- Aug 12, 2014
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I'll try to explain this clearly. The league I've been coaching in is comprised of member clubs, and to play in the league you have to play through one of the clubs. The league runs a bunch of different sports - softball, baseball, football, lacrosse and a couple of others. There have only been three clubs participating in softball for the last 4-5 years (compared to 8 or 9 in baseball). It's a rec league, although some travel teams play sometimes to get some extra games in, so it can be fairly competitive. There are usually 6-10 teams in each age group (8U to 12U, sometimes they get enough 14U teams to have a division for them).
The club I have coached with is dissolving. I approached one of the clubs that that hasn't had softball about starting up a program and they couldn't be more excited about doing it. The spring season is 4/2-5/8 (there's a fall season) so we're hoping to open registration in the next week or two. My team and another team from the previous club are coming over (both 12U) and I'm hoping to get another team or two for this season. The old club usually had 4-5 teams each season across the age divisions. The other clubs usually have 9-12 each.
Fortunately the new club has the infrastructure in place - contacts for jerseys, insurance, website, etc - so we're not having to do everything totally from scratch. They also have a large contact base to recruit players - they have about 40 baseball teams each spring. I just want to get it up and running for the spring. Long-term, I want to create an integrated program, not just have individual teams, with cooperation/coordination among coaches and such.
I'm working on what we need to get this started and what our budget will be. So far, I know we have the league entry fees (they handle all the scheduling, umps, game fields, etc), practice field permits (we're hoping to take over the ones from the other club), equipment, insurance, and jerseys. What am I missing?
The club I have coached with is dissolving. I approached one of the clubs that that hasn't had softball about starting up a program and they couldn't be more excited about doing it. The spring season is 4/2-5/8 (there's a fall season) so we're hoping to open registration in the next week or two. My team and another team from the previous club are coming over (both 12U) and I'm hoping to get another team or two for this season. The old club usually had 4-5 teams each season across the age divisions. The other clubs usually have 9-12 each.
Fortunately the new club has the infrastructure in place - contacts for jerseys, insurance, website, etc - so we're not having to do everything totally from scratch. They also have a large contact base to recruit players - they have about 40 baseball teams each spring. I just want to get it up and running for the spring. Long-term, I want to create an integrated program, not just have individual teams, with cooperation/coordination among coaches and such.
I'm working on what we need to get this started and what our budget will be. So far, I know we have the league entry fees (they handle all the scheduling, umps, game fields, etc), practice field permits (we're hoping to take over the ones from the other club), equipment, insurance, and jerseys. What am I missing?