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Go to our registration page and complete both the volunteer application and the manager/coach application.
Canyon Creek Little League managers and coaches must be leaders. All must recognize that they represent the League and hold a position of leadership, trust, and responsibility and are role models for youth on and off the playing field.
Managers and coaches must understand that their actions and behaviors influence, shape, and often dictate how the young people they are leading behave on and off the field.
The manager and coach should be able to inspire respect. It is required that managers and coaches have understanding, patience, and the capacity to work with children, parents, and league officials.
Lastly, managers and coaches must be more than just teachers. To be clear, knowledge and understanding of the game is important, but those attributes alone do not make good managers and coaches. Good managers and coaches must have a range of admirable traits and abilities to utilize as they help shape the physical, mental, and emotional development of young people.
Having qualified team managers and coaches are key to the smooth operation of teams in Canyon Creek Little League. Often, the League receives questions about the differences in the roles and responsibilities for managers and coaches. This section summarizes several of the key differences between managers and coaches in our League.
Team Managers
Coaches
Roles and responsibilities of Team Managers include:
Overall team leadership and accountability
Teach and demonstrate good sportsmanship by respecting the rules, opponents, officials, teammates, and one's self
Refrain from the use of insulting, embarrassing, foul, or abusive language. Be a good role model.
Have the understanding, patience, and the capacity to work with children in the age group of the division
Attendance at mandatory manager/coaching clinics
Accountability for actions of the team (parents, players, coaches)
Responsible for understanding, complying with, and enforcing all Canyon Creek and Little League rules, regulations, and policies
Game preparations and related decisions
Practice planning and game strategy
Discipline and personnel moves
Team communication (rules, schedules, league events, etc)
Field preparation and cleanup
Return all issued equipment at the end of the season in good an clean condition
Roles and responsibilities of coaches on the team include:
Skill instruction (pitching, hitting, fielding)
Teach and demonstrate good sportsmanship by respecting the rules, opponents, officials, teammates, and one's self
Refrain from the use of insulting, embarrassing, foul, or abusive language. Be a good role model.
Have the understanding, patience, and the capacity to work with children in the age group of the division
Attendance at mandatory coaching clinics
Responsible for understanding, complying with, and enforcing all Canyon Creek and Little League rules, regulations, and policies
Player Skills development training (ground balls, fly balls, batting practice)
Base coaching
Pre-game dugout set up.
Pitcher warm-up
Field preparation and cleanup
Manage the team in the absence of the Team Manager
Advise the Team Manager on game and practice strategy
Assist the Team Manager where/when needed with team activities
Expectations
Canyon Creek Little League expects nothing but the best from our managers and coaches. Given the important role that managers and coaches play in the development and leadership of youth in the Canyon Creek Little League program, much care is used in the review, vetting, and selection of candidates for Canyon Creek teams. While not all inclusive, the League has these base expectations for all managers and coaches. Read more...
Regular Season: Manager and Coach Selection Process
Canyon Creek Little League follows the rules and guidelines as established in the Little League Operating Manual in the selection of managers and coaches. The League also has processes in place for naming replacement managers and coaches during the regular season and tournament play as well.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The assessment of our coaches continues throughout their participation in our program and is revocable in the event the Board determines there has been misconduct of any kind. Furthermore, having been a manager/coach does not qualify one to manage/coach additional seasons.
Tournament Season: All-Star Team Manager and Assistant Coach Selection Process
The selection of the coaching staff is a very important step in the process. In order to be selected to manage or coach a team, the candidate must meet the eligibility requirements as specified by Little League in the Tournament Rules and Guidelines (in the Official Regulations and Playing Rules Green Book). More information about eligibility requirements and the manager and coach selection process used by Canyon Creek can be found on a page dedicated to this topic. Read more...
Resources for Managers and Coaches
This section contains useful tips and other information for Canyon Creek managers and coaches.
Code of conduct and expectations for all managers and coaches. Managers and coaches are expected to read and comply with Canyon Creek's code of conduct policies. There are no exceptions.
The health and safety of players, parents, and everyone associated with Canyon Creek is a top priority. Managers and coaches will find important safety information, including the Canyon Creek Safety Manual, in this section of the website.
The Little League Resource Center provides managers and coaches the tools they need to be effective leaders of children, to run efficient and productive practices, and to teach children the baseball or softball skills they need to be able to excel.
Little League Baseball and Canyon Creek Little League are committed to providing our Managers and Coaches with the training and skills necessary for a successful season. In this section, they will find a variety of training resources including coaching philosophy, drills and game strategy.
Canyon Creek Little League does an extraordinary job of providing field resources. Canyon Creek Managers wishing to obtain fields for extra practice will be able to reserve available space on a first come first serve basis.
