Quito LL: Coach's Corner

The coaches corner is the place to look for tips on coaching/training before, during and after the season.  Explore all the sections to get a leg up on the competition.




Thursday, June 2
AA MPR Monitoring Form

Monday, April 18
Quito Little League Tournament Team Formation Process

 

Quito Little League Tournament Team Formation Process

Tournament teams are meant to recognize players that have excelled in regular season play through game performance, baseball skill, fair-play, and positive attitude to represent the Quito Little League (QLL) community in a competitive, intra-district, post-season tournament and if successful, higher level tournaments.  (Click Here for the complete process) 



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Tips for setting up the AAA fence

The fence is marked "LEFT" and "RIGHT" and there is a small 1 section piece to reach the foul line on the left field side.  

The middle section uses the two posts in center that are offset vertically - NOT the two posts that are adjacent side by side, see photo.

There are two sections on the right field side that do not have sleeves as of 2011/03/15, they may be added later. 

The left field foul line is also missing a sleeve as of 2011/03/15, but you can shove one in the ground to keep the post up.  We've used a screwdriver and wire to "tie the post down" so it won't be floppy

Practice on TimeClick here for a handout.


 



Register to coach in 2011

If you are interested in being a manager or coach you must register online by clicking here. Registered coaches can access their team's dashboard and send e-mails to players and get e-mails targeted at our coaches.


 



2011 Coach/Manager Selection Process
Practice on TimeClick here for Quito Little League's coach and manager selection process for the Spring 2011 season. 


Guidelines and Rules

2011 Manager's Handbook

The Manager's handbook for the 2011 season.  The book contains all sorts of things on managing and coaching as well as the rules adopted by Quito for 2011.  Print it out and keep it with your coaching gear!  

Practice on Time2011 Manager's Handbook 2011 V1




Accident Reporting Procedures

An incident that causes any player, manager, coach, umpire or other individual to receive medical attention must be reported the the league Safety Officer (safety@quitoll.org).  This includes even passive treatment confined to the evaluation of an injury or a suspected head injury.  If you have an injury on the field, follow the procedure outlined in this document.

Practice on TimeQuito LL Accident Reporting Form

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Statistics, line-ups and balanced play
Need help balancing playing time for your players?  Check with your peers, most managers with a year or two under their belt have built spreadsheets to ensure playing time is fair.  A few managers in AA and above have nifty files that use scorebook information to provide player statistics, depending on how good your scorekeeper tracks them.   

 



Field conditions
The El Quito Park field might be closed if there are rainy or wet conditions.  The hotline for the Saratoga field conditions (El Quito) is 868-1207.  Remember to call!!!  If you practice when the field is closed all teams in Quito LL might not be able to use the field.

 



Scorekeeping
Need scorekeeping help?

There is a good tuturial on keeping score available online at http://www.baseballscorecard.com Just click on the "Keeping Score" tuturial and you'll have everything you need to know and more.

Some scorekeeper abbreviations are availble, just Practice on Time click here

Line-up reminder

Make sure that you put the kids first and last name (or at a minimum the first letter and last name) on the line-up cards for scorekeepers, numbers help too!  This way the scorekeepers can have better information in the official scorebook.  


 



Jaeger J-Bands Training Program
Practice on TimeJ-Bands Training instruction sheet

 




Coaching tips and development

League training events

Preseason preperation for the season involves a lot of training and education to make sure our kids have a fun and safe season in Quito.  Please check the calendar on the left to look at upcoming training and meetings for your divsion.  


Coaches Survey  

Paul Retlewski from Player and Coach Development would like to gain some insight into your coaching style and perhaps, awaken a new coaching style.

Our coaches performance is most important for Quito LL success and would like you all to be the best coach for our players.  

We will have a new survey coming soon for the 2011 season.  Watch your inbox!


Practice Tips: 

Practices are starting, how do you get your child back into baseball.

Practice on TimeTip series #1  - Preseason tips to get back into the baseball swing of things

Practice on TimeTip series #2  - More preseason tips

Practice on TimeTip series #3  - Coaching tips from Ph. D.

Practice on TimeTip series #4   - Hitting tips

Practice on TimeTip series #5   - More hitting tips and info about Quito equipment

Practice on TimeTip series #6   - Coaching tips for the games

Practice on TimeTip series #7 - The art of bunting

Practice on TimeTip series #8 - Post-tramatic, er, Post-season



What does your team do between innings?

OK your team has just taken the field for their defensive half of the inning. How do they use that time?

Practice on TimeBetween Innings

Little League Pitching Mechanics

The goal for any Little League coach or parent is to keep the game simple and un for their young pitcher(s). That's what we're aiming to do with this lesson on ittle League pitching mechanics.

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 Games are won at practice!

Keeping in the coaching spirit of this month’s Newsletter, we want to emphasize an important point. By preparing your players properly at practice, you will without doubt win your share of games. There is very little magic a baseball coach has at his disposal during a game; no special plays, no tricks and no assured influences. No special pre-game pep talks will influence the outcome of a game. No rah-rah stuff. 

Practice on TimeGames are won at Practice

Getting Kids To Practice On Time!

Hey, this is just too easy! Try it or substitute your favorite drill.

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Quick Practices

Some good tips on organizing practices so that kids don't stand around bored. It leads to a sales pitch to sell a video (which Quito has been purchased for your use).

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Teaching The Younger Player

Although this is geared towards ages 5-8 I'd say that we all could be reminded of a few things that might make the player enjoy his season a little more.

Young PlayersYoung Players

T-Ball Coaching Tips

Coaching Tee-Ball? God bless you. This is by far the funnest part of Little League. If at the end of the season your kids had fun, you got them to appreciate the game, and your games actually looked strikingly similar to baseball, you have had a great year! Keep up the good work!

T-Ball Coaching TipsT-Ball Coaching Tips

Even More Tee-Ball Coaching Tips

Now we're into the nitty-gritty. Real baseball! ...or at the start of something that resembles it. Have a ball!

T-Ball Coaching Tips Part 2T-Ball Coaching Tips Part 2