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posted 11/04/2008 Ripken Baseball has partnered with Babe Ruth League and the American Sport Education Program to provide online training and certification for all coaches within the organizations that join the Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth League. The deadline has come and gone so we must be in full compliance for the Spring of 2009. If you are slated to be a coach or assistant coach for either baseball or softball going forward, we urge you to take the course immediately. You only need to take it once. All completed certifications must be communicated to the registrar,
so that your records can be updated.
The course is available online at www.RipkenCoaching.org and takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete, which includes reading material and a certification test at the end. You do not have to complete the program in one sitting. You can stop and leave the material and then return at a later date to continue further with the instruction. Online registration for the test requires a $20.00 fee. Once you have been certified through this online training program, you are certified for your entire career as a Cal Ripken or Babe Ruth coach. You can take the either the softball or baseball course and once certified, you can coach either sport. For further information, visit the Ripken Coaching website or contact Jim Mase at
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