MANAGERS/COACHES: The following field maintenance instructions will be followed before and after every game. They apply for both sets of coaches (Home and Visitor) and for all games (weeknight and weekend).

BEFORE THE GAME (Home Team)

AFTER THE GAME (Visiting Team)

WET FIELD CONDITIONS

All teams are responsible for removing all garbage, water bottles and miscellaneous items from the dugouts, surrounding areas and field after each game.

Batting of any kind is prohibited against any backstop or fence.

Please use this information to educate yourself AND your parents who help out before and after the game. Make sure they understand the proper steps toward good field maintenance. Ultimately, our number one goal is to provide the safest playing surface possible to ensure maximum injury reduction, along with having great eye-appeal. Pre and Post-Game Field Preparation is hard work, but the benefit is better and longer lasting fields for our kids to play on. Thank you--in advance--for helping keep our fields in superb shape this season.

Step 1- Rake the heavy traffic spots around all the bases to prevent puddles. Use Puddle Pillows to soak up standing water before adding any drying agents.

Step 2- Drag the infield, either by hand or with the tractor. Start at the pitcher's mound and go around until you're done. Don't get too close to the edge of either the fence or the grass.


Step 3- As the fields dry out later in the season, spray the infield down with water. This prevents it from getting too dusty for the players.

Step 4- Place the batter's box template next to home plate with the handle touching the edge of home plate.

Step 5- Walk on the the template to press it into the dirt.

Step 6- On the lines left by the template, chalk in the batter's box.

Step 7. With the nail at the back corner of home plate and someone holding the other end of the string, chalk the baseline to the outfield. The string should be positioned about 1" in from the impression of the base, so that the outer edge of the line aligns with the base.

Step 8. Ideal bag and baseline alignment- anything close is fine.

Step 9- Chalk the 3rd base line.


Step 10- Chalk in the coaches box at 1st and 3rd base. You're ready to play ball.