Baseball Meeting

1. 2016 Baseball Parent
Meeting

2. Coaching Staff
Varsity Staff: JV Staff:
Freshmen Staff:
Steve Considine Cole Schider
Tim Meyer
Paul Kujak
Steve Turkington
Dave Hamilton
Steve Proctor
Rusty Schider

3. Contact Information
Reasons to contact coaching staff:
- Absences
- Player Well-Being
- Questions - Volunteering
- Game/Practice Information - after you check the website and email (no update = as planned)
- Assistance on game days (scoreboard, The Cube, scorebook, water, travel, etc.)
Varsity : sconsidine@barabooschools.net
JV: coleschider@gmail.com
Freshmen: sturkington@barabooschools.net

4. Parent/Player Contract
- New players to program must sign contract
- Returning players/parents contract is on file
- Purpose of contract
- Sport Philosophy
- Expectations
- Guidelines
- Must be turned in by the first practice

5. Forms necessary to participate
- Physical/Alternate Year Card
- Sport Fee
- Concussion Form
- Code of Conduct
- Baseball Contract
● Players will not practice if necessary forms are not taken care of PRIOR to the

6. Fundraiser
- Every play must sell minimum of 10 raffle tickets
- Most tickets sold:
- 1st - $100
- 2nd - $75
- 3rd - $50
- Spaghetti Fundraiser
- March 28th 5pm-7pm
- Varsity Players must bring 1 dozen cookies to donate

7. Sign-ups
- Water Sign-Up
- We ask parents supply water/ice for one game throughout the year
- Bring case of bottled water and ice - program will supply cooler
- Can bring the night before - prefer that the ice and water are delivered by 4:15 at latest on
game day
- Concession Stand
- We ask that parents take one game in the concession stand

8. Roster Size
- Varsity
- 15-16 Players
- JV
- 16-17 Players
- Freshmen
- No Limit
*Numbers may dictate that cuts will be be necessary*

9. Apparel
- Required:
- Short Sleeve Shirt
- Long Sleeve Shirt
- Nike Hot Jacket
- Baseball Pants - Can purchase anywhere -
- Freshmen need to purchase one hat - Blue hat with gold “B” - $15
- Sophomores-Seniors need to purchase two hats - “B” and Thunderbird Hat - $30
- 10th-12th - do not need to order a new “B” hat if their hat is in good condition from
last year

10. Schedule
- Varsity
- 26 Games
- JV
- 24 Games
- Freshmen
- 17 Games
- Must be in school and at the practice the day before a game to be able to play.

11. Appearance
- Hair:
- Must not touch collar of shirt
- Must not be over ears
- Facial Hair must be well maintained
- Tops:
- Tucked in at all times
- Hat:
- On straight at all times

12. Expectations
- Absences
- 24 Hours in advance
- Try to avoid scheduling appointments (dentist, haircuts, etc. during practice time - Wednesday
afternoons are best)
- Weightroom
- Will lift twice a week as a TEAM
- Every level will lift EVERY Wednesday morning at 6am
- Other lifting dates will be determined as schedule allows
- Practice

13. Expectations
- Game days
- Players will be dressed in their pants on the bus 3 minutes before the designated leave time
- Players should have everything packed and prepared beforehand
- “Did you forget your cell phone?”
- Avoid talking to people outside of coaches and teammates once the game preparations have
started
- Players will be putting a fine quality on the baseball field and we know that our parents will do
the same in the stands
- Unacceptable behavior is not accepted or tolerated from parents or players

14. Spring Date Practices
- Spring Break is determined by the school district
- WIAA determines first allowed baseball practice - nothing is chosen by us
- Practice Schedule
- Monday-Wednesday
- Practices will be completed by 11am
- If we are able to get outside - practice schedule will be different
- Catchers - 6:30am
- Pitchers - 7:15am
- Position Players - 7:45am

15. Resources
- Team Website
- https://sites.google.com/a/barabooschools.net/baraboo-baseball/
- Twitter
- www.baraboobaseball.com
Other Opportunities
- Open Gym - High School 6:00am-7:00am pitchers and catchers
- Hitting Academy - March 6th and March 13th
- Questions? - Don’t hesitate to contact me - this week