Parent Support
Parent support during both games and
practices is critically important to the success of the league. Be supportive of
the team by ensuring your child attends each practice on-time. Be a positive
role model during games, whether you are a manager, an assistant coach, or
simply a spectator. Finally, please keep the following in mind:
- Always be positive
and enthusiastic.
- Show your child
positive reinforcement.
- Observe practices
and games to learn proper techniques to practice with your child.
- Encourage your child
toward skill improvement and good sportsmanship in every game.
- Teach your child to
always play by the rules.
- Teach your child
that hard work and an honest effort are often more important than a victory.
- Applaud good plays
by your team and by members of the opposing team.
- Let the managers and
coaches do the coaching.
- Let an umpire be the
umpire.
Recognize
that the umpire is the closest to the play and that each umpire will "call them
as they see them". The umpire is often a volunteer parent who has assumed a
difficult, but necessary, role.
The Role of
the Parent
Parents play a very important role in helping to shape a positive
experience for players, coaches, umpires, and other parents! To help you
understand the key role parents play in the Dos Pueblos Little League, the
following excerpt was taken from the Official Regulations and Playing Rules of
National Little League Baseball.
"The parents of millions of Little
Leaguers, combined with their youngsters, league officials, umpires, managers,
coaches, auxiliary members and countless volunteer agencies including sponsors,
represent an imposing cross section of this nation.
Parents should accept the fact that
they must shoulder responsibility and take initiative to make the local program
successful. Little League is not a club in which membership implies baby-sitting
benefits and entertainment privileges for your children.
Practically speaking, Little League
is an adult, volunteer work project constructed, supervised and assisted by
parents who desire to make its benefits extend to their children.
Each parent should join in the total
effort. There is a place and a job to do for all. The burden of operating the
League should not fall on a few. The parent who shirks this responsibility
cannot, in turn, expect others to assume the burden."
