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Coach Information

Play Ball! Minnesota Coaches Conferance

The 2012 Play Ball! Minnesota Conference will be held on March 31, 2012 at Target Field. Click this link for more information.

Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports

Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports is a free, online course available to coaches, parents, and others helping to keep athletes safe from concussion. It features interviews with leading experts, dynamic graphics and interactive exercises, and compelling storytelling to help you recognize a concussion and know how to respond if you think that your athlete might have a concussion. What You Will Learn This course will help you: • Understand a concussion and the potential consequences of this injury, • Recognize concussion signs and symptoms and how to respond, • Learn about steps for returning to activity (play and school) after a concussion, and • Focus on prevention and preparedness to help keep athletes safe season-to-season.

Take the Training

Once you complete the training and quiz, you can print out a certificate, making it easy to show your league or school you are ready for the season.

ISD #256 Facilities Use Calendar

Would you like to check the availability of a field? Click on this link and you will be able to go to the School District's calendar. Select "Outside Facilites" from the "Building" dropbox. You can then select the specific field or all fields from the "Location" dropbox. All baseball fields will be listed.

Metro Baseball League (MBL)

The Metro Baseball League is the largest independent youth baseball league in the country.

Minnesota Baseball Tournaments (MBT)

Your Minnesota Youth Baseball Tournament Connection.

Quality Coaching Baseball

Quality Coaching Baseball provides baseball instruction, baseball drills, coaching philosophy, and other information for youth baseball coaches, players, and parents who want to learn more about playing and coaching baseball.

Interactive Baseball Rules

Click on a quiz link to the right. The selected quiz will appear in this window. You will be able to get your answers right away. Rule references are provided for every question as well as a hyperlink to the MLB Official Baseball Rules (located on the "Baseball Almanac" website) for viewing the rule yourself.

Top 40 Baseball Rule Myths

The following 40 statements are often thought to be true, but are, in fact, FALSE. Click on the Myth to read the explanations and rule references to find out why the statements are false.

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Field Maintenance Tips

Players and coaches can help maintain the fields by removing trash, sweeping dugouts and dragging and lining the field.

When raking the base paths, do not rake across the path.  Rake up and down along the length of the path. 
 
Tarps are used to maintain moisture in the pitcher’s mound and home plate areas. The use of tarps is recommended anytime the field is not in use.

Which team do you hope will win the Super Bowl (not the team you think will win it all)?