Padres Team Field Rules

• 1. When in the dug-out sit, watch and listen. You can learn a whole lot just watching other players and situations. Use the dug-out time to relax and think about the inning you just played and plan for the inning you are about to play. Try discussing the game with you fellow team-mates, ask questions. Try to learn something every game, or even every inning.
• 2. If you're on the field and you have a bat in your hand you MUST have a helmet on your head. Exceptions are only when you are helping to gather equipment.
• 3. Slidding, hitting the ground, getting dirty is all part of baseball, but sitting or laying down is not allowed on the field. If you must get off your feet then you can kneel on one knee provided you are concentrating on the field activity. If you must sit or lay down take yourself out of the game and go to the dug-out.
• 4. During any batting practice or warm up only one baseball can be live, i.e. being hit, hit at, or thrown. If other balls are in use during batting paractice they must be the wiffle balls (light plastic balls holes in them). During batting practice everyone must keep their heads up, baseball is the one that can hurt you.
• 5. Baseball is a fun sport where there are many skills to develop and situations to understand. If you're not having fun or you don't want to play tell Coach Steve, any situation can be resolved. This applies to parents too, if you feel there is a problem or you are not comfortable with your boy's activites please don't hesitate to discuss these with Coach Steve.
• 6. Please try to remember you hats for practice. Wearing a hat can be a pain but let try to get used to it, its required during the game. If we aren't used to wearing a hat it will be an annoying distraction during the games. When the weather turns hot the hats will give us much needed shade too.
• 7. We all need to start bringing water (or other drink) to practice and games. The rain and fair weather we've been having is fooling us it will soon be getting very hot and liquids are critical.
• 8. I didn't see in the rules any requirment for cleats but they will soon be a necessity. Currently flat bottoms work cause the ground is soft and moist, soon it will be dry in hard packed. With out cleats you will feel like you're on ice.