Ages 6-8
A-Ball is geared toward teaching sound baseball fundamentals, such as proper throwing, fielding and batting techniques. The A-Ball program is your child’s first opportunity to hit a pitched baseball (an adult pitcher will pitch to your child). Your child will play in all of the defensive innings and will bat in all innings of a regular game. Our program will attempt to place players on teams grouped roughly by neighborhood elementary schools. If you would like to request a “buddy” for your player to be assigned on a team with, please coordinate with the other family before registering, as we can only guarantee “Mutual Buddy Requests.”
AA-Ball is for league age 7 year-olds who have at least one year of A-Ball experience; or any 8 year-olds (regardless of prior experience). AA-Ball features a more aggressive style of play and is designed to help your child make the transition from instructional to competitive baseball. AA-Ball focuses on good baseball fundamentals. An adult pitcher will pitch to your child from a distance of at least 36 feet with a flat overhand pitch. Strikes and strikeouts are called at AA-Ball. Outs are recorded, and three outs will retire the side. Your child will play in at least 3 of the 4 defensive innings (more defensive innings if more innings are played), but may not bat in all innings since outs are recorded. Our program will attempt to place players on teams grouped roughly by neighborhood elementary schools. If you would like to request a “buddy” for your player to be assigned on a team with, please coordinate with the other family before registering, as we can only guarantee “Mutual Buddy Requests.”
Ages 9-12
This is considered the first year of minors competitive baseball. Players will expand on the skills taught at AA. This is the first year that kids pitch in a game. Standings are kept and there is a tournament at the end of the year.
This is the highest level of minors competitive baseball. Players will work on hitting and pitching of different speeds. Standings are kept and there is a tournament at the end of the year.
All 12-year-olds will be drafted onto a majors competitive baseball team, per Little League regulations. Players must be ready to hit a variety of pitching. Defensive awareness includes where to make the play and how to run the bases. Standings are kept and there is a tournament at the end of the year.
Ages 13-16
The Intermediate 50/70 Baseball Division is a program for 13 year olds and is an introduction to big field baseball where players can add more skill and strategy to their game. The base path distance increases to 70 feet and the pitching distance increases to 50 feet. Defensive awareness along with knowing where to make the play and how to run the bases becomes a more critical part of the game. Base stealing, sliding, and lead offs are allowed starting at this level. Metal or molded rubber cleats depending upon fields utilized.
The Junior League Baseball Division is a program for 14 year olds and is an introduction to the conventional 90-foot diamond with 90 feet base paths and a pitching distance of 60 feet, 6 inches. Metal or molded rubber cleats depending upon fields utilized and no metal cleats on artificial pitching mounds.
The Senior League Baseball Division is a program for ages 15-16, using a conventional 90-foot diamond with a pitching distance of 60 feet, 6 inches. Bats must be 2-5/8″ diameter and must meet BBCOR performance standards not weighing, numerically, more than three ounces less than the length of the bat (drop -3 only) (e.g. a 32 inch long bat must weigh 29 ounces). BESR rated bats are not be allowed. Metal or molded rubber cleats depending upon fields utilized.