The softball program's success within Manhattan and New York City are due to its volunteers. Aside from the outstanding parent volunteers, we've had a lot of success with non-parent volunteers in our league, including several who serve on the league's Board of Directors. We're always looking for new volunteer coaches for softball, particularly those with experience playing or coaching sports at the high school and college level. We can help you find the right role with our various programs and teams and work with your schedule and availability.
 

"If I can see her, I can be her"

Currently, we have an emphasis and focus on finding more female volunteer softball coaches who can teach the game and serve as role models for the girls in our program. We firmly believe that this plays a critical role in impacting the perceptions and future aspirations of our girls and how they see and understand leadership in the world. Over the long term, we aspire to achieve at least a 50-50 gender split of coaches. Here is our progress to date:

See below for relevant articles on the importance and need for more female coaches:

• Sports Coaching Is Still A Male Dominated Field by The Atlantic, Jul 27, 2017
• Where Are the Women by NCAA Champion Magazine
• Why More Women Coaches Are Needed by WeCoach
• Declining Rates of Female Youth Coaches by Aspen Institute 2018
• Game on: Women Can Coach by PBS Twin Cities
• Women Dominate This Sport. Why Is the Coaching a Boys Club? by NY Times, Dec 23, 2019
• Where Are All the Women Coaches? by NY Times Opinion, Dec 31, 2019

If you're interested in becoming a volunteer softball coach with Downtown Little League in NYC or discussing how you can help, please contact us by clicking here and we will get back to you. Thanks!