For this fall, we are changing how we are doing things and we believe it will be a fundamental change that will benefit all of us for years to come. We are transitioning to an in-house program instead of being part of the LCYBL for the fall and are offering 2 unique & independent programs.
Focus: Instructional training on hitting, position specific, and in-game situational training. We will eliminate keeping score and stats with no-umpire, non-competitive, learning-focused scrimmages in order to provide specific situational training.
Instruction: Coaches with over 100+ years of coaching: Adrian Shelley, Brad Crills, Ric Bromirski, Tony Andrews, Marc Andes, and more. Note: We welcome any parent who may be thinking of coaching next spring to shadow these coaches. This is the real value of this program as coaches share their knowledge and build confidence with parent-coaches & players.
Details:
This will be exercise and conditioning for players who are looking to take the next step.
In the fall, players play at the age group that they will be in the spring. The age group that your player's birthday falls into will automatically be chosen during registration. For example, if they are 8 now but will be 9 by August 31st, 10U will be selected. The age cutoff is now August 31st vs the previous April 30th for ages 10U and below. It remains April 30th for older groups but will be phased out.
Important: As with all new programs, there will be some bumps in the road (disorganization, misunderstandings, etc) but we thank you in advance for some patience and support for the big picture. A similar program was done last winter with the High School team and the EBA believes in High School Coach Adrian Shelley’s vision that we play too many games and focus too much on “keeping score” in these early years. With this new fall program, one big change for most of us (players, parents, and coaches) will not being able to say “we won” or “keep stats”. Our measurement for success will be about how much they learn, improve, and love the game. We ask for your support in discussions with your player to support the vision and focus on learning the game without keeping score. We also invite parents to get their clearances so they can be on the field, with the coaches to ask questions, and learn as their players are learning.