Who Can Volunteer?
Anyone can apply to become a volunteer. Whatever talents or skills you have, we can use them! Across the country, volunteers are grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles, retirees, community leaders, former Little Leaguers, friends, neighbors, and more. Any community member who wishes to become a volunteer may apply.
All parents of children involved in Little League Baseball and Softball are strongly encouraged to volunteer. As a parent, volunteer, you have the opportunity to spend quality time with your child in a safe, fun-filled environment. Oftentimes, parent and child social lives parallel each other. Volunteering allows your life and your child’s life to intersect on common ground, with shared interests and goals.
RELATED: What Volunteer Opportunities are Available?
On rare occasions, Little League, through District Administrators and your local Board of Directors, may deny individuals the privilege of volunteering for reasons, past or present, that may be detrimental to the positive development of young people, other volunteers, and/or Little League International. When you apply to become a volunteer, you give the local Little League organization the right to conduct necessary background checks.
How Do I Become A Volunteer?
Parents, take a minute to fill out the volunteer form while registering your child. If you are not a parent and would like to volunteer, take a minute to fill out the form while visiting your local registration location.
What Can I Volunteer To Do?
No experience is required to become a volunteer. Most of the volunteer opportunities require little or no training. Your local league will provide you with any necessary training (as well as support and encouragement), as they deem necessary. The best volunteers are those who are able to bring added enjoyment to the game simply be being themselves. What you see during Little League games is a mere fraction of what you can do as a volunteer. You can volunteer to help in virtually any aspect of Little League Baseball or Softball.
Volunteer Opportunities with Local Leagues
Manager - Responsible for providing instruction, development, training, and positive constructive leadership. Coordinate communications between league, team, and parents. Subject to Board approval. Requires attendance at meetings and instructional clinics.
Coach - Assist Manager and support team with all activities. Acts as Manager in practices and games in their absence. Only two coaches in dugout and on fields during games. Subject to Board approval. Requires attendance at meetings and instructional clinics.
Umpire - Responsible for the conduct, management, and administering the game in accordance with official rules and regulations. Maintain standards of discipline and order on the playing field during game. Identify infractions and ensure safety of participants.
Scorekeeper - Keep score at each game. Record in scorebook game time, team lineups and batting orders, pitcher innings pitched and pitch counts, batter hits, walks, and runs, fielder errors and outs.
Team Coordinator - Assist Manager and Coaches supporting team activities. Manages communications, distributes information, plan events with league and parents. Facilitates league safety program and guidelines. Track team volunteer requirements and fulfillment.
Fields - Pregame wet, rake, and drag infield, place bases on field, chalk lines and batter boxes. Postgame wet, rake, and drag infield, remove bases and place in equipment boxes, place plugs on base pegs, return field equipment to dugouts and lock gates.
Criteria and Selection for Local League Volunteers
Little League® programs are always looking for responsible and enthusiastic individuals to support and coordinate local Little League events and activities. Volunteers should have a keen interest in the safety, well-being, and overall development of children.