Rose Capital West Little League aligns itself fully with the goals of Little League baseball. Our mission is to help the youth of our community become better individuals and develop their baseball skills. We encourage all coaches to use the Little League Pledge in developing their players.

The Little League Parent/Volunteer Pledge
I will teach all children to play fair and do their best
I will positively support all managers, coaches and players
I will respect the decisions of the umpires
I will praise a good effort despite the outcome of the game.

The Little League Pledge

I Trust In God, I Love My Country,
And Will Respect Its Laws;
I Will Play Fair And Strive To Win,
But Win Or Lose, I Will Always Do My Best

Redefining "Winner"

"A Positive Coach or Parent helps players redefine what it means to be a winner through a mastery of skills, rather than a scoreboard orientation. He sees victory as a by-product of the pursuit of excellence. 

He focuses on effort rather than outcome and on learning rather than comparison to others. 

He recognizes that mistakes are an important and inevitable part of learning and fosters an environment in which players don't fear making mistakes. 

While not ignoring the teaching opportunities that mistakes present, he teaches players that a key to success is how one responds to mistakes. He sets standards of continuous improvement for self and players. 

He encourages his players, whatever their level of ability, to strive to become the best players, and people, they can be. 

He teaches players that a winner is someone who makes maximum effort, continues to learn and improve, and doesn't let mistakes (or fear of mistakes) stop him or her."

The Positive Coach emphasizes redefining what it means to be a "winner" (away from a scoreboard orientation to a mastery focus) because it helps athletes better enjoy their sports experience, reduces anxiety, increases self-confidence (self-efficacy), keeps them playing longer and can improve their performance.

Research has found several important differences between children with a mastery orientation versus those with an ego or scoreboard orientation:

• When players perceive themselves as having low ability compared to others, they may lower their effort and further reduce their chances of learning.

• Junior high and high school players who drop out of sports participation are more likely to have emphasize ego-involved ability goals.

• Those who had dropped out of sport tended to define their sport success and failure in terms of comparison with others.

• mastery orientation is strongly correlated with enjoyment and significantly correlated with efficacy among adolescents competing in sports.