Skokie Youth Sports: Rules & Conduct
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In Skokie Youth Baseball and Softball, our motto, Everyone Plays, is also our cornerstone rule.
No player can sit out two innings until every one has sat out one. This rule is strictly enforced and adhered to and centers on our belief that children have more fun--and learn more--when they are participating. Winning is secondary. From the best player on the team to the beginner, everyone gets the same amount of playing time. Fair playing opportunities are the only way children from kindergarten T-Ball through 8th grade baseball can have fun. We stress to our baseball and softball coaches that it is easy to coach the talented and skilled players. The sign of a good coach is when he or she can develop each player to his or her full potential. When players reach high school, not every athlete makes the team. But in Skokie Youth baseball and softball, everyone plays, everyone learns, and everyone can have fun. Skokie Youth Softball follows the Interleague Rules for Skokie / Evanston / Morton Grove. Click here to see those rules: 2006 Interleague Softball Rules |
Wednesday, March 1
Conduct
| Skokie Youth is committed to good sportsmanship, not only among our players but also among coaches, parents, and fans. Rules are in place to guarantee that our games are free from unsportsmanlike conduct among all participants and spectators. Coaches at all levels are instructed in these rules and expected to enforce them.
Examples set by today's professional sports teams make it hard to teach the values of good sportsmanship. While taunting in football and basketball or arguing with refs and umps in all sports appears as the norm, Skokie Youth will not tolerate it. Players, coaches, and fans must act appropriately. Problems with unsportsmanlike conduct are rare in Skokie Youth games. However, when problems do arise, we adhere to the rules. In the past, we have had to resort to disciplining parents, players, coaches and even a board member for rule violations. Proper conduct is a requirement for participation, no matter how long a participant has been part of our program or what his or her title is. Following the rules of good sportsmanship and conduct not only teaches our young athletes how to act in a game but gives them values to follow throughout life, from the classroom to the corporate boardroom. |
