title: Coaching Youth Baseball: A Baffled Parents Guide (Baffled Parent's Guides)
author:  Bill Thurston 
description: Novice coaches will find instant relief for Opening Day jitters in this all-encompassing how-to primer. Includes everything from ordering uniforms to planning practice activities and development teamwork.
zlib_text: **The Associate**
  
  >  **The Associate**
  
  > The Associate
  
  >  **The Associate**
  
  > **Chapter 1**
  
  > The rules of the New Haven Youth League required that each kid play at least
  > ten minutes in each game. Exceptions were allowed for players who had upset
  > their coaches by skipping practice or violating other rules. In such cases,
  > a coach could file a report before the game and inform the scorekeeper that
  > so-and-so wouldn't play much, if at all, because of some infraction. This
  > was frowned on by the league; it was, after all, much more recreational than
  > competitive.
  
  > With four minutes left in the game, Coach Kyle looked down the bench, nodded
  > at a somber and pouting little boy named Marquis, and said, “Do you want to
  > play?” Without responding, Marquis walked to the scorers' table and waited
  > for a whistle. His violations were numerous--skipping practice, skipping
  > school, bad grades, losing his uniform, foul language. In fact, after ten
  > weeks and fifteen games, Marquis