electronic scorebook

[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by ChrisB

Last night we had a District Fed Clinic, and the presenter was adamant that the only things the coach is allowed to have in the coaches box is a pencil and a scorebook, no pagers, phones etc... to be left in the dugout.

Tell your presenter to read the da_mn book! Personal opinions don't belong in a clinic.

NFHS does not prohibit electronic scoring devices in dugout or in the coaches box. If the 1B coach wants to carry her notebook with her on the field, she is legal.

Communication devices (ie., cell phones) cannot be used for coaching purposes. (So no text messaging from the stands to the dugout or to the field during the game.) Normally we tell coaches to leave their cell phones in the dugout - BUT there is no rule to support that. They can have them; they just can't be used for coaching.

However, if I am in A position I don't know what the 3B coach is seeing when he is looking at his cell phone. Is it a missed messge from his wife? Or a text message from an assistant in the stands stealing signals? That is why we ask them to leave the phones behind.

WMB