Team Administration

• Scheduled practices are encouraged
• Communicate expectations with parents (Arrival for games, equipment, etc.)
• Enlist 2-3 parents to assist during practice time and games

Game day

• Refer to rules section.  If any rules need amendment, agreement between coaches can be made
  
• Try to have lineup posted to help lineup continue to move, change lineup each game.

***Transition to player pitch will take place around beginning of may.  DON'T WAIT TO START PITCHERS PRACTICING.  Have your players begin throwing to targets and think about pitching at all practices.

Team Administration

• See our Tee Ball manual for expectations and tips: NLL Manual for Tee Ball Managers coaches.pdf
• Scheduled practices are optional, but beneficial for players - suggested to be a max of 60 minutes
• Communicate expectations with parents (Arrival for games, equipment, etc.)
• Enlist 2-3 parents to assist during practice time and games

Game day 

• 20 minute practice - teams may stay separate or work together (ground balls, throwing to a target, running bases, etc)
• Game play of 2-3 at bats per team
• Coaches spread around field to instruct and assist players
• During at-bat, 1 coach at the tee, 1 coach in dugout, other coaches at bases
• Try to have lineup posted to help lineup continue to move, change lineup each game.
• Assign actual positions as best as possible and change each inning.

Pre-Season
Evaluations

• This is your chance to see the players display their skills.
• This year evaluations will be held on 12/14/2024 from 10-2 at Dominican College.
• Details will be communicated beforehand and you will be provided a list of players prior to the evaluation date.  
• If there are any players who have been requested to play in a higher division, they will be identified ahead of time and communicated.

Draft Teams

• We will hold a draft at a TBD location at some time in January 2025.
• Draft format will be a snake order.  For example, if there are 4 teams the order will be 1, 2, 3, 4 for round one and 4, 3, 2, 1 for round two.  It will then continue in this way until all eligible players have been selected.  If there are late registrations which we accept, those player(s) will be added to the next team(s) in draft order.
• Board members (Dir. of Baseball/Softball, player agent, etc) will be at the draft to run the draft as well as try and assist with aspects of competitive balance.

Practice

• Gym time will be assigned as it is provided via the Nanuet Schools.  This time is a premium so if you cannot make a time please communicate so the time can be offered to another team.
• Field use will be scheduled through a board member(TBD), but viewing the calendar and field availability will allow you to request time.

Regular Season

• Raking/Lining the field is the responsibility of the home team.  If the DOD is able to, they will help but depending on the number of games, they may not be able to prep all fields.  We will have a 'training' for managers to show where materials and equipment are located as well as the proper procedure.
• Prepare a lineup card to provide your opponent as well as our press box. (If you are the home team, try to recruit a volunteer parent, older sibling to keep the scoreboard and announce - the kids really like hearing their name announced)
• Within 24 hours of your game, submit the game score to [email protected].  Winning team, include a 3-4 sentence summary of the game, mentioning players from both teams.
• Baseball - along with your game score, you must submit pitch count for BOTH TEAMS.  Pitch counts between the teams should be verified after every inning