1. South Maryland Little League
2018 Season Overview
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2. South Maryland Little League
Coaches Goals
Your players baseball skills are significantly improved
Your players want to play baseball next year
Your parents look forward to the end of year party
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3. South Maryland Little League
League Mission
“In House” Community Youth Program
Kids are “redrafted” each year
Code of conduct exceeding local youth programs
Inclusion, inclusion, inclusion
Baseball players wanted, no experience necessary
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4. Coaches Certifications
Little League Standards
Yearly background check through LL International
Done by JDP this year
Coaches provide name (as on driver’s license) and address of volunteers
SMLL board staff will initiate background check which sends link to volunteer to fill in relevant information including SS number
Attend Coaches Clinic
Safety Mandate
AA County Standards
County Head Coach Certificate
Good for three years, after 3rd course for life
County background check
Good for 3 years
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5. South Maryland Little League
Coaches Conduct
You set the tone
Competition vs. Winning
Conduct is imperative
Coursing
Clicks
Arguing with umpires
Poor sportsmanship
Kids conduct
They aren’t the coaches
Criticizing other kids
Just being “not nice” to other kids, adults
Behavior is more important than baseball
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6. South Maryland Little League
Season
Machine Pitch
12 games
Tuesday night and Saturday games
Thursday night make ups
Do not have to make them up, do best you can
End of season single elimination playoff
Minors and Majors
12-14 game season
Must play 12 games for an official season
Do to scheduling, Friday night is best for make ups
End of season playoff
Double elimination Minors within SMLL only
Majors combined with Laurel
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7. Play Participation Expectations
Machine Pitch to Majors:
Continuous batting order
Free defensive substitution
No kid should sit more than an inning at a time
Machine Pitch
Kids rotate through batting order one place per game
Kids rotate through infield positions
Play infield AND outfield each game
Minors and Majors
Kids must play six defensive outs at a minimum, or not legal game
Expectation no kid sits more than two innings in the field
Kids should get some opportunity to play infield
Majors emphasize each kid playing some outfield
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8. South Maryland Little League
Administration
Team Positions
Need a team parent
Must have assistant coach
Will need a league cleared adult in dugout at ALL times
Minors and Majors Team Positions
Scorekeeper
Snack shack
Pitch counter
Hold a Parent Meeting !!!
Forms
None !!!!
JDP links sent to volunteers
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9. Administration – JDP Email
From: SOUTH MARYLAND LITTLE LEAUGE Date: March 19, 2018 at 8:47:27 PM EDT To: xxxx Subject: SOUTH MARYLAND LITTLE LEAUGE Background Questionnaire Notification
Hello CHRISTA MARTIN,
As part of your consideration for volunteer work, you will need to fill out the Volunteer Application found at the link below.
Click here to begin
The Volunteer Application takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and we recommend that you double check the information you provide for accuracy to make sure there is no delay in processing your background check.
To remain in active consideration for volunteer work, you must complete the Volunteer Application within 14 days.
Thank you,
SOUTH MARYLAND LITTLE LEAUGE
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10. Local Rules – Majors and Minors
Free defensive substitution
Continuous battering order
Player needs to leave game due to illness, injury, etc, that player’s spot is skipped in the lineup – no automatic out
Player may return to the lineup and bat in their original order
Run limits
5 run innings (Minors only)
Final inning is unlimited (Minors only)
Final inning is declared by umpire in case of darkness
May have more than one “final” declared inning
Length of game
No new innings after 2:05 on weekends, drop dead at 2:30
Workdays limited by light
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11. Local Rules – Majors and Minors
Game time Roster Size
May play a regular season game with 8 players
No automatic out in the lineup
Use player pool first
Player pool can not pitch or catch
Second, borrow an outfielder from the opposing team
Player that made last out will be borrowed player
Any player arriving after start of game goes to end of batting order
Mercy Rule
10 run lead after 4 innings or 3.5 if home team ahead
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12. Local Rules – Machine Pitch
Machines should be set at about 38 mph
Umpiring
Base coaches make calls at their respective bases
Coach managing pitching machine makes calls at home/second
Of course, be fair, it’s 7/8 year old baseball
Coaches
Coach manning pitch machine must NOT coach
Two coaches in outfield, on opposite sides of second base
Stay in the outfield !!!
Batted ball into machine pitch safety circle
Hits nothing, is a LIVE ball
Hits machine or bucket or coach, batter gets first, runs advance if a FORCE
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13. Local Rules – Machine Pitch
Thrown ball hits machine (etc) or lands in safety circle
Dead ball and runners awarded base beyond one they are entitled
Players
Defensive team will have 10 players
4 outfielders, must be in outfield, no short fielders
Pitches
6 pitched balls per batter or 3 swinging strikes (yes, batters strike out)
Foul ball on 3rd strike extends pitches – 7th, 8th, 9th pitch etc.
Baserunning
No leads
May not leave base until ball is batted
If runner leaves early, must return to closest base as result of the batted play
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14. Local Rules – Machine Pitch
Safety positioning
All players must be at least 30 feet from home plate
Pitcher must be even with machine, one foot inside safety circle
5 run rule per inning
Unlimited Last Inning
Overthrows
Into outfield, play continues
1st and third base, infielder must return to infield to stop play
Out of bounds, runners get one base beyond one they are entitled at the time of the throw
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15. Local Rules – Machine Pitch
Play is over when control is established
This is when an infielder has control of baseball in the infield
Outfielder running into the infield does NOT constitute control
Any runners advancing may be tagged out
But runner must return to base if not more than half way when infielder has control of ball
No bunting
Player arriving after start of game goes to end of batting order
No new inning after 1 hour and 30 minutes. Drop dead at 1:45 minutes.
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16. South Maryland Little League
Conclusion
Head Coach Sets The Tone
Play the Game the Right Way
Lead by Example
Have fun
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