Fastball Coaching Info

All Carnarvon team coaches are volunteers. The Club prefers to have 3-4 coaches per team. Many softball coaches start out with their own children at a young age and continue to coach up through the competitive levels of fastball.

Each coaching team will ultimately determine how they would like to organize themselves in a given season, but the following is a general guideline of what is involved with each role:

Head Coach

  • Completes Carnarvon Coach Registration.
  • Submits a Criminal Record Check prior to season.
  • Attends every practice and game (arrives early and sets up equipment)
  • Attends field and game scheduling meetings and coaches meetings
  • Plans practices and drills (a very good practice manual is provided for U8)
  • Determines team line-ups for games
  • Develops a thorough understanding of divisional rules (see www.svifastball.ca)
  • Liaises with umpires
  • Manages equipment
  • Sends team communications
  • Completes NCCP Level 1 coaching certification (cost may be reimbursed by the Club, contact VP Fastball if you are interested)

Assistant Coach(es)

  • Completes Carnarvon Coach Registration.
  • Submits a Criminal Record Check prior to season start.
  • Attends every practice and game (arrives early and sets up equipment)
  • Assists with practices, drills
  • Runs warm-ups
  • Provides base coaching during games
  • Provides coach pitch or runs the pitching machine during games
  • Has a thorough understanding of the divisional rules
  • Helps manage equipment
  • Optional: Completes an NCCP Level 1 coaching certification (cost may be reimbursed by the Club, contact VP Fastball if you are interested)

Team Coordinator/Manager

  • Liaises with fastball uniform coordinator
  • Coordinates parent volunteers for field prep
  • Helps coaches with administrative duties as needed
  • Helps organize the season-end party
  • Submits a Criminal Record Check prior to season start if helping on field or in the dugout

On- Field Helper Parents