 Ron Harvey
Worldwide Baseball Prospects Australia Representative
Former New York Yankees Scout
South Australian Baseball League Coaching and playing Experience
Played for the West Torrens’ baseball club 1970 – 1988
West Torrens Baseball Club 1971 – 1995 Division 1 and Division 2 coach-winning 68 consecutive games
-winning 8 of the previous 10 Division 1 District competition premierships -coaching 5 consecutive Super League seasons and winning 3 titles
Port Adelaide Baseball Club – Coach 3 years
1987/88 – 1988/89 Assistant coach of the Claxton Shield Team
Adelaide Giants Baseball Team
-1990 appointed Head coach of the newly formed Adelaide Giants that played in the
Australian Baseball League.
-1995 – 1990 Coaching staff of the Adelaide Giants
-Baseball Operations Manager Adelaide Giants 1989 responsible for on field performance and recruiting
South Australian Sport’s Institute
-Formulated the South Australian Baseball Sport’s Plan
-Has worked in the baseball programme at the South Australian Institute of Sport since its inception
Head coach of SASI
Coaching Development
-Level 3 coach Australian Baseball Federation Coaching accreditation
-Lectured to coaches participating in the Australian Baseball Federation Level 1 and Level 2 courses
-Member of the South Australian Coaches Association
-A member of the Coaching Coordinators committee to produce the initial South Australian playbook
-Coaching assessment – reporting to Shayne Bennett about our coaches performance as well as provide the coaches with input.
-Coordinator for all youth team programmes held at the Australian Institute of Sport. liaising with AIS personnel.
-Planned and distributed the first Australian Youth team playbook
-2006 South Australia “State Director of Coaching.”
Australian Teams
- first baseball coach accepted into the Australian Institutes Bachelor of Coaching Programme
-1983 began coaching at an international level
-Toured to Georgia Southern University – toured New York
-1984 Toured to Georgia Southern University
-1985 appointed to the position of Assistant Coach to the Australian Under 19 National Youth AAA team that participated in the World Youth Championships in Albany New York
-1986 Head Coach of the National Youth AAA team, which participated in the World Youth Championships in Windsor Canada
-1987 Coaching staff of the Australian AAA team that competed in the World Youth Championships in Windsor Canada
-1988 Assistant coach of the Australian National AAA team that competed in Trois Riviere where Australia won its first medal – bronze
-Participated in the inaugural Australian Baseball Federation Development Squad. Continued participating in this programme for a number of years in various roles that ranged from Coaching to a Managerial role
-1990 Head Coach of the first Australian Baseball Federation Centre of Excellence team which toured the United States
-1991 Manager of the Australian children who were chosen to participated in the World Children’s Baseball fair. I was used as an on field coach by the International Baseball Association as Coaching Coordinator
-1992 assistant coach of the Australian AAA team that played in the World Youth Tournament in Monterrey Mexico. The team also competed in the “Rainbow Tournament” in Hawaii
-1993 assistant coach of the Australian AAA team that competed in the World Youth Tournament in Windsor Ontario
-1994 assistant coach of the Australian team that competed firstly in American Samoa and then competed in the Area Code games in California
-1995 assistant coach in the Australian team that toured Florida and then competed in the Area Code Games in California
-Received a citation from the government of the United states of America for being a sport’s ambassador
South Australian Underage State Teams
-1987/88 named Youth Coach of the Year
-1987 inception in 1989
-I have taken many roles in the programme – Assistant coach
-SABL board member with the portfolio of baseball elite development
-Head coach in the interim of Chet Gray's departure and the appointment of a new coach/88 winners of the Under 18 Australian championship
-16 years coaching South Australian Youth Teams Under 18 and Under 16 teams
-Coaching coordinator Talent Identification Spring Training Camp Immanuel School
-Year 7 training camp Fort Largs coaching coordinator
Administration Australian level
-Australian Baseball Federation Youth Secretary 4 years 1988 – 1992
-Manager World Children’s Baseball Fair
-1990 Coordinator Under 14 Pre tournament clinic. Liaison with Major League Baseball
-Organizational Manager Under 18 Training camp Port Adelaide
-A member of the Australian Baseball Federation Technical Committee for 12 years where I edited the baseball magazine. Helped write the level 1 and level 2 Coaching accreditation manuals
-Along with Chet Gray I compiled the Australian Baseball Federation’s drill and playbook.
-Co author of the current Academy manual where I developed a checklist of skills required for ever position of baseball along with hitting, base running, visualization and psychology
Administration South Australian Baseball League
-Board member for a period of 18 months where I was responsible for the Elite Development Portfolio.
-President of the West Torrens Baseball Club 3 years
-Vice President of the West Torrens Baseball Club 6 years
-Life Member West Torrens Baseball Club
-Life Member South Australian Baseball League
High School to College Baseball Recruiting Program
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