Volunteer Team Positions

Working as a volunteer can be both personally and professionally rewarding. By becoming a volunteer, you can:

Help others and give back to your community
Make new friends and network with people
Share your talents
Ensure EGFA game day operates smoothly

There are many opportunities during the season for parents to volunteer and help EGFA remain one of the premier associations. Below are the primary volunteer positions EGFA highly recommends to have parents volunteer to fill each season.

Head Coach

Our head coaches have an energetic attitude, love of kids and the ability to wield positive reinforcement. EGFA hosts multiple coaches clinics to coach you on how to coach the basic skills of throwing, fielding and batting (early January through March). We have documentation posted in Coachezzz Corner and will also be available to walk you through how to run an effective practice to maximize your time with your players and most importantly, make it fun for your team. Our philosophy is around not only advancing the girls' skills in the game; but, instilling an appreciation of the game, sportsmanship, teamwork, and respect for themselves as well as others. Previous coaching experience is a plus, but it is not necessary.

Assistant Coach

A critical aspect of any team is the support system in place. The assistant coaches are a critical component to this system. The assistant coach(es) will help the head coach with any tasks that need to be completed during practice and the games. This includes running drills, providing instruction to the girls, providing encouragement and support to the team. Anyone wishing to be an assistant coach is welcome to join the coaching clinics to learn the basics of teaching softball skills. The more assistant coaches a team has, the more coaching the girls are able to receive. It has been our experience that the more involved the parents are on the field helping out the more fun it is for the players.

Team Manager

The team manager works closely with the coach and the other parents to keep things running smoothly. The team manager will typically take care of the uniform information (ie. numbers and checking in, late orders, etc), parent correspondence, making sure parents are signed up for Mayfly Volunteer Commitment, team party, etc. If you want to be involved and have good organizational skills but don't think that coaching is for you, then perhaps team parent is the role for you.

Score Keeper

The score keeper will work with the umpires and keep the balls, strikes and score for the games. EGFA has an online quick reference card to assist you to keep score score. If you are at all of the games and want to be a little more involved, score keeping might be the role for you.

Field Parent

The field parent will work with the Board Field Scheduler and will be trained to help the coaching staff by taking care of the fields after practice and before and after games. Field parents play a crucial role in preparing the fields when Edina Park and Rec Staff (due to scheduling conflicts) may not be able to prep the fields before game day.

The field parent will also be on the contact list of the Edina Park and Rec and Board Field Scheduler to assist with field prep if there is a reschedule or if the fields are being utilized by the high school prior to an EGFA scheduled game.

If you plan on picking up your daughter from practice (or stay to help) and are available for the majority of the games and are physically able to pick up a rake and some bases, this is an important role that you could fill for your daughter's team.