system of
government – Australian government and six states and two territories government as well as the
local governments plays a vital role in term of facilities, funding and policies. Baseball is a major
sport which is managed and controlled by the government of Australia(Moran and et.al, 2016).
The Australian government plays an important and central leadership role in the operations as
well as development of the Baseball sport in Australia. Various bodies such as Australian sport
commission supports and help in promotion of the Sport such as Basketball. The Australian sport
commission introduced Baseball Australia which is thrilled to provide its two sporting schools
programs to the children in Australia's school yards. The Baseball products in offer consist the
little league program and Aussie T-Ball school program. Both of these programs were
recognized nationally by Baseball Australia affiliated state associations, Major league Baseball
and The Australian sports commission as baseball's junior entry point program for introducing
children to the sport of Baseball. Baseball Australia has collaborated with the Australian sports
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commission in order to deliver $160 million Australian government initiative for motivating
more children to play Baseball.
PART 2 : Summary
The performance of Baseball or the Australian Baseball league can be analysed by
applying the six sigma of system performance as mentioned below -
 Finance and resources – The finance and resources are very important with regards to
Baseball, The Australia Baseball League utilizes its finance and resources for the
development or growth of the sport throughout the country. Australian government invest
in various programs and assets in order to encourage Baseball in the country.
 Improving delivery – The governing body of Baseball in Australia focus on developing
good players and athletes for the country. In order to encourage the sport in among
students and youth it conducts various programs as well as provide volunteers to play the
game(El-Sallam and et.al, 2015).
 Working with others – Australian Baseball League collaborate with various other
governing bodies or sport associations to promote and develop Baseball. There are six
states government and two territories government work together to control and encourage
the sport among people of the country.
 Leadership – In order to develop Baseball, the government developed around 600 clubs
throughout the country and support them financially in order to spread awareness of the
sport at a national level.
 Strategy and role – The vision and purpose of Australian Baseball league is to motivate
people to play Baseball and develop the particular sport at international level. It promotes
the sport by developing various programs related to Baseball in schools and universities.
 Results – The Australian government focus on development of overall sports and
recreation within the country. It has successfully motivated people to enjoy and play
Baseball in the country, millions of people watch Baseball on television presently in
Australia and there are many players emerged in the same sport(Gabbett and et.al, 2016).
Conclusion
The above report concluded that Australian Baseball League puts a great effort in
promoting and development of Baseball in Australia. It should rather focus on developing
National competition or series of games annually to motivate more players. It should form
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various teams of every state and develop a competition to effectively encourage people in
growing their playing skills and knowledge related to Baseball.
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