To All Managers and Coaches;
Reminder
League Required Certification
If you are a Manager or Coach and are entering our fields or dug-outs during games you must complete the below on-line course no later then April, 1st 2009 in order to continue to enter our fields.
Please provide me, via e-mail or copy, with your certificate of completion prior to your scheduled game on March 28th.
Thanks again for your continued support, let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Steve Dix
President, NVYB
Purchasing courses
Individual course purchases online. The preferred method for certifying coaches is for individual coaches to purchase their own course through the Web site using a personal credit card.
All you need to do is to visit the PONY Coaching Education Center Web site at
http://www.ponycoaching.org/, click on the "
Coaches" tab, complete the short site registration, and follow the simple directions for purchasing the course. The cost of the course is only $19.95 (plus tax) which equates to just $7 a year, as the certification is valid for three years.
Support
If you’re experiencing difficulties related to purchasing online courses, call ASEP Program Services at 800-747-5698, ext. 2940 or e-mail
Support@ASEP.com.
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How To Be A Good Coach:
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Aspects of Good Coaching:
Here are some suggestions. Some are common sense but others have to be worked on a little.
· Be firm but fair when it comes to discipline.
· Demand promptness in yourself and your players.
· Be positive when giving instruction or offering constructive advice.
· Make the evaluation and opinion of your players yours, not a combination of other coaches, parents and outsiders. You have the first-hand knowledge of them so don't let popular opinion sway your thinking.
· Learn to delegate responsibility to your assistants.
· Communicate with your assistants.
· Demand that your players hustle at all times.
· Do not allow profanity.
· Do not allow the throwing of equipment.
· Your coaches going to the coaching boxes should run, not walk. Set a good example.
· All coaches should be in the game on every pitch. Be alert for all mistakes made on defense; i.e. positioning and mental errors. When a coach comes to realize that baseball is played one pitch at a time, an entire new world opens up for him and he becomes much more effective.
· Use your voice during games. It is an asset and your players are used to hearing it. Don't become mute when the game begins.
· Teach.
· Win-Loss record. The success of your players' development is not dependent on your wins and losses.