Spring Baseball and Softball On-Time Registration is Now Open!
KEY INFORMATION: Ages: Baseball for boys and girls ages 4 through 17 and softball for girls ages 8-15. Players must be no older than the highest age of their division on April 30, 2022. Freshmen who are no older … read more
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KEY INFORMATION:
Ages: Baseball for boys and girls ages 4 through 17 and softball for girls ages 8-15. Players must be no older than the highest age of their division on April 30, 2022. Freshmen who are no older than 18 on December 31, 2022, can also register to play. A list of divisions is posted on the Baseball page of our website.
Registration: On-time registration will close on February 1, 2021. Teams fill up quickly, so don’t delay. Late registrants are charged a fee, assuming the division is still open.
Safety: We will be following New York City and State safety guidelines and maintaining COVID-19 related safety protocols for the spring season. These will be finalized in conjunction with NYC spring health recommendations as the season approaches.
Fees: The fee for the divisions vary. Please see our Active Programs & Events webpage for more information. The older baseball divisions are slightly higher because there will be two umpires for their games. Note that unless directed otherwise, any account credits from 2020 will expire and be converted to a donation on January 1, 2022.
Season: The season begins on Saturday, April 2. The end dates have not been set but usually, the younger teams end the second weekend in June and the 8s, Freshmen, and Colts teams one or two weeks later.
Schedule and Uniforms: Schedules will not be available until about a week before the season begins. Uniforms are picked up and distributed by the coaches.
Choosing teams/Coaches: When you register, you will be taken to the appropriate age group and you will be able to select a coach/team on which to play. If you don’t have one in mind, select “No Preference.” A list of coaches for the recreational teams is presented to you when you register. In some cases, a coach will not be returning or hasn’t confirmed that he or she will continue. In that case, the listing will read “2020 [coaches name] Team.” It is listed that way so that players from that team last year can register and thus be grouped, allowing us to try to keep them together. If the coach ends up not coaching the team, we assume that assistant coaches from the prior year and other parents will step up to carry the team forward. Otherwise, we will have to divide the team into smaller groups and place the players on other teams, assuming there are enough teams and coaches.
If your child wants to play with friends, contact those parents before you register to coordinate which team you will all select when registering – moving kids around afterward is difficult and sometimes impossible because teams fill up quickly. For various reasons – such as a limit on the number of players we can place on each team – we cannot guarantee that your child will end up on the team you choose, but we will try our best.
Playing up or down: Playing up or down in age is generally not permitted. The specific policies are set forth in detail in the Rules & Policies section of our website and, for those 9 and older, are set by the Prospect Park Baseball Association. Bottom line is that you have to register for the appropriate age then send an email to Baseball@78youthsports.org making a request otherwise, listing specific reasons.
Coaching: Please volunteer to coach or be an assistant coach to ensure that all boys and girls will have a team on which to play. While we have almost always been able to place on-time registrants on teams, having to rely on parents to volunteer as coaches means that we can neither guarantee placement on a team nor that your request for a specific team can be honored. Teams fill up quickly. We will try our best. Email your interest to Baseball@78YouthSports.org.
We look forward to seeing you on the field.
Adam Fisher
Executive Director
78 Youth Sports
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