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Monday, January 26
Practice and Game schedules
The practice and game schedules for the team subsites will be automatically populated from the main site and will show up in the menu links to the left and at the bottom of the page
Tuesday, April 10
Math Baseball
A fun baseball math game to help build better math skills.
http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Tuesday, April 10
Kids Page on the Major League Baseballs Website
Kids, click on this link to check out the "Kids Page" on the Major League Baseballs website! http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/index.jsp?c_id=mlb
Twenty Questions on the Pitch Count
Here are 20 commonly asked questions regarding the regular season baseball pitching egulation (pitch count) that takes effect in 2007. Click the headline to read the official FAQ.
A Year in the Life of Hometown Little League
Clicking the headline will take you to the Little League Online example Little League and guide you through the events that happen during the year.
Parent Support
Parent support during both games and practices is critically important to the success of the league. Be supportive of the team by ensuring your child attends each practice on-time. Be a positive role model during games, whether you are a manager, an assistant coach, or simply a spectator. Finally, please keep the following in mind:
- Always be positive and enthusiastic.
- Show your child positive reinforcement.
- Observe practices and games to learn proper techniques to practice with your child.
- Encourage your child toward skill improvement and good sportsmanship in every game.
- Teach your child to always play by the rules.
- Teach your child that hard work and an honest effort are often more important than a victory.
- Applaud good plays by your team and by members of the opposing team.
- Let the managers and coaches do the coaching.
- Let an umpire be the umpire. Recognize that the umpire is the closest to the play and that each umpire will "call them as they see them". The umpire is often a volunteer parent who has assumed a difficult, but necessary, role.
The Little League pledge
"I Trust In God, I Love My Country,
And Will respect Its Laws
I Will Play Fair And Strive To Win,
But Win Or Lose,
I Will Always Do My Best."
The Little League Parent/Volunteer Pledge
"I will teach all children to play fair and do their best
I will positively support all managers, coaches and players
I will respect the decisions of the umpires
I will praise a good effort despite the outcome of the game"
Youth Sports Parent Code of Conduct
Preamble:
The essential elements of character building and ethics in sports are embodied in the concept of sportsmanship and six core principles: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and good citizenship. The highest potential of sports is achieved when competition reflects these six pillars of character.
I therefore agree:
- I will not force my child to participate in sports.
- I will remember that children participate to have fun and that the game is for youth, not adults.
- I will inform the coach of any physical disability or ailment that may affect the safety of my child or the safety of others.
- I will learn the rules of the game and the policies of the league.
- I (and my guests) will be a positive role model for my child and encourage sportsmanship by showing respect and courtesy, and by demonstrating positive support for all players, coaches, officials and spectators at every game, practice or sporting event.
- I (and my guests) will not engage in any kind of unsportsmanlike conduct with any official, coach, player, or parent such as booing and taunting, refusing to shake hands, or using profane language or gestures.
- I will not encourage any behaviors or practices that would endanger the health and well-being of the athletes.
- I will teach my child to play by the rules and to resolve conflicts without resorting to hostility or violence.
- I will demand that my child treat other players, coaches, officials and spectators with respect regardless of race, creed, color, sex or ability.
- I will teach my child that doing one's best is more important than winning, so that my child will never feel defeated by the outcome of a game or his/her performance.
- I will praise my child for competing fairly and trying hard, and make my child feel like a winner every time.
- I will never ridicule or yell at my child or other participants for making a mistake or losing a competition.
- I will emphasize skill development and practices and how they benefit my child over winning. I will also de-emphasize games and competition in the lower age groups.
- I will promote the emotional and physical well-being of the athletes ahead of any personal desire I may have for my child to win.
- I will respect the officials and their authority during games and will never question, discuss, or confront coaches at the game field, and will take time to speak with coaches at an agreed upon time and place.
- I will demand a sports environment for my child that is free from drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, and I will refrain from their use at all sports events.
- I will refrain from coaching my child or other players during games and practices, unless I am one of the official coaches of the team.
Manager's and Coach's Code of Conduct
- I hereby pledge to provide positive support, care and encouragement for all children participating in youth sports by following this Code of Conduct.
- I will place the emotional and physical well-being of my players ahead of any personal desire to win.
- I will treat each player as an individual, remembering the large range of emotional and physical development for the same age group.
- I will do my best to provide a safe playing situation for my players.
- I will promise to review and practice the basic first aid principles needed to treat injuries of my players.
- I will do my best to provide practices that are fun and challenging for all of my players.
- I will lead by example in demonstrating fair play and sportsmanship to all my players.
- I will be knowledgeable in the rules of Little League Baseball and I will teach these rules to my players.
- I will do my very best to use those coaching techniques appropriate for each of the skills that I teach.
- I will remember that I am a youth baseball coach and that the game is for children and not for adults.
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