Coronado Youth Softball: FAQ (questions)
Fees pay for items such as:
Uniforms, insurance policies, umpire fees, field items (safety bases and pitching rubber ), major equipment such as pitching machines, minor equipment such as bats and catchers gear, clerical items like printing expenses, tournaments, banners, ads, flyers, instructional pitching clinics (a CYS sponsored pitching coach).....and of course this web site.
I might be interested in coaching, but Ive never coached before or Im not very experienced at softball. Is this a problem?
No problem! If you have patience, integrity, love kids, and want to help the community, those are the qualifications were looking for! We can teach you how to organize a practice and how to instruct softball skills. Were looking for all the hep we can. Please see a CYS Board member during registration to learn more about applying for a coaching opportunity.
How can I help? What volunteer positions are still needed to help out teams?
CYS is made up entirely of volunteers and we could use as much help as you are willing to lend. At the first team meeting, your manager will be asking for volunteers to help as Team Parent, scorekeeper (except Tee Ball). field grooming, and other duties as needed. Please step forward and help out. All families on all teams will have a time during the season where they will help on a 2-3 hour shift at the snack bar. At least one member of a family is expected to participate. We also need a Vice president, Webmaster, and team parent coordinator for the 2012 season still
What does a Team Parent do?
The team parent is the liaison between the manager and the other parents. The team parent helps with the distribution of uniforms when they come in and helps coordinate "picture day". The Team Parent also makes scheduling arrangements for parents to take turns bringing after-game refreshments. In addition, the manager may make other requests, such as asking the Team Parent to make phone calls to remind players of practice times, arrange rides to away games, etc.
When is the playing season for CYS?
Our Spring season starts on February 23rd and goes through the month of May. We then hold all-star tryouts and those girls continue to play in tournaments through July 4th weekend. If an all-star team places at the San Diego District Tournament, the team has the option to go to the CA State Championship Tournament sometime in July.
Is a try out required?
There are Player Evaluation days in January where all of the girls skills are assessed. Girls in all divisions except T-Ball are required to participate in order to ensure that evenly balanced teams are created in each division. See more information in the How are teams formed? question to follow.
How are teams formed?
In the upper divisions (8U, 10U, 12U and 14U), players are selected through a draft to ensure evenly skilled balanced teams. This means that the girls are assigned to teams based on their skill level.
When do practices begin?
Practices start in early February. Your daughters manager will let you know the day(s) of the week and location of practice.
How many games are played in a normal season?
For Spring Ball, its about 15 to 20 games not counting all-stars.
Where are the games played?
All of our home games are played at Tidelands Park but we do travel all over San Diego County to play.
My child must play for a specific coach or friend for carpool reasons. Will that be a problem?
No league can guarantee that a child will play on a specific team and CYS is no different in this regard. Players are placed on teams through a draft to ensure evenly-skilled teams. As a result, the League cannot make guarantees as to who will be on your childs team. We will try our best to accommodate for carpooling reasons
My child had very little experience and/or is smaller than kids her age. Can she be placed in a lower division than her age/birthday would otherwise i
As a rule, playing down is not allowed except for safety issues. Most smaller and less experienced players catch on very quickly during the season. Most parents, in retrospect, would agree that the need to have their kids play down might not have been as urgent as they originally thought. Additionally, a player electing to play down would not be eligible for All Stars.
My child has a lot of experience and is a very skilled player. Do you field an advanced team or All Star team?
We do not field a separate team consisting solely of advanced players. Instead, these players are distributed evenly throughout the teams in each division. Some players can request permission to play up. Such permission is at the CYS Boards discretion and is based on player skill, safety and the number of players available for both affected divisions.
We do have a very active All Star program that begins immediately after the regular Spring Season and can last throughout the summer.
How are the All-Stars players picked
At registration you will be asked to sign a commitment form that states you will be available when all stars come. The best girls from each team will be picked for All-Star tryouts and 12 girls will be picked from those trying out. those 12 will go on to represent CYS in tournaments around San Diego. Girls will receive stars on there regular season jersey for participating in the previous year All-Star team. Earn your stars girls. All-Stars is a separate cost around 200 dollars and includes tournament cost, new all star uniforms. If less tournaments are played the cost will be less
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