Coaches & Managers Documentation

The following core information/documentation changes little from season to season, and is included here to assist Coaches & Managers in fulfilling their very important roles:

• Club Mission and the Roles of Coach & Manager
• Coach's Duties
• Manager's Duties
• Greenway Giants Code of Conduct
• Working with Children
• Booking & Using the Batting Cages
• Team Responsibility for Diamond Maintenance
• Dealing with Anti-Social Behaviour

Newsletters

The Infield Flyer is published every week, detailing team standings, notices, rosters and other important information. While the online version is readily available to adults, it is vital that we distribute printed versions to juniors.

Printed newsletters are available for collection by Managers from the hanging files at Greenway Park (baseball) or Hayes Park (Softball) from 7.30am onwards every Saturday.

Match Reports

The most read section of the Infield Flyer is the Match Reports section, which summarises the highlights of each game. Managers, please ensure that parents of the team take this important task on, perhaps on a roster basis. Also, please encourage them to send in copies of good digital photos.

Reports should:

• Include the team name, age group & grade (including Teeball/Modball, if applicable)
• Include match date if not the most recent week’s game.
• Mention every player in the team positively at least once, with player of the match optional
• Finish the report on a high note (eg “Great effort on a tough day!”)
• Reports should be sent to Leo Gyzen by 7.00pm on the Monday night following the game

McDonalds Awards

We are extremely grateful that one of our most loyal sponsors, McDonalds Dural, supports our Team Encouragement awards throughout each Summer season.

These awards are great motivation for junior players, and should be used to reward effort in games and training, and to build bonds of friendship and belonging. Every week McDonald’s offers 2 Encouragement awards to Greenway teams (Teeball through to U16 and/or A Grade Softball) for their enthusiasm, participation, sportsmanship and skills on the field.

The process is to nominate your team by sending an email to Leo Gyzen with a brief outline of what your team has done to earn the award. The winners are announced each week in the newsletter so keep an eye out for the outcome.