2002 SEASON SURVEY
INSTRUCTIONS: Please use your browser's "print" button to print out this web page. Then fill it out and mail to:
NSYBA Scorekeeper - P.O. Box 187 - Wilmette, IL 60091-0187
NAME (optional):____________________________
TEAM or LEAGUE (optional):______________CHECK ONE (or more):
o
manager
o coach
o player
o parent
o NSYBA
or league official
o
umpire
o relative
o friend
o interested
person
o other
A. THE SCHEDULE. [Before the start of the season, the board of directors approved the schedules. The regular season had each team playing the other teams in its league twice, once at home and once away. The championship season was a double-elimination tournament, with the top sixteen teams participating.] What do you think of this year’s schedule? Were there too many games during the regular season, or too few? Would you like to see regular season interleague games? Which type of championship season do you prefer (single- or double-elimination) and why?
B. OVERLAP WITH THE ALL-STAR TRAVELING TEAM SCHEDULE. [At present, the North Shore Baseball League’s all-star traveling team schedule overlaps the NSYBA’s schedule by three weeks, creating many conflicts, and runs until early August.] Would you like to see the NSYBA set up its own all-star traveling team league for our more stellar players, one whose schedule would begin after the NSYBA championships and continue to mid-August?
C. OTHER BASEBALL SEASONS. [We’ve organized the NSYBA to be a "shell" into which we can pour other baseball seasons. And there are now some summer-ball and fall-ball programs for this age group.] Would you like to see the NSYBA set up other baseball seasons, such as instructional summer-ball programs for our non-traveling-team players, and fall-ball?
D. THE WEBSITE. [At first, the NSYBA website was intended to be just a schedule and game reports source. But it’s developed a life of its own.] What impact did the NSYBA website have on your season? Did you find its features and reporting useful? How often did you (or your team members) access the website? What new website features would you like to see for next year?
E. OTHER MATTERS. Please tell us what else we can do to improve the NSYBA. Would you like to see the NSYBA sponsor hitting, pitching and fielding seminars? How about the NSYBA retailing instructional materials (books, videos, etc.) from the website? (Profits would go to the NSYBA and help reduce your team’s expense to participate in the NSYBA.)