HILAND PARK SPORTS

Hello and welcome to the Hiland Park Baseball coaching family!

The following information is designed to inform you and your parents of roles and responsibilities of

Hiland Park Baseball and our coaches.

As a HEAD COACH, you will need to:

1) Complete a background check with the Bay County, FL and make sure all assistants for your team does the same (assistant coaches, team mom, parents helping on field, etc)

2) Review and sign Bay County Volunteer Code of Conduct form and make sure all assistants for your team does the same (assistant coaches, team mom, parents helping on field, etc)

3) Select your team name, colors, and practice dates (coordinate field use w/HPS executive board).

4) Contact (phone/email) all players on your team roster and schedule initial practice.

5) At the first practice, hold a meeting with parents and identify sponsorship needs.

6) Please Brief parents on the following information:

-Concession Duty: We are a 100% volunteer organization. Please inform parents that

each team is required to send at least 3 volunteers to work concession stand from 6:00

to 8:30 pm one/two nights during the season.

-Equipment: All players will need their own helmet, cleats, and a glove.

We have a donation closet and may be able to provide some gently used equipment as needed

and available. We only ask that you return what you no longer need.

-Practices: After each coach has their team roster full using the draft process there will be a 

set practice days that each coach will be given. We try our best to make changes as needed but

we need to maintain a practice schedule that does not interfere with other practices or games. 

During your 1st practice discuss your planned practice days, practice attire, rules of engagement.

-Sponsorship: Most teams will secure sponsor to help offset the cost of the uniforms.

Whatever money is donated to a team goes into an account ONLY FOR THAT TEAM and

goes to purchase uniforms/equipment for that team. Sponsorships are as follows:

$250.00- Gets banner displayed at park for one year

$350.00 -  RBI Sponsor. Single Team Sponsor includes sponsors name on team jerseys, Company Name and Logo recognition on the sponsorship page of our website.

$550.00 -  Home Run Sponsor. Single Team Sponsor (uniforms, equipment, Etc.) Includes RBI Sponsor Package plus; sponsor recognition on our social media sites, all marketing material, & field banner with company logo/promotional material. 

$1500.00 -  Grand Slam Sponsor. Sponsors an ENTIRE age division (uniforms, equipment, Etc.) Includes RBI & HOME RUN Sponsor Package plus; a second field banner with company logo/promotional material. 

(Please note $55 of sponsorship will go towards purchase of each banner for your sponsor)

-Trophies: Our policy is T-Ballers will receive small trophy at end of season and all other

divisions will receive participation medals. Should any division win the interleague

championship, then a trophy will be awarded.

-Uniforms: Hiland Park Sports gives each team $250 toward purchase of shirts/hats. If you decide to deviate from basic shirts and hats, BE AWARE this changes the price and it is up to the head coach to procure a sponsor or cover the difference. Pants, belts and socks are the responsibility of the parent, unless the coach secures a sponsor that can cover the extra expense. Each head coach will determine uniform colors and design which must include the standard HP logo on the front of the hat

7) If you need anything for your team, please fill out request form and give to any board

member. The board will review, vote, and if funding is approved, we will purchase.

Maximizing Practice Times

Nine Basic Components of Practice:

• Warm-up and stretching

• On-field warm-up

• Review of previously learned skills

• Learn new skills

• Practice game situations

• Play game or modified game

• Conditioning

• Cool-down and stretching

• Evaluate practice

Practice Tips:

Learn new skills in the first half of practice and do hard physical training near the end of

practice so as not to impair fine motor control due to fatigue.

Practice with the same intensity as in the game.

Develop one or two specific cues that help concentration and the ability to stay focused

on the task at hand during each practice.

Use drills to isolate work on baseball skills and techniques. After the initial learning stages,

emphasis should be on live game-like drills to insure maximum transfer to playing situations.

Be able to set specific performance goals for each practice.

Example: During batting practice I will hit 10 hard balls or line drives rather than I will

work on my hitting.

Devote a significant amount of practice time to develop strategies as well as time to improve

weaknesses.