Club Team Program
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We are pleased to offer this program again in 2008. Please read the program description below to see if it fits your interests, commitment, and desired level of play.
If you have any questions, call us at 650 568-1044 or email us at info@lamvpb.org.
If you are interested in trying out for the Club Team Program, please sign up when you register, and include the $100 Club Team Deposit along with your Regular Season registration payment.
Program and Season
The Club Team Program is designed for those players who desire a more intense
baseball experience within our league. Club Team members, both players and
coaches, are expected to put forth considerable time, effort, and commitment
beyond that for a typical regular season. Participants will be rewarded with
more frequent playing opportunities under more challenging circumstances with
more intensive coaching and training. Players who wish to extensively vacation
with family or friends during the Club Team season, who have personal or
academic restrictions, or who have other time-consuming commitments are
encouraged not to sign up for this program.
Club Team players and coaches participate on two teams - a regular season team and a Club Team. Player must actively participate in a regular season team of the same division as the applied-for Club Team. Mustang-1 players who are “League-age” 8-year olds are eligible to play on the Pinto-2 Club team.
Club Teams begin practice and play shortly after the Club Team draft in late January, playing home and away games, including double-headers, against other local teams. Once the regular season is underway, Club Teams confine their weekly play to Sundays. Club Teams also play in three or more Bay Area tournaments before and during the regular season, often on holiday weekends and conclude their season with a Memorial Weekend tournament.
Sign-Up, Tryout, and Selection
Players who wish to try out for a Club Team should sign up when they register, and participate in their regular division tryout in January. Shortly thereafter, players who signed up for Club Team will be invited to a more rigorous Club Team tryout. Players are selected from the top tier of tryout candidates in their one-year age bracket. Pre-formed club teams will not be allowed into the program.
Players who are not selected will be refunded their Club Team fee and may choose to be placed on a Club Team wait list. Should an additional player be required by a Club Team, such player shall be selected from the respective wait list with a pro rata payment of the Club Team fee. Players who wish to sign up after Club Teams have been formed may request to be placed on the wait list, at the discretion of the Division Director, the Player Rep and the Registrar.
Fees
Club team fees are separate from and in addition to the regular season registration fee. The fee has been set by the League to be $350 per player for the 2008 season, but may be subject to change. This fee includes (approximately): tournament fees ($1,500-$2,000/team), umpire costs ($1,500/team), field usage and insurance fees ($500/team), amortized cost of equipment and uniforms ($800/team), but does not include travel costs for events outside of League boundaries. Financial assistance is available.
Other Rules
All-Star Selection: Club Team players shall be eligible for post-season “all-star” selection, but only under their regular season team. No Club Team play shall interfere with regular season play-offs or post-season play. Mustang Club Team players who are 8-years old shall be eligible for the League's Pinto all-star program. No other divisional crossovers are permitted.
Pitching Limitations: For their Club Team and regular season team combined, pitchers are subject to PONY-national pitching rule limitations. For their regular season teams, Club Team players are subject to League pitching rule limitations with no more than 3 innings pitched in a regular season game if they have a scheduled Club Team game within 40 hours. Similarly, Club Team players may pitch no more than 3 innings in a Club Team game if they have a scheduled regular season game within 40 hours. Club team players and their coaches shall work with their regular team coaching staff on innings pitched and vice versa.
No Required Play Rule: There shall be no required play rules for any Club Team, no matter what the age division. Play shall be determined solely by the individual Club Team coaching staff in strict accordance with PONY-national tournament rules. In other words, a Club Team player may suit up, but not play any innings at the discretion of the Club Team coaching staff. However, player feedback from Club Team participation may be used by the League in assigning future coaching assignments.
Player Disqualification:
A suspension, resignation, or drop (as determined
by the Division Director and Player Rep) from the regular season team shall
automatically be a withdrawal from the Club Team and vice versa. Any Club Team
player suspended, resigned or dropped at any time during the Club Team season is
not eligible for a refund, prorated or full, of their Club Team fee. A player
who is suspended or who is dropped may appeal that decision to the Club Team
Suspension Appeal Committee. A player who voluntarily resigns his or her Club
Team may appeal their automatic suspension from their regular season team to the
Suspension Appeal Committee, but shall not play on the regular season team until
the Suspension Appeal Committee approves of the reinstatement to the regular
season team. The appealing player must be present at the Suspension Appeal
Committee meeting.
Code of Conduct: Club Teams shall report to their respective Division Directors and shall in all ways be subject to the Codes of Conduct practiced by the League.
Field Assignments: Club Teams shall practice only at assigned times and play only those pre-season (regular season) and Sunday games within League boundaries on fields assigned by the respective Division Director.
League Umpires: Club teams must utilize League umpires for all within-League-boundary games. All Club Team play shall be judged on PONY-national tournament rules.
League Uniforms: Club Teams shall be issued and exclusively play in their own, separate and distinctive uniforms from the regular season teams, which clearly and prominently show their affiliation with the League. All Club Team uniforms shall be issued solely by the League.
Same Operation as League: Issues not discussed within this description of Club Teams must be addressed in the same manner as they are addressed in the regular season operations of the League. A special Club Team Advice Committee has been formed to address issues not defined adequately by this description and the governing rules of the League.
Coach Eligibility and Commitment
To be eligible to be a Club Team head coach or assistant
coach, the coach must actively participate on a regular season team either as a
head coach or as an assistant coach. A suspension or resignation from the
regular season team shall automatically be a suspension from the Club Team and
vice versa. All additional members of the coaching staff shall be selected from
the pool of parents/guardians of the drafted players or from individuals
specifically approved by the respective Division Director.
Like Club Team players, Club Team coaches are expected to make an extra commitment in time and effort. While upholding the highest standards of the League’s Code of Conduct, Club Team coaches must learn and then practice first-class leadership and baseball coaching skills. The reward is to bring the best out of our players while representing our League throughout our area of play.
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