Here at the Greater Largo Little League we believe that our parents are a HUGE part of each and every team.
Every family should do their FAIR SHARE!
After all, Baseball is a TEAM sport!
Let’s work together and have fun at the same time.
Nobody can do everything,
but everybody can do something, and if everybody does something
everything will get done.
Poem by Scott Heron
What can I do to help the coach and the team?
There are many things that you can do to support and help out your team. Most are very easy to do and totally free.
1. Have your player to games and practices on time.
2. If your player cannot attend a practice or game call your coach or team parent to let them know. Leave a message if they do not answer.
3. Support your coaches. Do not call them out, question their coaching decisions and do not coach from the side lines. If you have a problem or issue you would like to discuss, do so AFTER the game or practice. Ask the coach to speak with them privately.
4. Clean up after yourself and your player in the stands and in the dugouts.
5. If your player misbehaves, break the rules is uncooperative, uncontrollable, or irresponsible while attending a Little League function, please work with the coach on how to handle it.
Children should be helped to understand that they have obligations to their parents and to the coach when they become part of the Little League team. They are responsible for cooperating with coaches and teammates, for being prompt to practice and games, and for managing their own conduct.
When children misbehave, the coach has some right and responsibility to discipline them. Ultimately, however, the responsibility to discipline belongs to you, you must fulfill it wisely.
6. Remember that your child is always watching you. Be a positive role model. Do not be unkind or yelling inappropriate remarks during a game. Never use foul language.
7. Do not play favorites with the children on your child’s team or let your child see that you think one child is a better player than another.
8. Do not yell at or argue with the umpires, coaches or any other parent or spectator.
9. Do not put too much pressure on your child. Do not live out your unfulfilled dreams through your child’s life.
10. Keep all comments about your child’s performance positive or constructive.
11. A parent or guardian must attend and stay at every practice and every game. If you cannot make it to any little league function or cannot stay until the end, make sure that there is someone OTHER then the coach who be responsible for your player. The coaches are there to teach the players baseball and they cannot and will not be able to watch all the players at the same time.
12. Ask your manager, coach or team parent if there is something they need help with.
13. ALWAYS TREAT YOUR CHILD AND OTHERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED!
Remember that all Managers, Coaches, and Team Parents are volunteers.
Try to be appreciative of the time that they send preparing for and playing with your children.
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