1. Coaches ask their team to arrive 60 minutes prior to game start (Minors and Majors), 30 minutes prior to game start (Rookie Minors), for warm up.
2. Coaches make sure your team does a pre-game team jog, stretch, some high knees, butt-kicks, lunges, and then, IN THE OUTFIELD do partner throwing until arms are warm. Then, begin drills like grounders, pop fly's and wiffle ball hitting. Try to have more than 1 coach assisting so there are multiple lines, and less kids standing around. Make sure you get the starting pitcher to work with the starting catcher for 10-20 throws.
3. Each team should get a 10-minute infield warmup prior to game start.
4. Coaches must provide their game lineup to the opposing coach 10 minutes before game time and  meet with umpires to exchange lineups and discuss rules. Coaches must specifically mention any call-up or substitution players.
5. Coaches try to have your lineup ready the night before, and hold parents accountable to helping you establish lineup deadline rules. Parents of players need to contact Manager/Coaches the day/night before if missing a game. Use Team Snap whenever possible to assist.
6. Fielding positions: coaches should rotate kids through as many positions as possible all season long. Kids should play 2-3 positions in every game. (exceptions are 1B and Catcher for safety reasons) (You can start FRESH with your lineups for the playoffs)
7. Make sure you keep track of the number of times a child sits off (substitutions) in a game and over the course of the season, and keep this number fair to all kids on the team. (Or you will hear from a frustrated parent)
8. Coaches should try to use a rotating batting order all season long. (In regular season) If your #8 hitter bats last in the game you just finished, then your #9 hitter should bat first in the next game. (You can start FRESH for the playoffs)
9. Practices:

• Minors and Majors Coaches should have 1 field practice and 1 batting practice each week in the spring season. Practices in the fall are optional.
• Rookie Minor, Junior Rookie and Tball should have 1 field practice each week in the spring season. Practices in the fall are optional.

10. Coaches are responsible for finding a Team Manager (See below)
11. Each Rookie Minors, Minors and Majors team MUST have 1 Head Coach and 2 Assistant Coaches, and 1 Team Manager (see below).
12. Shorts are not allowed when coaching Rookie MInors, Minors or Majors. Coaches must wear pants and a Beacon HIll ball cap. 
13. Coaches are responsible for ensuring that players have safe and legal equipment (ie bats, helmets etc)

GameChanger (Minors and Majors)

GameChanger is used for Scorekeeping, Pitch Count tracking, and Video streaming. www.gc.com

Parents and family members will also request to be a Confirmed Contact of a player on your team. You must ensure they are who they say they are and accept them. Parents/family members can then follow the live stream and more.

Click here to learn more about how to use GameChanger.

TeamSnap

TeamSnap is our scheduling and team communication tool. Please familiarize yourself with our to use it, ahead of the season:

T-Ball and Junior Rookie Coaches

Rookie Minors, Minors, and Majors Coaches

The "Files" section in your Coaches Corner contains copies of the Rules, Coach Contact List, and GameChanger information (for Minors and Majors only).

As the weather can be variable, especially in fall and parts of spring, BHBSAs cancellation policy is to be followed:

1. Game cancellation decisions are made at game time at the park unless all players, coaches and umpires, and concession staff are advised 24 hours in advance.
2. Unless a game has been officially cancelled 24 hours in advance, players are to be at the game location for the specified games time, or earlier for warm up at the direction of the coach.   
3. It is the game umpire's and coaches' decision whether or not to postpone or cancel a game.
4. Should rain delay the start of the game, a 20 minute delay will be observed. (Minors games will play a 4 inning game). Should there be a further delay (over 20 minutes) the game will be called by the field umpire
5. In the event of a rain out or rescheduling, it is the responsibility of the home team Manager or Coach to notify the league President, VP Baseball, Umpire in Chief, and Scheduler by email as soon as possible after the cancellation decision has been made. On-site Concession staff are also to be informed in person that a game has been cancelled. In the event that the game has been cancelled before attending to the field, the Scheduler or President will also contact Concession staff.
6. The Scheduler will work with their counterpart at the visiting league to reschedule Interlock games and to inform the team Managers/Coaches.  
7. Schedulers will do their best to re-schedule the game at a suitable time and location

Documents:

Line Up Sheet <upload file>

Resources

Book the Batting Cage: If you do not have a regularly scheduled cage time, check the available times at https://beaconhillball.com/schedule-by-field/ and email uic@beaconhillball.com to request a time slot.

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