Sunday, January 24, 2010

Little League 2010

Wow, here it is, January 2010, and I haven't posted in over a year... After taking the plunge from Little League "blogger" to SunCreek Little League President, I became overwhelmed by the tasks and events involved in running a successful Little League program.

By July of last year, I was glad to be through the first year, wondering why I took on this time-consuming role, and frankly, ready to take a break. There were times when I was called from our own son's baseball game to another field to resolve issues for two grown men arguing over who had the right to use a baseball field. There were times where I was cornered at my job to discuss a LL issue. And there were many times last year when I didn't sleep because of a particularly jarring confrontation with a parent.

I wished I had thicker skin...

But there were times last year that I was able to take a bag of seeds and sit for an hour watching some 10 year olds play baseball. I attended at least one game at every level of our league last year, and sat through many AAA and Majors games. I blogged and photographed our kids and celebrated a full day at Alpenrose Stadium where all the SCLL teams played and the AAA teams instead organized a "skills festival" where the kids pitched, ran, and then broke up into small groups and formed mixed teams to play baseball on the main diamond TOGETHER. I still get compliments about our Alpenrose Day.

And I am proud of our ability to get some kids playing baseball who did not have access and opportunity in the past.

So here comes the 2010 season, fast and furious...

The weeknights are spent at meetings and answering emails and updating websites. But I vow to post more often to this blog because it helps me to write and I hope it helps other youth sports parents out there...

Thanks for reading and commenting and mostly, thanks for caring about kids...

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At 1:10 AM, Anonymous The Pitching Academy said...

I know many that are Little League presidents. It's difficult work especially dealing with all of the parents and coaches sometimes, but it is very well worth the effort. The kids will never forget the memories of Little League Baseball.

 
At 3:09 PM, Anonymous Chad Williams said...

Congratulations on becoming president of Sun Creek Little League! I am happy to say we have worked with your league recently by providing various uniforms, hats etc, and wish you luck in the upcoming season!

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At 7:49 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please continue to post. As a fellow little league president, I can relate to your stories.

 
At 7:39 AM, Blogger Sporting Chance Larry said...

Little League Mom, It looks to me like you have followers and a great blog name, etc. No small accomplishment. My wife and I have one of those his, hers and theirs family, but my wife remembers her son's little league games as the best time of her life--socializing with other parents and "occasionally" looking up to watch a play or two. I hope you can write more often. I started a publishing company a few years ago after being in the publishing business for over 30 years and our mission is to bring out the positive in sports. There are tons of negative things being said. I've got something I'd like to send you if you email an address.

 
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At 4:12 PM, Anonymous Scentsy Wickless Candles Consultant said...

I spent years coaching, umpiring and working the concession stands. Loved all of it. Only position I did not hold on the board was president because you couldn't do any of the other things I loved to do. My son still talks about little league days and he is 28.

 
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At 3:31 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

I found a great PDF document that does a nice job of helping team mom's keep track of things. It's called the Team Mom Workbook, and can be found at teammomworkbook.com

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At 1:45 PM, Blogger Graham Brown said...

I know it's been a while, but we hope to see you posting again soon. Great blog, it's encouraging to see that parents can get just excited about their love of the game as kids do.

Thanks again!

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At 12:48 PM, Anonymous Mike L said...

Great post. Agree that it is tough being both a parent and coach for Little League. Luckily most people are sane and realize it's for the kids. Unfortunately, some do not.

That makes the ones that care all the more special. Keep up the good fight.

Mike
www.probaseballsecrets.com

 
At 7:17 PM, Anonymous Marty Schupak said...

Great job! Little League is generally great for the kids. We parents and coaches can get out of hand sometimes. But the positives out weight the negatives.

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www.YouthSportsClub.com

 
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