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| Southbridge Little League — Coaching |
in a program that deals with a sensitive and formative period of a child’s development.
It is required that the manager and coach have understanding, patience and the capacity to work with children. The manager
and coach should be able to inspire respect. Above all else, managers and coaches must realize that they are helping to
shape the physical, mental and emotional development of young people.
The Little League manager must be something more than just a teacher. Knowledge of the game is essential but it is not the
only badge of a Little League coach or manager.
While an adult with training and background in the game is a desirable candidate for manager or coach, league screening
committees should look for other important qualities. Screening of managers, coaches and others at the local league level
who have contact with children is also important in attempting to discover those with a history of child abuse.
The heart of Little League is what happens between the adult manager/coach and player. It is the manager more than any
other individual who controls the situation in which the players may be benefited. Improving the level of leadership in this vital
area must be a continuing effort.
Children of Little League age are strongly influenced by adults whose ideals and aspirations are similar to their own. The
manager/coach and player share a common interest in the game, a desire to excel, and determination to win. Children often
idolize their managers and coaches, not because the adult is the most successful coach or mentor, but because the manager
and coach are sources of inspiration.
Managers and coaches must be adults who are sensitive to the mental and physical limitations of children of Little League
age and who recognize that the game is a vehicle of training and enjoyment, not an end in itself. It has been stated many
times that the program of Little League can only be as good as the quality of leadership in the managing and coaching
personnel.
It is required that the manager and coach have understanding, patience and the capacity to work with children. The manager
and coach should be able to inspire respect. Above all else, managers and coaches must realize that they are helping to
shape the physical, mental and emotional development of young people.
The Little League manager must be something more than just a teacher. Knowledge of the game is essential but it is not the
only badge of a Little League coach or manager.
While an adult with training and background in the game is a desirable candidate for manager or coach, league screening
committees should look for other important qualities. Screening of managers, coaches and others at the local league level
who have contact with children is also important in attempting to discover those with a history of child abuse.
The heart of Little League is what happens between the adult manager/coach and player. It is the manager more than any
other individual who controls the situation in which the players may be benefited. Improving the level of leadership in this vital
area must be a continuing effort.
Children of Little League age are strongly influenced by adults whose ideals and aspirations are similar to their own. The
manager/coach and player share a common interest in the game, a desire to excel, and determination to win. Children often
idolize their managers and coaches, not because the adult is the most successful coach or mentor, but because the manager
and coach are sources of inspiration.
Managers and coaches must be adults who are sensitive to the mental and physical limitations of children of Little League
age and who recognize that the game is a vehicle of training and enjoyment, not an end in itself. It has been stated many
times that the program of Little League can only be as good as the quality of leadership in the managing and coaching
personnel.