CYBSA Coach Code of Conduct

As a coach I will:

• Be responsible for my own behavior, my fellow coaches’ behavior, my team’s behavior, and my team's fan behavior
• Study and fully understand the rules of the league, and encourage all players, coaches, and fans to abide by those rules
• Teach the rules to my team 
• Respect all league facilities and equipment
• Respect the game, league, umpires, players, and opposing teams, and communicate with them in an appropriate manner
• Leave the fields, dugouts, and spectator areas cleaner than I found them
• Place the wellbeing of my players ahead of personal desire or external pressure to win
• Ensure that all players are supervised by myself or another authorized member of my staff and will never allow any players to be left unattended or unsupervised at either a game or practice
• Never knowingly permit an injured player to play without sufficient medical approval
• Not allow players or siblings to climb on fences
• Keep all players in the dugouts or on the field during the course of the game
• Keep parents and siblings out of the dugouts and off the field during the course of the game
• Promptly and fully read all communications from the league
• Promptly disseminate to my families any pertinent information provided by the league
• Continue to do everything I can to improve my own coaching skills
• Not allow illegal or unsafe equipment to be used
• Begin and end practice on time, unless permission from the families has been granted
• Ensure all my players have the opportunity to advance their skills
• Create an organized environment during my practices and games
• Most importantly, make the sport of baseball fun for every player!