South Spencer Youth League Baseball

1801 Meeting called to order by Jeremy Kuester                                                              

1802 Vision for the league                                                                                           

                -importance of community involvement

                -need for coaches/volunteers

                -plan for education and support

1805 Discussion of switching from an age-based platform to a skill-based platform

                -adding parent questionnaire to sign-ups

                -First 2 weeks of practice-evaluations of players by coaches

                -ability to move players up and down mid-season in 6U & 8U

1809 Discussion of changes to previous 6U program

                -changing to smaller team sizes (around 7 players per team)

                -focusing on education at this age

                -gives them more at bats

                -ability to learn their position and the area they cover

                -get them more involved and complete each play

                -3 coach pitches, then the tee

                -2 teams practicing at the same time to focus on skills and have more coaches on hand

                -6U & 8U will have 2 games per week and 1 practice per week

1814 Business Updates

                -trying to re-instate our non-profit status, this is a work in progress

                -increasing registration fee to $80 and reasoning for this

1817 Discussion of SSYL home tournament plans for June 28-30 weekend

                -planning to host here in Rockport

1818 Jeff Smallwood update (slides)

                -need for volunteers

                -coaches owning tasks (field prep, trash, concessions)/delegating tasks

                -what equipment do we already have available?

                -who knows important contacts? (4-wheeler servicing, printing, fire dept, Richland gas station)

1825 We need age group leaders for 6U & 8U

                -coaches also still needed for all age groups

                -need confirmed commitment from coaches

1828 EJ Smallwood update

                -Discussion of Richland/Rockport and splitting locations for responsibilities

1830 Discussion of fundraising/sponsorship opportunities and ideas

                -banners, sponsors, half pot, etc

1831 Changes to 8U/focus of 8U

                -refining skills, focus more on positions, force outs vs tag outs, catching fly balls, etc

1832 Q&A

                -Any thoughts on promoting summer and fall options locally?

                                -Possibility of creating a SS team to play in Newburgh league

                -Are we planning an evaluation day?

                                -Yes we will do something, looking at if we can use new hitting facility at the HS