10U Black

Team Staff & Roster

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Coach: Coach: Coach: Coach: 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 TimesDates Times

Sunday: May 12th 2:00-5:00PM

Sunday: May 19th (3:00) 4:00-7:00PM

Sunday: June 1st (3:00) 4:00-7:00PM

Starting 2nd week of June, 2 weekday practices (5:00) 5:30-8:00PM

Sunday: June 22nd (3:00) 4:00-7:00PM

Sunday: July 20th (5:30) 6:00-8:00PM

Sunday: July 27th (5:30) 6:00-8:00PM

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

TournamentsDates Location Tournament Name

May 23-25th Livermore Livermore Smoke

June 6-9th San Mateo George Feely

June 13-15th Burlingame Billie Sue

June 27-29th Sunnyvale ASA Metro

July 4-6th Pleasanton PGSL Classic

July 12th & 13th Benica Sandy Shotwell

July 28th - August 3rd 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 1ST

• 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

• iPad 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?