FAQ's on Weston Area Youth Baseball League

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Mission

There are not training and development sports programs for our kids

right now. There are some programs that give a sports-like

experience, but nothing in my 5 years of experience to teach them

fundamentals or teach alot of the lessons that sports should try to

teach (earning a result, facing challenges, working with others).

Baseball is hard enough in this area for kids who are just

athletically deficient, and although mainstreaming if possible is a

definite goal, and I don't want to throw someone in the deep end of

the pool and be chased away. We want to keep things flexible right

now so we can make changes based on feedback, and we don't want to

just set up things based on just our viewpoints. This will require

some patience and communication on all of our parts.

Field Space

We are still working with teams in Weston and environs on committed

field space. We know we have Friday spot at Vista Park (near

and Bonaventure Rds in Weston, behind Cypress Bay High School), and

some great coaches and kids to teach the kids some ball. We are still

processing paperwork with other municipalities and will add space as

our needs demand.

Games and Practices

Fall is traditionally a time of training and development for any

baseball program. We are more interested right now in just getting

the kids on the field and getting basic skills like throwing and

batting started and we can get a formal scrimmage/practice schedule

based on what we see out there and what would be most fun for the

kids. I want us to have goals that match the kid's development, and

if that means we have to push off a game schedule I think that is

fine.

Teams

I'd like to see the kids, get a sense of who lives where, what the

final field dispensation looks like before splitting kids up. Also

there is some benefit in having a manageable group train and

scrimmage together.

Uniforms and Equipment

Baseball hats, preferably cleats, preferably baseball pants, and a t-

shirt to start. I think every american should have a baseball glove,

bat and helmet, but if you are just trying this out, or don't know

what to get, by all means we have some equipment. Uniforms I want to

stay flexible on to get your feedback on what you want. There are

resources for the team to fund it, sponsors that would be happy to

provide something, and families who might decide they want to take it

on.

Money

There are no registration fees, and things can be done with no parent

outlay. There are plenty of resources for funding, and while not

limitless, it can provide what we need. We want to be respectful of

those who have and will give, and want them to continue to help us,

so we will probably err on the side of frugality initially. Our

experience has been that sometimes people sign up and for whatever

reason do not continue. This incurs a fair amount of expense and

waste that we would like to avoid.

League

Babe Ruth League has been in existence since 1951 and has about 1

million participants. All players will be covered by league

insurance, and we have coaches who have been around the block in

various leagues. The kid volunteers are some very good and

accomplished baseball players. Weston Youth Baseball Club, Inc. owns

the league as a non-profit entity, and we are in the process of

getting our own 501c3 designation instead of using another

organizations currently which has been workable, but not ideal.