Hello,

We are searching for a coach for our senior and junior womens fastpitch
teams.

Our saison runs from may till the end of september. It would be good, if
you would be available from the middle of March
(easter holiday week) till the end of september.

We offer the flight from/to Vienna (are you currently living in the USA
or in the netherlands?), a flat (shared we the coach of
the baseball team, with a own room) near the field, public
transportation in Vienna (tram, bus, underground) and a monthly payment
which needs to be negotiated.

Our seniors team won the Austrian Championship 12 times and we play in
the European Cup Pool A since 2000.
Last years we finished second in the league behind the Dornbirn Sharx
(they played at the EC this year with the Sparks, we played against the Terrasvogels in the other EC).

Some background about the teams and the targets for the upcoming saison:

Seniors
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In the last years we always finished second in the league and we want
the title back in vienna.
The main focus though is to improve the team in every aspect of the game
with a special focus on hitting.
We have a good lefty pitcher, with great talent and excellent work
ethics, she is tall and strong but her technique is only average,
so there is lots of room for improvment.
We play in the European Cup A, which is the highest tournament level in
Europe. Last year we finished 6th of 10 teams, the year before
we finished 6th as well, the aim for this year is to play a good
tournament and to finish in the top 5.

Juniors
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Since last year we have a second team with some U16 players and some
players around 20 years old. We want to play friendly games and tournaments
on our level. It is most important that the girls have fun get to love
the game and play.
It is very important that every girl gets the chance to play in the
first team, and because of that I want that two girls of the second team
get a spot in most games of the first team with the exception of the
European Cup and league games against the only two stronger teams in the
Austrian Softball League.
It would also be part or the contract for you to be involved in the
school program we plan for this season which aims to get more schools to
the field and find new players for softball and baseball.

In general we are looking for a coach who can fill this position for an
extended duration. Our baseball headcoach is in vienna since 2000
and we are very happy about this long term relationship. The directors
board strategy is to find the right person to improve our softball
program.
We stand behind our coaches and support them as good as possible.

The Club
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Our club has 130 members organized in 8 teams.
The youngest start with T-Ball followed by baseball teams in all age
groups, womens fastpitch and our Wanderers Slowpitch league (more than
11 teams).
We are the biggest baseball and softball club in Austria and our
ballpark is located in the biggest park in Vienna and is also the
practice facility of all Austrian nationalteams.

Questions
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To get a better impression about you and your coaching philosophy would
you please reply to the following questions:

What would your coaching strategy for the season be? (a concept; about 1
page size)
Please explain how you would improve the teams batting skills. (in
detail; what we doing against rise ball pitchers)
How would your organize hitting practice to help the team to reach the
next level?
How would you rate your pitching knowledge?

Would you please send me a softball resumé including experience and
positions?

I would like to thank you for your troubles and feel free to mail me
with any questions,

Yours sincerly

Roland Hoermann
Vizepresident Superfund Wanderers
www.wanderers.at
roland.hoermann@wanderers.at