10 U Black Team Staff Roster Coach Coach

10 U Black

Team Staff & Roster Ø Coach: Ø Ø Coach: Team Manager: Team Score Keeper: • • •

Goals for the Season • • • Have Fun Improve Every Practice Team: What it means Build Confidence Defensive Skills – Catching and throwing and fielding – All positions understanding her role in every defensive play • Offensive Skills – Be aggressive at the plate – Aggressive base running • Awareness of Game Strategy • Win

Practice Times Dates Times Sunday: May 12 th 2: 00 -5: 00 PM Sunday: May 19 th (3: 00) 4: 00 -7: 00 PM Sunday: June 1 st (3: 00) 4: 00 -7: 00 PM Starting 2 nd week of June, 2 weekday practices (5: 00) 5: 30 -8: 00 PM Sunday: June 22 nd (3: 00) 4: 00 -7: 00 PM Sunday: July 20 th (5: 30) 6: 00 -8: 00 PM Sunday: July 27 th (5: 30) 6: 00 -8: 00 PM BLUE means pitcher/catchers

Practice Coaches will be there early Players there 15 minutes early Fast Paced / structured Parents that want to participate/help need to let coaches know in advance to work into practice plan • Team manager or another female representative will be at every practice • Bring water • •

Tournaments Dates Location Tournament Name May 23 -25 th Livermore Smoke June 6 -9 th San Mateo George Feely June 13 -15 th Burlingame Billie Sue June 27 -29 th Sunnyvale ASA Metro July 4 -6 th Pleasanton PGSL Classic July 12 th & 13 th Benica Sandy Shotwell July 28 th - August 3 rd Roseville ASA Western National Tournament Play: • Guarantee 4 games on the weekend: Timed games 75 – 90 mins. • Saturday 3 games (seeding pool play) • Everyone Plays • Sunday 1 game (single elimination championship play)

Team Rules • • • RESPECT YOUR TEAMMATES RESPECT YOUR COACHES RESPECT THE GAME PRACTICES ARE NOT OPTIONAL PRACTICE STARTS ON TIME: READY TO PLAY(15 MIN EARLY) 100% ALL THE TIME COMMUNICATE TEAM 1 ST LEARN

Parents Do’s and Don’ts • Do – – – Encourage girls with positive reinforcement Play catch and practice as much as you can (Pitching) Cheer good plays on both teams during games 24 Hour Rule Speak to Coaches before or after practice/games Let us know of any injury – COMMUNICATE – CALLS/EMAIL/TEXT/TWEET/… • Don’t – – – Discuss Playing Time or Positions Go in dugout during games Don’t talk to the umpires Heckle the opposing team Coach girls during the game – Criticize coaches…. ha ha

Equipment • Cleats (no metal) & Flips • Bat (ASA approved only) • Black, Green or White Undershirt (optional long and short sleeve) • Fielding Face Mask (optional) • Hair ties or headband – Hair back • Sliding shorts (Optional)

Tournament Day: • Typically, We will know at least a week before the times we play on Saturday (Sunday depends on W-L on Saturday) • Be at field 60 minutes ready to warmup • Pregame routine will include warmup, stretch, fielding and hitting • Positions/batting order will be assigned before game • Pitchers will be notified in advance of game day • Bring water

Fundraising • i. Pad Raffle – 120 Tickets ($10/Ticket) – 10 Tickets/Player Raises $800 • Sponsorship – Patches or Banner – Levels of Sponsorship • CVGSL League – Donation ($500/Team). • Allocated to offset Tournament Costs (travel costs) – Refund of excess will be divided equally between the team.

Before You Leave • • Player’s & Parents’ Code of Conduct/Ethics Registration Birth Certificate Fee ($650) • QUESTIONS?