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New 2010 Pitch Count Rules and Guidelines Click Here Pitching
Logs  The DHYS Equipment, Field Maintenance, and Field Preparation Guide. DHYS Manager and dad Andy Doyle has put together a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide that answers all the questions that a manager, coach and field parent (at any level) might have. Thanks Andy for your hours of hard work Jamie Laubenthal and David Volandt also contributed time and insight into this project. Click below to open the file and you can download the PDF (4.5 MB) to your computer to print and keep.
Click Here to Download (4.5 MB PDF file) Required Background Check Form Click on the form below, fill out and return to Rob Friedman Contact Rob with any questions rob@friedman.tv
Game Day Line Up Sheets Download these PDF files and print out game line up sheets for both Fielding Positions and Batting Line Up. Versions are available for 6, 7 and 9 innings games.
Umpire Evaluation Sheets This PDF file can be used for game day evaluations of our umpires. Turn in the completed forms to your League Director.
All DHYS Managers, Coaches and Parents should adhere to these guidelines when using DHYS equipment during games and practices: 1. Tarps must be removed at the beginning of every day by the first team to practice or play in a game and replaced by the last practice or game of the night. The tarps should not be played on. They should be folded and dragged (gently) to the side of the field. Tarps should be replaced with the DHYS stenciled side up.These tarps are expensive and should be treated with care. We'd like to get several years of use before we have to begin replacing them. 2. Green boxes - If you open them you are responsible to lock them. The park has stocked them with new catchers gear, first aid kits and instant ice packs. Lets protect this investment by keeping them locked. 3. Sheds and Barn - There are thousande of dollars worth of equipment in every shed and barn. It is simply unacceptable to leave any shed unlocked or in messy shape. If you open it you need to lock it. If you find equipment unlocked - take the initiative to lock it. This is our park funded by your dollars. 4. Lime markers - These require replacement into a shed or barn after every use. Don't wait to bring them back after a game - take them back as soon as you are done. To keep them operating properly moisture must be kept out of them. In fact they manufacturer says to clean and empty them after every use. I know this is not reasonable at our park (during the regular season) but we are guaranteeing theft, damage and malfunctions when we leave them on the field. Plus these things are expensive! The new 4 wheel markers are $300 each. Lets take pride in our equipment. 5. Lights - We have a responsibility to keep these lights off after the last practice or game of the night. In addition if we turn the lights on we need to lock the key back in the lock box so as to prevent someone stealing the key while you are playing. This is no light matter and it has happened in the past. Please note lights are not for private use. No more than fifteen minutes extra after any practice should the lights be left on. 6. Mule Mix(Dry Mix) - Is never to be poured over areas of standing water. All standing areas of water need to be sucked up with MR Thirsty - our in park wet/dry vac that is usually located in the shed between 2 and 3. Mule mix is only to be mixed in with damp dirt. This stuff is expensive and not to be wasted. 7. Dugouts are to be kept clean at all times. Tell your kids thay have a responsibility to keep it clean. It is bad manners to leave any field or dugout with trash after any use. 8. The green Gator and Sand Pro are never to be driven by children period. Nor any adult who is not familiar with their operation. Key codes to the Gator are never to be given out. If you are not trained don't drive it. These two pieces of equipment are the most expensive pieces of equipment the park has. Lets make them last. 9. Rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, tamps etc. are not to be left out on the field for any reason. Not only is this a danger hazard but it welcomes vandalism and theft. By returning the rakes and liners to the sheds we insure the equipment is there for the next guy. There is nothing more frustrating while prepping for a game when you have to go trekking all around looking for what you need. This is a common courtesy issue for all to observe. 10. The park has purchased one L-screen for every field and batting cage. We have also purchased one sock net for soft toss practice for every dugout and soft toss warmup areas next to the cages. Do not move these around the fields and leave one field without the equipment it has been allocated. Note that not all nets have been assembled and/or distributed. We are working on that. Please be patient. Note Field 8 should be the ony field without nets. 11. The park has invested in new locks for all lockboxes and sheds. The park is operating under one key. All teams have been distributed keys. These keys are not to be loaned out unless you are expecting immediate return of the key. If these keys get into wrong hands we will have to rekey the entire park at great expense. Protecting the park will only be successful if we all do our part. 12. Parking - Parking in the lower lot should only be reserved for overflow from the upper lot. Last weekend we were jammed in the lower lot, parking on grass and maneuvering around children and bikes. At the same time the upper lot was only 1/2 full. Lets remind our parents of this goal. Following these rules will go a very long way in making baseball this Spring more successful and fulfilling for all. With the largest registration to date and over 73 baseball teams to accomodate we simply must show these common courtesy. Spring 2004 handout for Medlock coaches (pdf file) Rain-out information for coaches DeKalb County-required background check for coaching. (All coaches must complete a background check each year.) Practical coaching tips from a Doyle clinic held at Medlock (pdf file) Positive Coaching Alliance (a great organizaton for youth coaches) Pitch
counts may be a part of the future for young players (article
on PONY website, 6/17/04) Coaching Strategies (for life)
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