Westwood Baseball
Managers, Coaches, Umpires &
Parents Responsibilities
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Besides having our parents tend our concession stands as one of our financial responsibilities and respective duties it is important understand that our major responsibility is to ensure that our children are placed in an amicable environment. Let’s not confuse competitiveness among our children’s natural realm of playing with our-selves competing against each other. All managers, coaches and parents are responsible for observing the games with a reserve, amicable, courteous frame of mind. Rooting for your child and your child’s team are always going to be a part of Westwood Baseball. However; please refrain from commenting aloud statements that would upset any other person at the field. For example; “ Throw a strike Tommy the batter can’t hit” or “come on Tommy you can hit this guy he has nothing”. Please refrain from disruptive competitive cheering. Coaches, managers, umpires & parents shall not yell across the field at another coach, manager, umpire, parent or player in a hostile tone. Managers, coaches, players, or parents should not be inappropriately insulting or negatively commenting aloud about our umpires, no matter what. This will lead to disciplinary action leading up to including suspension for the season. If you are a coach or manager you are relied upon to lead by example. That means no arguing with our umpires, coaches, parents or players in front of our children. If you do so it is most likely you will not coach again in Westwood Baseball. Westwood Baseball will be looking for zero tolerance when it encounters inappropriate behaviors. Managers and coaches should be concentrating on teaching our children how to play baseball, how to be good losers, how to be good winners and how to respect each other. Winning is meaningless, watching our children turn a double play, hit a line drive, or simply make a routine catch is priceless. Let the children control the outcomes of the game, not the coaches, managers and parents. Our job is to make sure that their early baseball experiences are remembered fondly. A good coach leads by example and encourages and rewards their players. A good coach doesn’t yell at their players when they have a bad inning, make a physical error, makes a mental error, doesn’t throw strikes, takes strikes or is simply not paying attention. A good coach is never sarcastic. A good coach emphasizes education and school. Please think before you act and remember our children our watching and listening. *Insurance Reminder: Our Accidental Insurance is a supplementary coverage, like all local town leagues, we could not afford nor would it be reasonable to pass the expense along to registration fees. That is why it expected when you sign-up that you understand that your own health insurance covers your child for any ordinary occurrences such as spraining an ankle when sliding, getting hit by a pitch, etc. However, our insurance will provide some supplementary coverage when this occurs. This type of Insurance plus two others that the Association needs to exist cost over $4,000 per season. If you do not have Health Insurance for you children you might not want to participate. Ages for league: Tball -6 before August 1st or Kindergarten *The Executive Committee will determine Playing up or down a level. All other levels will be
determined by the Player Agent of that level. Due to Insurance reasons a
13-year-old can not play down a level. A child who is birthday eligible
has a choice of a level to which they want to play for example; a 7th
grader who turns 13 after August 1st may play Alliance or
Majors whether or not if they had previously played 2 years in the Majors.
MANDATORY CONCESSION:
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