Certification

In the best of worlds all of the league's coaches would be fully certified baseball coaches. In practice, volunteers and sometimes conscripts of varying qualifications and expertise fill the need to shepherd a team through one of the baseball seasons. To accomodate this, the league offers several layers of assistance to enable coaches to better do their jobs.

  1. All coaches are invited to an annual District-wide Baseball clinic, run at a centrallized location prior to the start of each season.
  2. A pre-season meeting is conducted to discuss the practices and expectations of CFR and give an opportunity for coaches to make contacts and ask questions.
  3. Skills clinics are held to which both players and coaches are invited. The coaches learn at the same time as their players from recognized baseball experts. This year, three main clinics are planned, Pitching/Catching, Fielding and Batting.
  4. Web resources are made available to assist coaches in planning practices and organizing their players during games.
  5. Other experienced members will assist coaches organize their team and set up practices.

For those individuals that wish to advance their skills and obtain qualifications that are both valuable to baseball and transferrable to other sports, the NCCP (National Coaching Certification Program) is available.