Babe Ruth Prep Division (13 Year Olds)

Philiosophy & Objectives:

Our Prep division was designed to create an environment whereby players, age 13, can adjust to a larger, regulation size diamond, without older, more experienced players. At this time, the player is introduced to a variety of new rules and requirements. Players should be allowed to adjust at their own pace and in a protected environment but managers and coaches should set high standards of achievement. While it is impossible and in many ways not desirable to eliminate the competitiveness that the players have developed in recent years, we intend to down play its role. It is here that some very successful Little League players may have difficulties with the positions that they previously believed that they had mastered. Our objective is to help with this transition while insuring that the confidence that the player possessed in Little League is preserved. Player abilities are now easier to analyze, and those players that previously were thought to be among the best, may now be replaced by other players whose development was slower than the others. It is our roles to fairly analyze these skills and abilities free from previously preconceived notions.

Key Initiatives:

• ^{Leads and base stealing}

• ^{Pitching :
      Holding runners on base
      Throwing the curve ball}

• ^{Hitting:
      The curve ball
      Opposite field}

• ^{Protecting runners}
  
• ^{Squeeze Plays}
  
• ^{Calling the game for Catchers}