Coach's Corner
Here you can find all the necessary requirements to Coach, along with a few other helpful items.
Required Items
The State of California Requires Training and Certifications for Managers/Coaches, Administrators and Sports Officials and must be completed before any engagement with the players. This includes All Managers, Coaches, Umpires and Board Members.
Background Check/Live Scan
All Volunteers, who has direct contact with players of at least 16 hours a month (or 32 hours per year), which applies to most coaches, and team parents, must complete the Live Scan process.
Live Scan process is a one-time submittal with Golden Eagle Baseball. If you have had a 5 year gap in volunteering with our League, you will need to submit a new Live Scan.
Live Scan Form
California law requires that all managers/coaches, administrators and officials must complete an online concussion training at least once before supervising youth athletes; a certificate from a prior season is valid for this season. It takes only about 30 minutes to complete the training.
Concussion Training Certificates are required to be renewed every 2 years by the State of California.
For this training ,
- Log in or Create an Account
- When prompted to Select a Community of Practice, select "Other" and "Other Public Health Interests"
-Select: Your county - "Placer"
-You will then be prompted to complete your profile. Enter a contact number and your address. When it comes to adding the Organization information, enter the following:
1. Organization Name: "Pony"
2. Department/Division: ""
3. Title: "Manager, Coach, Volunteer, etc."
- On the main page for the course, Click the green "Pre-Assessment" button
- Start Course
Heads Up Concussion Overview Datasheet(click here)
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
All Volunteers, who has direct contact with players of at least 16 hours a month (or 32 hours per year), which applies to most coaches, and team parents, must complete the Abuse Awareness training provided by USA Baseball and SafeSport.
Child Abuse and Neglect Training Certificates are required to be renewed every 2 years by the State of California.
This free training can be accessed by clicking HERE
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention
State law requires the same protocols used for concussions in youth and high school sports to be used to help protect young athletes participating in school and community youth sports organizations from sudden cardiac arrest.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the number one cause of death in the United States for student athletes during exercise. Caused by a structural or electrical problem associated with the heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens when the heart unexpectedly stops beating and pumping blood.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training Certificates are required to be renewed every 2 years by the State of California.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Overview Data Sheet(click here)
This free training can be accessed by clicking(click here)
Upload to the Google Form
Once the above items are completed, please upload to the following Google Form:
2025 GEB Volunteer Safety DocumentsIncident Report
INCIDENT REPORT ONLINE FORM(click here)
In the event of an incident, please complete Incident Report and notify your Division VP and Safety Officer.
Other Helpful Items
SAMPLE LINEUP(click here)
Sample Bronco Lineup but applicable to all Divisions -- two tabs, "Batting lineup" and "Fielding lineup"
Dugout Captain
Dugout Captain is the Official Workout and Practice Planning Tool of PONY Baseball. It's mission is to help make baseball fun again, by supporting a positive, safe, and developmental environment for ballplayers to grow as athletes and individuals.
Visit here: https://www.dugoutcaptain.com/