Player/Parent Guidelines

  Ø         Actively participate in all Organization Fund Raising activities.

Ø    Pay all team fees by requested time schedule.

Ø Be open to learning.

Ø   Be willing to play anywhere.

Ø   Always hustle (NO HUSTLE NO PLAY).

Ø   Have meals with team-members at tournaments.

Ø   Support every player during games and practices.

Ø   Demonstrate sportsmanship, no matter what.

Ø   Arrive to all games and all practices on time, dressed and ready to work.

     If you must miss a practice the player must call the Head Coach as early as possible before the scheduled event.

Ø   Be flexible when tournaments are rescheduled

Ø   Parents are not to approach the bench area while the team is involved with a game.

Ø   Parents are not to impose their coaching opinions on the players during a game.

Ø   Parents and players must avoid use of foul language at all times.

Ø   Parents and players cannot have open disagreements/discussions with any coach

      All issues are to be discussed privately at a mutually agreeable time with parent, player and coach.

Ø   Parents should refrain from making negative comments about our team or our competitors. If Parents:

     Violate this rule and are asked to leave the team, this will result in your daughter leaving too.  This Will constitute a “no-refund” fee rule

Ø   Sunday (or single/double elimination) playing time is not guaranteed. Coaches have the final say.

Ø   And of course, there will be no involvement with anything illegal.

Ø     Practices

a.       As a Major A team, we will practice regularly and often throughout the season.

b.      Attendance at practice is mandatory. If you are unable to attend practice, phone the manager or a coach to notify the team of the reason for your absence. When a player misses a practice without notifying the manager or a coach, the absence is unexcused. Players with three unexcused absences will receive game suspensions. Suspensions are served in uniform on the bench.

Ø      Uniforms

a.      No jewelry (rings, necklaces, bracelets, watches, earrings) or headbands can be worn. Pitchers cannot wear white gloves, wristbands, or sleeves.

b.       Uniforms must be worn properly. Jerseys are tucked inside the pants at all times. A player who is improperly dressed or missing part of his uniform is ineligible to play.

c.       Pitchers require special equipment. A jacket, an ice pack, and a roll of trainer's tape or a self-sticking ace bandage are to be included in every pitcher's equipment bag. Pitchers should wear a black long-sleeve or three-quarter-sleeve shirt under their uniform jersey. During games, pitchers are expected to wear a light jacket or windbreaker between innings.

Ø     Field Conduct

a.       Warnings and Ejections--If you disagree with an umpire's call, keep your opinion to yourself. Do not throw or kick your bat, helmet, or the dugout fence. Do not argue, mouth off, or glare at an umpire. If you scream or give any lip to an umpire, you will receive an immediate warning from the umpire. Two warnings in the same game and you are automatically ejected. If ejected, you will be required to attend a disciplinary review hearing. 

b.      Hustle! Run on and off the field. If you are hustling, you won't have time to give an umpire an angry look or a nasty comment.

Ø     Dugout Behavior

a.       Stay alert and involved in the game. Being in the dugout is game time not break time. Keep your focus on the field and the game that we are playing.

b.      No horse play or verbal abuse of teammates. Your teammates come to the park to compete against the opposing team, not to get put down or mistreated by you. If you do not have something good or constructive to say to a teammate, then keep your lips sealed.

c.       No dugout visitation with friends and siblings. Tell your visitors to go elsewhere and to converse away from the dugout. You can visit with them after the game is completed.

d.      No food, soda in the dugout. Eat before you come to the field, or after the game. Gatorade, Powerade, and water are beverages that players may drink.

Ø     Post Game

a.       An equipment crew and a cleanup crew will be assigned for each game. Each crew will consist of four players. The equipment crew will pick up all the team equipment and store it in the equipment bags. The cleanup crew will clean up the dugout and our side (visitor or home) of the field. When your crew has the game day duty complete your crew assignment first, then organize your personal equipment. If you refuse to participate with your crew, you will lose playing time.

        b.  There will be a brief post-game meeting at the end of every game. Your presence is required.