Dear Cambridge Baseball Academy Parents,
The members of the Cambridge Baseball Academy (CBA) board would like to welcome you to the Cambridge Baseball
Academy Community and the 2014-2015 season! This handbook is intended to provide you with all the information you’ll need
regarding our program, including important dates and contact information for the CBA Board. As always, the CBA Board
members are available to address any questions/concerns you may have during the season.
The 2013-2014 season proved to be very exciting, and there were numerous successes to celebrate as a relatively new program.
We will be continuing our focus on playing competitive baseball, while utilizing extremely unique and influential resources in
our community. By participating in our program, your sons’ exposure to positive, professional instruction will be a standard you
should expect, while also beginning to develop and strengthen your sons relationship with the Cambridge High School coaches
and players.
The CBA would not have the success we experience without the many volunteers who help make our association function. We
would like to thank all the Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Team Managers, Volunteers, Players, and Parents who commit their time
and energy to maintain our success and create a fun and rewarding environment for our children.
We are establishing a theme for the CBA in 2014: “We are Family”. Our efforts to build a program of competitive character
based athletes and parents will make our family stronger, and in the long run more successful. In 2014-2015 our Family will be
growing to offer opportunities for athletes ranging in age from 9u-14u. These six age levels will allow continuity with
instruction, terminology and exposure. The CBA can offer many things to players in our community that simply cannot be
found, even in the highest and most competitive levels of travel baseball.
We are fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with Cambridge High School, a new High School program that recognizes the
importance of developing a strong feeder program. It is the goal of the CBA to better align coaches, terminologies, strategies and
techniques that will allow for advanced learning, and preparation for the opportunity to play at the high school level. We are
grateful that Cambridge High School offers support to the CBA.
As members of The CBA, we will have the opportunity to leverage many beneficial resources within our community. It will be
the goal of our board, to identify, solicit, and partner with some of the most influential and successful individuals and businesses
in the world of baseball skill and development. These relationships will undoubtedly go a long way to advancing the skill and
profile of our program. CBA will have rules in place to provide a safe and fun environment for all participants, including players,
parents and coaches. The CBA will strongly encourage all coaches to adopt a minimum contribution policy which suggests each
team find an opportunity for each participant to contribute to the team on a game by game basis. The CBA also has extremely
high standards to hold coaches and parents accountable, and an experienced governing body to ensure each team plays by the
standards set by the CBA. Games will be held at various parks across the county, state, and country, and this exposure carries
with it an incredible responsibility to represent the CBA with the utmost respect for our opponents, umpires, teammates and
anyone affiliated with the CBA.
Since youth baseball can be an expensive endeavor for our families, we encourage you to acquire sponsorships to help fund our
team expenses. This will help us make this a memorable season for our athletes. CBA is a volunteer organization, and many
volunteers are always needed from each team during the season to help run the gates, concessions, and tournament and travel
planning and organization. Your willingness to share this responsibility evenly among parents goes a long way to building our
team and program culture. I would like to encourage all parents to check with their employers, as several offer Grants to
organizations like ours 501 (c) 3. These gifts are typically tied to your participation or volunteerism within our program.
Thank you for choosing the CBA and allowing your child to participate in the 2014-2015 season. This handbook, as well as CBA
Board Member contact information, will eventually be available through our web site. Thank you in advance for your support
and dedication. We look forward to an outstanding year with the Cambridge Baseball Academy. Go BEARS!
Respectfully,
Tony Schuster
Cambridge Baseball Academy, President