This document provides information for parents about the 2016 Baraboo High School baseball season including coaching staff contact information, necessary forms, fundraising events, game and practice schedules, expectations, and other resources. It outlines the varsity, JV, and freshmen coaching staffs. It details reasons to contact coaches, their contact information, and forms required for players to participate including physicals, fees, codes of conduct, and contracts. It also outlines the fundraising raffle and spaghetti dinner, sign-ups for water/ice and concessions, apparel requirements, and practice and game day expectations.

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