Coaching

What is expected of a PTBA Coach?

The following excerpt is taken from the Little League Baseball Operating Manual. It is the criteria that Little League Baseball Inc. recommends that local leagues consider while selecting managers and coaches.

"The Little League Manager must be a leader. All managers must recognize that they hold a position of trust and responsibility in a program that deals with a sensitive and formative period of a youngster’s development. It is required that the manager have understanding, patience and the managers must realize that they are helping to shape the physical, mental and emotional development of young people. The Little League Manager must be something more than a coach. Knowledge of the game is essential, but it is not the only badge of a Little League coach or manager. While an adult with training and background in the game is desirable in a candidate for manager or coach, league screening committees should look for other important qualities. Managers must be adults who are sensitive to the mental and physical limitations of children of Little League age and who recognize that the game is a vehicle of training and enjoyment, not an end in itself. It has been stated many times that the program of Little League can only be as good as the quality of leadership in the managing personnel. New leagues particularly, should make a determined effort to enlist the best adults in the community to serve as managers."

PTBA Manager Responsibilities and Guidelines

In keeping with the philosophy described above, Peters Township Baseball Association (PTBA) has established the following minimum requirements to be considered as a manager for one of our teams. These Guidelines will apply to all PTBA sponsored recreational baseball teams. We require that each manager read and sign these requirements as acknowledgement of PTBA’s expectations.

1. Attend a minimum of 4 monthly PTBA meetings during the fiscal year (Nov – Oct) and other scheduled league meetings.
2. Attend mandatory PTBA sponsored coaches clinic.
3. Attend tryouts and drafts for your respective league.
4. Distribute and collect equipment and team uniforms at scheduled times.
5. Distribute league literature and notices.
6. Handle the distribution and collection of PTBA fund-raiser.
7. Participate in field maintenance as required.
8. Coordinate with team players and parents for participation in Picture Day.
9. Coordinate the staffing of the concession stand with your team parents on days that you team is scheduled to work.
10. File league approved Accident Forms with the League Director in the event a player is injured on the field and requires medical assistance.
11. Perform “Player Evaluations” at season’s end to be collected by League Director at a scheduled time.
12. Conduct a parents meeting at or prior to first team practice so that all league parents are informed as to the rules and expectations of them and their children. Each manager will distribute and read the “PTBA Parental Responsibilities and Guidelines” letter and have all parents sign the letter acknowledging their receipt. The signed letters will be collected by the League Director.
13. Select a qualified coaching staff. Managers are ultimately responsible for the actions and behavior of their coaches at all times. All managers must inform all of their coaches and assistants of the “PTBA Manager Responsibilities and Guidelines” and ensure that they abide by them. Disputes should be brought to the attention of the League Director or the VP of the PTBA executive board.
14. All managers and coaches should conduct themselves appropriately during the time they are with their team. Managers should lead by example. Restraint and good judgement should be used when discussing problems with umpires or opposing coaches and managers while with your team.

• The use of profanity will not be tolerated.
• The use of any tobacco product is strictly prohibited in the dugouts and on the field.
• Once the game starts, the umpire is in charge.
• Criticizing any player, manager, coach, or umpire will not be tolerated.
• Use of alcoholic beverages is not permitted at any baseball facility and is prohibited by law.

15. Managers are responsible for providing new game balls (distributed by PTBA) for each home game. The field and dugouts are to be maintained at the end of the game to ensure that the field is usable for the next game. If your game is the last scheduled game of the day, be sure all field equipment is returned to the shed and that the field is groomed, weather permitting.
16. Follow all league rules and responsibilities established by the PTBA executive board. No alterations of league rules will be accepted without prior approval from the executive board. It is the manager’s responsibility to know the rules of the game and to abide by them.
17. Report any problems to the League Director as early as possible.
18. All managers are required to record basic statistics for each player during the regular recreational baseball season. Such statistics will include, but may not be limited to, times on base, number of at-bats and number of strikeouts. These statistics will be collected at the end of the season and will be used as a criterion for the travel team selection process, established by PTBA.
19. PTBA Executive Board wants to remind all managers and coaches that no batting practice or base running is to take place without helmets being worn and that all players playing the catcher position must wear a protective cup. In addition, all catchers who are “warming up” pitchers must wear appropriate helmet/facemask.