Coaches Classroom Certification

This class is open to all coaches and parents. COYBL will cover the cost for the designated coaches on each major season team. Others will be required to pay for the class through COYBL. At least one coach from each major season team must attend, and any coach considering being an allstar coach must be certified. If your major season team does not have a certified coach, your players are not allstar eligible.

Classroom Session (renew annually):

• 2/13, Mililani Ike, 2-9pm, with 1 hr dinner break, but class is being shortened down from 6 hours, preferred session for Mililani coaches
• 3/12, Waianae, daytime hours, specifics to be announced when available, last chance, if you can’t make 2/13

For the classroom sessions, COYBL needs to pay in advance, and register coaches with specific information. You can’t pay for this directly, so you must coordinate with us.

You must bring to the class a completed copy of the Volunteer Application. Part of this form is a background check, and you will need to provide your social security number. Your certification is not complete until this is done. Only 2 people at Hawaii PONY will have access to this and they will only share necessary information with the designated COYBL contact.

If you have violent crimes or crimes against children, you won’t be allowed to coach. If you have something else, like a DUI, the league will just be informed that the coach should not be permitted to drive other people’s children to games/practices. As a league, COYBL will keep any results confidential, on a “need to know” basis.

The Deadline for confirming your attendance at the 2/13 class is going to be 2/6. If you reply by then, you will have a seat at the class. If you don’t, walk-ins will be accepted ONLY if there is room and if class materials are left over.

Coaches Online Certification

If you haven’t completed the online course yet, you can still complete the online course anytime until the second class being held on 3/12. You can attend the classroom session, even if you haven’t completed the online course, but it is preferred to take the online course first. If you know of additional coaches that want to take the course, simply send me the info requested above and tell me that they’d like to be assigned an online course.

Online Session (renew every 3 years):

1. Confirm the requested info listed above to jquinn@kmhllp.com and to your player agent that you are going to become certified, and you will be sent an email from the website when the class is assigned to you.
2. Go to www.PONYcoaching.org.
3. Register as a coach on the www.PONYcoaching.org website.
4. Complete the online class and pass the test at the end of the online class.
5. After passing the class, go back to the www.PONYcoaching.org website and select the Coaches section, then click on “Certified”, then click on “Print my course completion certificate.”
6. Once your certificate is visible on the screen, save a copy to your computer, and then email your certificate to your player agent and jquinn@kmhllp.com.

Bat Size Restrictions Starting 2011

There have been questions regarding the PONY bat size limitations. Please read and share this the following information with your baseball contacts. Starting on January 1, 2011, the maximum barrel size allowed according to Hawaii PONY are as follows:

• Shetland: 2 5/8
  (Coach pitch 2 3/4 bats will only be allowed while using safety baseballs. Safety baseballs are only used in the Shetland division.)
• Pinto: 2 5/8
• Mustang: 2 5/8
• Bronco: 2 3/4
• Pony+: 2 3/4

For more information and/or clarification, contact your division player agent.