So I was casually checking my email yesterday afternoon at lunch and I received an email with the subject "
BetaBall. Adapting baseball so both the batting AND fielding teams can score runs" and that was enough to gather my attention. When I clicked the attachment the first line in the article was "
Medical Note: If you are a baseball purist you may find it
difficult to hold down solid food for 2-3 days after reading this press release
and the coaching notes that follow. I apologize."
which made me rather intrigued. So over the next few days I am going to share the work of Denis Braun, the brain behind BetaBall. Keep an open mind and jump into it as we go over the new game, BetaBall, over the next few days.
A new outdoor team sport is available to
baseball leagues, baseball teams, as well as national state and provincial
sport development agencies around the world.
The sport utilizes the same players, fields, skills, and equipment as
baseball; but 1 simple new rule allows both the batting team and fielding team
to score runs. The new game will get
young people away from their “screens” (phones, tablets, video games, monitors,
computers, television, and home theatres) and back into parks, playgrounds, baseball
fields, and recreation facilities.
Phase One BetaBall can be played on any
existing hardball or softball field with the adoption of 1 new rule and a
visible throwing arc in the outfield (OTA) where all points on the arc are
equidistant from home plate. All as
described in my Patent Pending (USPTO) and 100% owned by Denis Hugo Braun; a
Swiss Canadian designer, author, and sport innovator.
In brief, the rule change occurs 40-60
times a game when there is a new batter and the bases are empty. (Example: All
lead-off batters in each inning) If the
batter is declared OUT by strikeout, ground ball, line drive, caught foul ball
, fly ball; then the play becomes a DPP (Defensive Point Play) and the batter must immediately run and touch all
remaining bases and touch home plate before all 9 members of the fielding team
have touched or handled the ball. If the batter achieves this feat his team
avoids a defensive point (DP). If all players on the fielding team handle the
ball and get it to home plate before the runner, then they are awarded a defensive
point. Points accumulate from inning to inning and at thresholds (set by their
League), they convert into runs. Example:
5 or 10 DP’s may convert into
run.
Full conversion to BetaBall means a larger
and expandable home plate, the home plate touch not tag rule, adopting the 3
ball walk rule, an invisible 3.5 meter wide swath around the bases to protect
runners in a Defensive Point Play, an electronic strike zone, video
confirmation on all plays, playing the bottom half of the last inning even though
the home team is winning, and on-deck boxes much closer to the dugouts and
hosting a stationary bike.
All rule changes are designed to generate a
faster and safer game with more action by more players using new skill sets,
new strategies, and new priorities while teaching players the basic skills of
running, catching, throwing, hitting, and fielding.
We request a special introductory Royalty Fee for the 2015 season
for amateur, high school and college
teams of Euro 20, ($USD 25, CAD $20,
RMB 100, Yen 2000, Won 14000,
Dong 200,000.). Pro and semi pro
teams pay a flat 5000 Euro; or 6% of the marginal increase in ticket sales and
advertising revenues above the 2014 audited numbers. If there is no increase,
there are no additional fees above the 5000 Euro.
BetaBall Sevens 16 team tournaments will
start around the world in 2016 with a 70 degree field; 7 players for 7 innings
and 30-40 minute games. The influence is Rugby Sevens in Hong Kong. Google
it.
Download videos and power Point
Presentations from: YouTube.com. Search:
BetaBall
WEB site under construction: www.BetaBall.
We need a Wikipedia author and publicist
Calgary Canada Phone: 1 403 608 8278 or
Skype: denishugobraun
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Coaching BetaBall:
Terms: DP = defensive point.
DPP =
defensive point play
OTA =
outfield throwing arc
HP =
home plate
RS =
runners swath
BOS =
batter-out scenario.
How to get a
feeling for BetaBall:
Imagine baseball if both the batting AND fielding teams could score runs.
More action. Faster pace. New strategies. More physical. More safe. And
additional throwing and catching skills
BetaBall is significantly different
from baseball. It has its own scoring, strategy, pace, execution, action, and
participation by more players in more plays providing more opportunity for
players to exhibit their skills of running, throwing, catching, hitting, and
fielding.
Baseball and cricket are unique an only the offense
batting team can score. In all other action sports like football, rugby,
soccer, hockey, and basketball the defense can intercept a pass or recover a
fumble or block a kick and score points during the play. In my new game, we
extend the OUT rulings when there are no
base runners. In these 40-60 plays each game, the complexion of the game
changes instantly as the fielding team has the potential to score and
accumulate defensing points that convert into runs at a chosen threshold.
Our
Goals:
Motivation: What
motivated me to design BetaBall was a frustration with young and old people
fixated to their “screens”, their bad diet and eating habits, and their declining
physical condition.
In Baseball, concentration is on the individual player. The batter
on offense; and on defence, only the 2-3 players recorded as getting the
batter out.
In BetaBall. The same
concentration is on the individual batter. But during a DPP, each defence play
has 2 parts. The first part is getting the batter out. The second part is a
catching and throwing routine where all 9 players must catch the ball cleanly,
transfer the ball to their throwing hand, and throwing it accurately to the
next player in the circuit. All 9 players must execute perfectly to get the
ball to home plate before the runner. Therefore a full team effort is needed to
score a defensive point. All 9 players take pride. Every player is equally
celebrated 15-20 times a game. There is no equivalent feeling in baseball.
BetaBall will contribute to the success of all national and provincial
youth development programs around the world. We will try to fund these programs
from royalties received from professional and semi-professional leagues in Asia
and Europe that may accept new game. However, BetaBall will not be
promoted to MLB or its affiliates to avoid interfering with the purity of the
traditional game for North Americans. To do so would be cultural disrespect.
Research to back my claims:
Each team paying a BetaBall
royalty for the 2015 season will be offered 20 wrist bracelets on loan free for
1 week. The bracelets measure distance, heart rate, calories spent, and
hopefully blood pressure over a 2 hour time period for each player. Coaches
will play an inter mural standard baseball game on day one; followed by game of
Phase One BetaBall on day two. Compare the
readings for each player; and return the bracelets.
