Team Manager

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. The team manager is responsible for a wide range of things. Team managers set the overall tone for fun and sportsmanship on the team. They schedule practices, coordinate with other team managers for rescheduled games, communicate messages from the league to the team posts the games and practices on game changer and solicit other volunteer coaches, dugout parents, scorekeeper and field prep crews to support the team. The team manager is effectively the head coach designing practice scripts and directing the coaches to develop player skills. The team manager is responsible to know the game rules from LLI and the interlock rules for their division published by the district. Managers generate the lineup for the game or designate a coach to do so. The manager controls the team key to the field boxes, access to the equipment containers and is responsible for the field preparation when they are the home team. They are responsible to designate an umpire advocate when they are the home team and the umpire(s) is under 18 years old. All volunteers, with the exception of the field prep crew and concessions require 1) an annual background check from the league and 2) annual completion of the little league international abuse awareness training.

Team Coach

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. The coaches take their direction from the team manager. Coaches foster an environment of fun and sportsmanship. Coaches are responsible to know the game rules from LLI and the interlock rules for their division published by the district. Coaches can develop practice scripts focused on development of player skills, confidence and teamwork. Depending on the division, coaches can be on the field during defense assisting players gain confidence, at a minimum coaches act as the base coaches while on offense.

Dug out parents

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. Not all divisions need a parent in the dugout. The dug out parent maintains order in the dugout. When on offense they ensure players have a batting helmet on and are NOT SWINGING THE BAT WHILE IN THE DUG OUT. They make sure the next batter up is ready to go.

Scorekeeper

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. The score keeper records the line up from both teams and keeps score of the game in the game changer application. The home team score keeper is the keeper of the official game score.

Field preparation crew

Requires an annual background check from the league or completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. The field prep crew should attend the in person training or watch the videos on how to prepare a field for play. If the field has standing water the field prep crew removes

the water and applies a drying agent (diamond dry or equivalent) to ready the field for play. The field prep crew drags the field prior to the game (if needed), chalks the foul lines, batters box and pitcher circle according to the diagram in the current LLI rule book for that division. They set the breakaway bases in place. The field prep crew puts the bases away and drags the field after the game.

Umpire advocate

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. Umpire advocates are required when 1) your team is the home team AND 2) the umpire(s) is under 18 years old. The umpire advocate attends the plate meeting before the game to identify themselves to the team managers and the youth umpires. The umpire advocate is there to protect the youth umpire from abuse by either team (manager, coaches, players or spectators). Generally the umpire advocate will only take action when the umpire requests it or when there is obvious abuse of the youth umpire.

Volunteer umpires

Requires an annual background check from the league and completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. Umpires can be youth volunteers or adult volunteers managed by the league Umpire In Charge (UIC). Volunteer umpires attend annual training and are scheduled by the UIC for all games. All umpires, youth or adult, operate within the bounds defined by the current LLI rule book.

Concession volunteers

Requires an annual background check from the league or completion of the LLI abuse awareness training. Concession volunteers work designated shifts in the snack bar scheduled by the concessions director. Volunteers collect money, make change, prepare hot dogs and nachos when available. Concession volunteers must be at least 18 years old to work independently. Volunteers as young as 14 years old can work with adult supervision.