A Youth Baseball Coaches Tool Kit

Peter Sprenkle has coached youth sports for over half his adult life. He started in the Jesse Collyer Baseball/Softball League in Ossining, NY in 1975 when his daughter Linda signed up to play and her team did not have a coach. Starting out as a brand new coach, his team won their first game 3-0 and he was hooked. Following two years in league administration, as well as coaching, Pete moved to Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1977. Since then Pete has worn many hats:

Coaching at all age levels, from kindergarten to high school, his teams won eight state and four regional championships as well as numerous league and tournament championships with an overall record of over 1200 wins in almost 1700 games. He has been an administrator in several leagues, tournament director, tournament committee member (including four national tournaments), Founder of BVGSA Softball Camp and Director for eight years, organizer of skills clinics, summer camps and coach’s clinics, developer of four practice fields for Boulder Competitive Girls Softball, President/Director of the Colorado Girls Softball Coaches Association, Organizer of the Lady Warriors summer program, High School softball coach and Tee Ball/Baseball coach.

In the Spring of 2009 Pete was one of forty one coaches in the USA who were recognized with the Liberty Mutual Responsible Coaching award. The coaches were selected by an independent judging panel for their exemplary dedication and commitment to responsibility in youth sports.

Pete is a 1957 graduate of the University of Miami, Florida and spent thirty five years working for the IBM Corporation. He retired in 1992 and now devotes much of his time to youth sports. He is married with two daughters and three grandchildren.