Foundations Player Code of Conduct

1. I will show up, unless otherwise agreed to between myself and the coach. Situations include: behind on school work, family emergencies. Graduation from a grade less than 12 does not constitute an emergency.

2. I will always give my best effort. Even if I am not feeling 100%, I will give 100% of what I have. In practice or in game. I will show up and give everything I have.

3. I will respect my coaches. I will respect their experiences, their knowledge of the game, the fact that they are trying to make me better, and their authority which I have given them of my own free will.

4. I will respect the umpires. I understand that I may not agree with a call, but it is not my position to argue with a call or question the umpires authority over the game.

5. I will respect my team. As much as baseball is an individual effort, it is a team sport, and I will always encourage my teammates. They cannot succeed without me, and I cannot succeed without them.

6. I will respect myself. I will not ever talk down on myself because of an error, a strikeout, any of the 12 billion possible plays on a baseball field that I may have made a mistake on. I will simply acknowledge and move on to the next pitch.

7. I will always remember that baseball is a game. It was made by men who wanted to have fun. Regardless of the score at the end of any game, it is a game. It is a game I love, and enjoy playing, but it is a game.

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