SOM Baseball Program Values

Rec Program Goals

  • To provide every child, regardless of experience or ability, the opportunity to play organized baseball in SOMA

  • To promote individual growth in all children participating, within and beyond the sport of baseball

  • To develop and deepen friendships with others from SOMA, culminating in a sense of community that extends beyond the baseball field

  • To promote positive behaviors for engaging with youth sports for all participants, coaches and spectators

Travel Program Goals

  • To provide skilled and motivated SOMA children the opportunity to train and develop baseball skills in a team focused environment

  • To challenge participants to compete through an age-appropriate schedule of games and tournaments with a focus on player development rather than wins and losses

  • To teach life lessons relating to communication, discipline, perseverance, goal setting, teamwork and emotional regulation

  • To promote positive behaviors for engaging with youth sports for all participants, coaches and spectators

  • To serve as ambassadors and proudly represent the SOMA community while engaging in competition with neighboring towns