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Originally posted by mcrowder
WRONG! They are not idiots. They are trying to ensure there is proper adult supervision. Like the earlier poster said - you have to have an adult 3rd base coach ... so if you only have 1 coach, you have no adult in the dugout.
PS - I'm a Dixie District Director as well, albeit for softball. If I ran across this, I would also waive the rule that coaches must be from the regular season. Do you really not have a single parent (male or female) willing to help take your kids to the tournament? I'm shocked.
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We have 11 boys on the team. Out of the 11 we have 2 dads with any baseball experience/background/knowledge/interest?
1 is coaching softball and the other has coached in the past and is willing to help, but now has health problems (including seizures) and has been on the edge of being barred from our field on more than one occasion for various run-ins with other coaches/parents/league officials. Also a problem in recruiting another coach is the rule that all coaches must be in uniform. This is a hurdle that flatly stops many men here. My wife has said that she would be willing to serve as the other coach if necessary, but she is already our team mom/scorekeeper and putting on a uniform and stepping on the field is not something that she is at all comfortable in doing. (For some reason the word circus comes to mind.) I am more comfortable coaching alone than adding someone at this point that is an outsider to baseball in general, or at least to me and my team.