Diamond Council of Columbia, Inc.

Diamond Council of Columbia, Inc. is one of the premier Mid-Missouri youth baseball and softball programs. The Diamond Council Board of Directors welcomes you to our new official site for Diamond Council of Columbia, Inc. We are committed in providing area youths the very best in Missouri youth sports. Our new website is designed to provide well deserved recognition of our youth athletes as well as enhancing our communications with those that make all this possible...the parents, sponsors, and many volunteers.

Diamond Council of Colulmbia, Inc. (DCC) is a non-profit youth baseball and softball organization of volunteers established in 1963 in Columbia, Missouri. Dedicated to providing a quality baseball and softball programs for the youth of Columbia and surrounding communities in Boone County, Missouri. DCC's open program stresses instruction, competition, sportsmanship, and fun.

Parental Support Opportunities
Head Coach/Assistant Coach: Diamond Council provides training and hosts Coaching Clinics. The clinics are hands-on with all coaches participating in drills and instruction. One coach from each team is required to attend the coaches clinic.
Team Parent: Team parents are a very valuable resource for a coach. Organize team treat/drink schedule. Parents can serve as calling trees so the coach does not have to call every player every time there is a practice or a change in schedule.
Team Sponsor: Please consider sponsoring a Diamond Council team. Your company or organization can sponsor your child's team. Located on the last page of this newsletter is the sponsorship form. Team Sponsorship provides hat, shirts, & medals to all players and coaches. Sponsors are vital in helping provide a quality summer program to an ever-increasing number of Boone County youth. The fee covers the cost of shirts, hats and players participation medals. A sponsor may actually select the team they sponsor by specifying a league, player or coach. The sponsor's logo is printed on the front of the team shirts.

Diamond Council Volunteer: Become a Diamond Council board member or league coordinator.

Umpire: This is a paid position through the City of Columbia. Umpire clinics and rules meetings are required. If you are interested in being an umpire for DCC, please contact Bobby Chick at the Columbia Parks & Recreation at 874-7706. Diamond Council also hires umpires for its' competitive leagues, for more information about umpiring in our competitive leagues click here.

General Information: Season Length, Games for the younger age groups play in the spring season and begin play in mid-late April. All leagues will be completed by the end of July. Each team will have a minimum of 12 games scheduled. Any games rained out will be rescheduled. Due to the lack of playing fields, Diamond Council is forced to operate a split season for its teams. Younger leagues begin the end of April and older leagues will begin the second week of June. Approximately 1,500 games are scheduled.

Coaches, players and parents should realize the scheduled games are only part of the total experience of participating in DCC's baseball/softball leagues. Practices are important for players to interact with new teammates, learn new skills and become familiar with their coaches. Practices provide players with the opportunity to learn proper techniques and provide coaches with the opportunity to evaluate each players level of ability. It is important coaches know each player's skill level so the player is not asked to do something which might be hazardous such as catching, pitching, playing first base and bunting to name a few. Safe equipment, fundamentals learned at practice and knowing players limitations all help provide a safe and enjoyable playing environment.

Inclement Weather. Umpires will use their own judgment on the delay or cancellation of games due to weather conditions at the start or during a game. Games will not be played if it is determined such play might result in injury to players or serious damage to the playing fields. If lightning or severe weather is present, immediate action will be taken to delay or cancel the game and the players from the field.

Columbia Parks and Recreation will monitor weather conditions and inspect the playing fields to determine if the fields are playable. If the fields are deemed not playable, the games scheduled for those fields will be canceled by 4:00 p.m. The local radio stations will be notified of any cancellations. This information will be available on the SPORTS HOTLINE (874-7663). If no announcements of cancellation have been received, assume the game will be played. DO NOT CALL THE RADIO STATIONS. Rainout Make-up Dates, Rain dates are included in the schedule. Rainouts may also be scheduled for Saturday and Sundays if necessary. Rainout schedules will be mailed to the coaches as soon as they are known.