ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR COACHES:  The Central Region of Little League will be holding a coach’s clinic on March 27, 2010 at the Central Region office in Indianapolis, IN.  The clinic is designed to be a well rounded coaching clinic that will promote fundamental skills, drills and an overall positive experience that will enhance any coach's ability.  Cost of the clinic is $20, and must be paid by the attending coach.  For more information, and to register, click on the following link:  http://www.littleleague.org/managersandcoaches/coachingclinics.htm

2010 Team Rosters: All Head Coaches will be contacted by the appropriate MYO Commissioner by the end of February to review your player roster for the 2010 season.  Assistant Coaches may also be notified during this period, or in the first week of March.

2010 Background Check - ATTENTION ALL COACHES:  MYO will be running background checks as required by our insurance policy and the City of Mason.  All coaches must have a completed background check within the past year.  As a result, we will need a Little League Volunteer Application Form completed by all coaches and supplied to MYO by March 15, 2010.  This form can be returned to your league commissioner or to training@masonyouth.org.  This personally identifiable information is held in strictest confidence and only used by MYO for the purpose of performing background checks governed by our Privacy Statement.  Your League Commissioner will be forwarding additional details to you within the next week.   

2010 Coaches Meeting: All Head Coaches or an Assistant Coach designee are required to attend the MYO Coaches Meeting on March 10th at 7:00 PM in the Mason Middle School Dining Area.

2010 Coaches Training:  2010 Coach Training will be conducted at SWOBAT – Southwest Ohio Baseball Academy and Training – in West Chester, OH.  www.swobat.org.  All coaches, especially those new to MYO, are encouraged to attend.

Baseball:  Sunday, March 21, 2010 from 3-6PM.

3-4PM:  Instruction for coaches with younger teams (T-Ball and Pony)

4-6PM:  Instruction for coaches with older teams (Minor and above).  Coaches from T-Ball and Pony are encouraged to stay!

Softball:  New date and time to be confirmed shortly!

Little League Injury Report Form

2010 Coaches Meeting Agenda

2010 Coach Agreement

2010 Mason Parks & Recreation - Youth Sports Philosophy

2010 Uniform pickup: Uniform pick-up will be on a date TBD.  Baseball uniforms will be picked up at Scott’s Awards in West Chester and softball uniforms will be picked up at Koman's Team Apparel in Mason.  More details will be provided as we get closer to the date.  One Head Coach or Designee from each team will be required to pick up the entire Baseball of Softball team’s uniforms.

2010 Special discount offer: MYO will cover the expense of putting player’s name on the uniform shirt. If the Head Coach has the uniform vendor put the names on the uniforms, there will be no out-of-pocket expense for the Head Coach.  They will invoice MYO directly. If the Head Coach decides to use another vendor, they can submit a receipt of their expense and MYO will reimburse the expense up to $2.50 per uniform. Putting player names on uniforms is not mandatory but encouraged.

Medical Release and PCA Parent Pledge forms: The 'Medical Release' and 'PCA Parent Pledge' forms must be completed and signed by a parent or legal guardian for each player and given to the Head Coach.  The Head Coach is required to have both forms present at all team functions.  No player is allowed to participate in practices or games until they have submitted these forms to their Head Coach.  

Medical Release form

PCA Parent Pledge

National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA): All coaches (head coach and assistants) must be NYSCA certified.  Certification includes completing the NYSCA intro/core class plus completing the sport specific class.  You must be certified in the appropriate sport (Tee Ball, Baseball, or Softball (Fast & Slow Pitch)) for which you intend to coach.  If you are not NYSCA certified for the appropriate sport, you will not be able to coach in MYO.  Our League Commissioners will email coaches this information once registration has closed and teams are formed.

Below are the training options for 2010:

1. On-line Renewal - If you are NYSCA certified in the sport you will be coaching, simply renew your membership online at WWW.NAYS.ORG or by phone (800) 688-KIDS.

2. Online Certification – Rather than attend a training class, you can now certify online at WWW.NAYS.ORG.  This is currently available for all leagues (Tee Ball, Baseball and Softball).   NYSCA Online Certification Guide - Please review the document linked here for some helpful tips:

3. In-person Training Classes – only if enough interest exists for Mason to schedule the class.  If you are interested in this option, please contact training@masonyouth.org.  

Umpire Payment: At equipment pick-up, each Head Coach will be given a check by MYO in an amount sufficient to cover half the umpire payment for all regular season games. 

The Umpire Pay Matrix can be found on page 2 of the Coach Agreement and on the Umpire page of this web site.  To determine the umpire fee that you will be responsible for at each game, divide the amount due based on the the Umpire Pay Matrix and divide by 2.  Please provide cash to the umpires (not a check) and do not request the umpires to make change.  When you cash the MYO check, simply get $5s, $1s, and some quarters so that you will be able to provide the exact correct amount to the umpires.  If you have questions specific to Umpire Payment, please contact your league Commissioner.  Thanks in advance for your cooperation in this matter.