(formerly Rookie Ball) for ages 7 to 9

Roles & Responsibilities

As part of the North Shore Development Leagues (NSDL), the SCBA’s Assistant General Manager is ultimately responsible for the North Shore Little League minors (LLm) League.

The day to day operations of the North Shore LLm League are conducted & coordinated by:

• League Coordinating Officer (TBC)
  • Heja Admin (TBC)
  • GameDay Admin (League Registrar)
    • Liaises with the SCBA Registrar & JDC/JDO
  • League Volunteer Coordinator
    • Can also be a delegated sub-role of the LCO
    • Assists in volunteer registration & coordination of LLm members & supporters
• League Head Coach (Bret B)
  • Drafts the league’s teams, fixtures and development goals in coordination with the Asst. GM.
  • Arbiter of league rules & bylaws.
  • Assists in the facilitation and delivery of league sessions.
  • Sends the LLm new member welcome emails (Spring 2024)
• Team Coaches (head coach and assistant coaches)
  • Head Coach
    • Guardian of the team’s gear bag (TBC for Spring 2024)
    • Plans and runs development sessions with assistant coaches
      • working towards players progressing & achieving “progress report” milestones
    • Sets the line up and fielding positions for games
    • Is the designated “on-field” coach for games
  • Assistant Coaches
    • Assist in field preparation for game and training activities.
    • Assist in the development and facilitation of training activities.
    • Conduct Warm Up and Throw Programme at the start of each session.
    • Game base coaching (optional)
    • Can be delegated
      • coaching volunteers on how to be a base coach is better
• Team Executive Officers (EO)
  • The primary role of the EO is to take as many responsibilities away from the team’s head coach as they can so that the coach can focus on coaching the team.
  • Weekly attendance including capturing trial or undocumented member details
    • updating the LHC
  • Liaising with player guardians at the field and via Heja
  • Liaising with the SCBA Uniform Coordinator
• League Umpires
  • more often than not the respective team head coaches will take turns as plate umpire
    • umpiring from behind the plate is only allowed if full protective gear is used
    • and completely unnecessary. From behind the mound is fine
  • fence sitting guardians are good targets for base umpiring
    • safe and out at first and 2nd
    • foul balls on the first base line
    • fair catches
    • tags on runners in between bases

Setting up Diamond 3 (South-West) for the LLm Session

Thursdays | 90 Minutes | 4:15pm arrival | 4:30pm start

• [ ] The Diamond

  • Dimensions
    • 1st base (orange & white safety base) on the 2nd wooden dugout pole
    • Step out 15 - 18.2m to home plate (starting at 15m in week one and increase by a meter each week up to the regulation 18.2m)
    • Step out 3nd base
    • Step out 2nd base
    • Place the front of the pitching rubber 14.02m from the back of home plate forming a straight line between home and 2nd base.

• Home Run Fence

  • 60m from home plate

• [ ] Warm up & Throw Programme Cones

  • Place the first marker on the foul line in the outfield
    • The foul line is the line (often white, sometimes imaginary) made from home plate to the home run fence (also imaginary sometimes) through 1st base.
    • at least 2 meters from the eastern side of the service road entrance gate (Away Team Dugout)

  So people coming in and out of the dugout and gate don’t get hit with a ball!

  • Continue with a line of cones at least 2 meters apart heading east towards diamond 2
    • 10 - 15 cones
  • Place a corresponding parallel line of cones 3 meters from the first line (foul line)
  • Place enough markers to denote the half way between the starting line and 2 base
  • Place enough cones to identify a parallel line from the first line (foul line)

• [ ] The Dugout(s)

  • The Home Team’s dugout is always the one on the 3rd base foul line
  • Bats from team bag in the bat holder
    • 1 per size per per team
    • Spring 2024 number of bats in bag goes here
    • bat sizes (length & drop)
  • Helmets placed on bench
    • Spring 2024 number of helmets in bag goes here

Order of Events

no throwing or batting to be done until the warm up and injury check have been completed

1. Attendance
   1. Heja & Paper | for insurance purposes
      1. trial members or registered members missing from sheets need to be added
         1. player name - date of birth - email - phone - guardian name - postcode
2. Leg warm ups | dynamic stretches | “It’s 4:30. On the line!” | 5 mins
   1. jog to second (far cones)
   2. jog backwards to first
   3. Frankenstein’s [monster]
   4. Buttkicks
   5. High Knees
   6. Open the Gate
   7. Lunges (straight back
   8. half speed full speed (x2)
   9. full speed (x2)