Practice doesn’t make perfect           
PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT

 General Manager – Mark R Minckler

Remember somewhere someone half as talented as you is practicing
TWICE AS HARD

Team Policies and Philosophy

1.     Quality Practices Set the Foundation for Quality Players

• Be Prompt – Arrive to practice, games, and other team events on time

• Look Like a Baseball Player – Players are to come to practice properly dressed and are properly outfitted to play ball

• P.A.C.E. – Positive Attitudes Change Everything – Start with the attitude that you are ready to work, ready to learn, and mentally prepared to become a better baseball player

• Focus – Players are required to be focused and on-task

• The “Sit - Down  Rule” – Poor practices translate into poor skills – Unfocused teammates will be asked to sit-down

• We are a Team of Goals – Practices are designed to set targets and to quantify individual player and team goals
  
   

2.     Players’ Responsibilities – Players are expected…

§        To be managers of their own baseball careers

§        To set realistic and achievable performance goals

§        To view their roles as “coaches-in-training”

§        To be active producers (rather than passive consumers) of their baseball futures

§        To be positive role models of sportsmanship both on and off of the field, and to be first-class ambassadors for our team and the Seattle Rainier’s organization

§        To provide constructive feedback to coaches and fellow teammates, and to be responsive to the feedback of others

§        To refrain from inappropriate criticisms and team-destroying attitudes

§        To take the health and safety of themselves and their teammates seriously – this includes warming-up appropriately, alerting the coaching staff of injuries and other physical problems, and avoiding placing themselves or fellow teammates in dangerous situations

§        To be completely alcohol-, tobacco-, and drug-free

§        To use appropriate and respectful language with teammates, coaches, umpires, and opponents at all times (foul language, in any form, is unacceptable)

§        To be gracious in our successes

§        To learn from our mistakes

§        To be students of the game and realize that success only comes through groundwork in practices, hard work during our games, and homework outside of team activities

§        To know your role on the team

3.     Coaching Philosophy

• Seattle Rainier’s Organization is first and foremost an instructional program

• Games are secondary to the development of sound baseball skills

• Our goal is to bring our players to the next level – To earn a uniform next year

• Our goal is to motivate players and to provide instruction and skills to allow our players to maximize their athletic potentials

• To have our players learn something new in every practice and in every game

• No one is guaranteed anything on this team – Playing time is earned – In every game, every position is up for grabs

• Evaluations of player success are based upon players establishing and meeting performance goals

• TO HAVE FUN!

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