The Pittsfield Girls Softball Team Manager Job Description:



The Pittsfield Girls Softball Team Manager Job Description:

It is a privilege, an honor, a personal commitment, a major responsibility, and a personally rewarding and fun experience to be appointed a Manager in the PGS League. The job comes with many expectations and duties. You will be expected to focus on the task at hand – that of being held responsible for the leadership of a sports team comprised of adult coaches and youth-aged players. It requires a huge time commitment not just on the field, but off the field as well. As a Manager you will need organizational and communication skills, knowledge of the game of baseball/softball, the ability to teach youngsters, and most of all - patience. This last attribute is most important, not only in leading your players, but also for performing the administrative duties of being a Manager. Listed below are the expectations of the Executive Board for PGS League Managers.

On the field:

Your first teaching priority is the practice of good sportsmanship; second is playing skills; and third is teamwork. If you succeed you will field a competitive team. Remember that we are here to instruct the players. Winning is great, but it is not our primary goal.

As Manager, you are expected to run practices that teach your players the skills that will help them play the game more confidently and in turn, more successfully. This means running effective practices at least twice a week. Speak with your League VP if you’d like help in designing practices. The key to a good practice is keeping everyone involved, active in varied skills drills, and not just standing or sitting around. Before the regular season begins, a minimum of 2 to 3 practices a week helps the team get going and used to the discipline of attendance at practices. During the season a minimum of one practice and two games a week are suggested. Many coaches get together and schedule scrimmages. Remember more is better.

The addition of open substitution is to promote fair playing time for all. This means that a son and/or daughter, or your team’s higher skilled players should not play every inning of every game With a little effort you can ensure that no player sits more than one defensive inning at a time during games.

Not every player can be a pitcher or a catcher, but every player should be given the proper instruction to allow him/her to safely play positions in both the infield and outfield. Do not have players play only one position. Remember we are here to teach.

Managers and their coaches are expected to attend coaching clinics sponsored by the League and led/taught by experienced personnel. These are mandatory for Managers and are highly recommended for all Coaches. Coaches attendance at these clinics will be a “plus” when new Managers selections are held. Attendance will be taken at applicable clinics.

Off the field:

A Manager is expected to be at all scheduled League Board of Directors (League Officers, Managers, and Coaches) meetings. The Board usually meets weekly beginning in mid-March, continues in April, and reverts back to every other week during the season after Opening Day issues are resolved. It is mandatory that each team be represented. If you are unable to attend, a coach or parent must sit in. Attendance will be taken.

A Manager is expected to coordinate parental duties, such as trash duty, spring clean up, or other work parties as needed, etc. Remember the PGS League is an all-volunteer effort and if all parents help out we will have a safe and clean environment for the children.

Each Manager will be given a copy of their players’ registration form. It includes parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, cell/work phones and email addresses. It also includes the player’s medical problems/allergies info if applicable and emergency contact information. These copies should be secured and brought to each and every game and practice. Team rosters will be provided to applicable League VPs.

Email is an effective means of communicating with your team’s players and their parents. It is not the only means, however. Personal communication, team newsletters, and use of the League Web Site should all be utilized. You cannot rely on only one means of communication.

Every year uniforms are a problem -- either in distribution in the spring or collection at the end of the season. A Manager should have a list of players and the shirt given to each player. At the conclusion of the season, each Manager needs to collect the shirts and return them to the equipment manager. The easiest method is to collect the shirt at the conclusion of the last game.

As Manager you are responsible for your team’s game equipment and its return at the conclusion of the season. Please clean helmets and the catcher’s gear as well as the bag.

Organizational:

Keep parents informed of games, practice times, and places. Email is the best method, telling the player is the worst. Parents need advance notice of practices and games in writing. Please try to provide a schedule at least a week or two in advance.

Keep the parents involved. Having everybody involved in the League gives everyone a sense of ownership. This helps keep the place clean and safe for all.

It is expected, and necessary, that managers, both returning and those giving up a team, will notify their returning players of the registration dates. A good way to do this is with email a week before registration begins. Phone calls are also necessary. Follow-ups are expected and may be needed also to forgetful parents. A mail-in registration session is generally held in August and a walk-in registration session is held in mid-September.

General Decorum:

You are the role model for your team and the parents. Your actions and demeanor will set the example for all. Good sportsmanship is the key. Remember we are a teaching League, a bad call or decision is part of the game (a learning experience), not a life or death issue. There will be times you will have to “bite your tongue.”

Keeping parents involved means that you may need to police them on occasion by reminding them that they too, are role models for the players.

Conclusion:

While there are a number of duties as Manager, a good Manager knows how to delegate. Most people are willing to help and only need to be asked.

All Managers and Coaches are expected to live up to the expectations and guidelines set forth above. These are part of the criteria that the Executive Board Screening Committee will use in evaluating Managerial applications when Managers are approved for the following season. Manager titles are awarded on a yearly basis and are subject to review.

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