Bronco Level Self-Assessment

Please pick the level that best describes your Bronco Division team.

Please understand that at each level, not every bullet point will apply to your team.

We are just looking for an overall assessment of your team's skill level.

Teams that win 100% of their season games will likely be moved up one level for play-offs.

Bronco  PLATINUM Division

• My team will hold our own practices before the start of SFYBL practices.

• My team will practice more than 2 hours a week.

• I have 4 or more players who play travel ball.

• I have 4 or more pitchers who consistently throw strikes.

• Most of my pitchers understand the balk rule.

• I have 2 or more catchers who can throw the ball from home plate to second base on a straight line.

• My infield defense can get double plays on ground balls at least 35% of the time.

• My defense will catch more than 80% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

• More than 80% of my players have proper batting mechanics.

• More than 80% of my players consistently hit line drives when they are given easy pitches to hit.

Bronco  GOLD Division

• My team has characteristics of PLATINUM division, but we are a young team with many 10U's playing up

• My team will try to hold our own practices before the start of SFYBL practices.

• My team will practice more than one hour a week.

• I have 0 to 2 players who play travel ball.

• I have 3 or fewer players who can pitch and consistently throw strikes.

• Some of my pitchers understand the balk rule.

• I have only 1 catchers who can throw the ball from home plate to second base on a straight line.

• My infield defense can occasionally get ground ball double plays.

• My defense will catch between 40% to 60% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

• About 50% to 75% of my players have proper batting mechanics.

• About 50% to 75% of my players consistently hit line drives when they are given easy pitches to hit.

Bronco  SILVER Division

• My team will begin practices only when we get our field permit from SFYBL

• I have 1 or 2 pitchers who can throw strikes. The rest of my pitchers have trouble finding the strike zone.

• Most of my pitchers are just learning the balk rule.

• My catchers can throw from home plate to second base, but only via a rainbow arc.

• My infield defense can get outs on ground balls 40% to 60% of the time.

• My defense can catch between 15% to 30% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

• About 30% to 50% of my players have proper batting mechanics; the rest are still learning.

• About 30% to 50% of my players have proper fielding mechanics; the rest are still learning.

• About 30% to 50% of my players have proper throwing mechanics; the rest are still learning.

Bronco  BRONZE Division

• My team will begin practices only when we get our field permit from SFYBL

• I have a few players who have pitched before. The vast majority will learn during the season.

• When my catchers throw the ball from home plate to second base, they either bounce it or throw it via a rainbow arc.

• My infield defense is still learning to field ground balls and throw to the correct base.

• My defense is still learning to catch ordinary pop ups and fly balls.