Natick Little League Opens Online Registration

From Natick Little League:Thank you for registering for Natick Little League for the Baseball and Softball Spring Season of 2017

Below are tryout dates and times for the players who are age appropriate as well as the league rundowns

If you have any questions regarding any baseball or softball program please contact us via the email in which you received during registration confirmation or at naticklittleleague@gmail.com

Saturday March 18th

BASEBALL

• 8am: 12 year olds
• SOFTBALL: 10am: Senior League Participants
• 11am: 11 year olds
• 1:30pm: 9 year olds

Sunday March 19th

BASEBALL

• 10am: 10 year olds
• 12:30pm: 8 year old evaluations

If you have registered for the 2017 Spring Season you have fallen into one of the following age groups

and leagues

• Baseball –current age on or before 4/30/2017
  
  • TBALL: 6 year olds
  • Coach Pitch: 7 and 8 year olds
  • Double A: 8,9,10,11 year olds
  • Triple A: 9,10,11,12 year olds
  • Little League: 10,11,12 year olds
  • Babe Ruth: 13,14,15,16 year olds

• Softball: current age on or before 1/1/17
  
  • Beginner League: 7 and 8 year olds
  • JR Softball: 9,10,11 year olds
  • SR Softball: 11,12,13,14 year olds

League Structure Baseball and Softball Divisions:

• TBALL (6 year olds): Made up of all boys and girls who are 6 on or before April 30th of the current year or whom turn 6 in the calendar year. Players hit from a batting T and play conventional positions in the field. Minimum two (2) sessions a week on Monday and Wednesday nights.
• Coach Pitch (7/8 year olds): Made up of all boys and girls who are 7 and 8 on or before April 30th of the current year. The first half of the season is all coach-pitch. A batting T is placed for players who have not made contact with the ball after a reasonable amount of pitches (5-6). In the second half of the season (after approx. 8 games) players who are able, will be allowed to pitch. If a batter cannot make contact after a reasonable amount of pitches (5-6), the coach will take over pitching to that batter. Players play conventional positions in the field. Minimum two (2) sessions a week. Players who are 8 are allowed to do a skills evaluation to allow themselves to "play up" in the Double A division.
• Double A (ages 8-11): Made up of players 8- 9-10-11 years old who are not drafted onto a AAA or LL team. Coach pitch as well as player-pitched baseball with a minimum of two (2) sessions a week. This is a hardball league. For safety of all involved, 8 year olds who want to play in AA must go through an tryout/evaluation to ensure they are not playing above their level.
• Triple A (ages 9-12): Competitive league, but still instructional, with standings and playoffs. Teams are formed by player tryout and coach draft. Teams will include 12 year olds not drafted into LL, 11 and 10 year olds, and 9 year olds (player age on or before April 30 of current year). All players 11 and younger must tryout to be eligibl e for draft to AAA team. A player who was on a AAA roster is guaranteed to make at least AAA the following season. This league utilizes a continuous batting order and free substitution. All players in attendance should play at least three defensive innings in the field.
• Little League (ages 10-12): Competitive league, but still instructional, with standings and playoffs. Teams are formed by player tryout and coach draft. Teams include (2) 10 year olds, four (4) 11 year olds and five (5) 12 year olds (player age on or before April 30 of current year). Players must tryout to be eligible for draft onto a LL team. Rosters from the previous year remain intact for returning players who are registered. All players who tryout are ranked by the coaches, and only the top 25 players whom are in the majority are eligible to be drafted into Little League to avoid any coach bias in the selection process. Players in Little League are guaranteed three innings of play each game. There is no free-substitution or continuous batting order utilized in this league
• Babe Ruth (ages 13-16): Teams are made up from all registered players age 13 to 16 (on or before April 30 of current year). Teams are coach-drafted, with a minimum of 12 players on a roster. There will be a small amount of travel which will be announced along with the schedule depending on the league level you play in. These towns have included Dover-Sherborn and Wellesley in the past. In 2016 there were two divisions which made up league play.

There was the SR Division which included all 16 year old players and any player who made their high school team. The rest of the roster was selected by coaches draft. All other players were in the Babe Ruth division, whi ch had five Natick teams, 2 Dover-Sherborn teams and 1 team from Wellesley. All players who are interested in Babe Ruth at least make the Babe Ruth division.

Senior League (Sr):

• Players Age: 14,13,12,11 years old ................prior to Jan. 1, 2017
• All New Players Age 14,13,12 will be assigned a Sr League Team based on Sr League Evaluation Day
• Players Age 11 may "try out" for a Sr League Team and will either be placed on a Sr League Team or a Jr League Team
• Once a player is selected to a Sr League Team then the player remains on that team for all the years in the League
• Conventional Softball - up to 12 Game Season + Playoffs
• Mostly 2 Games per Week, mostly played on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
• Minimum of 1 Practice every Sunday throughout Season
• Junior League (Jr)
• Players Age: 11,10, 9 years old .......................prior to Jan. 1, 2017
• All Players Age 11,10, 9 will be assigned a Jr League Team (for Player Age 11 - See Sr League "try out" option)
• Players Age 11 may "try out" for a Sr League Team and will either be placed on a Sr League Team or a Jr League Team
• Modified Softball - up to 12 Game Season + Playoffs
• Mostly 2 Games per Week, mostly played on Tue, Thu, Sat
• Minimum of 1 Practice every Sunday throughout Season

Beginner League (Begin)

• Players Age: 8, 7 years old ...............................prior to Jan. 1, 2017
• All Players Age 8, 7 will be assigned to Group Clinics and then a Begin League Team
• Heavy Emphasis on Fundamentals and Repetition
• Instructional Softball - All Players will hit pitched ball from a coach or off a tee
• Practices/Games every Wednesday and Saturday throughout Season

Please be on the lookout for other emails –as we will be sending them more frequently to keep everyone posted.

The opening day parade is scheduled for Saturday April 29th.

Our annual auction this year is at the Natick Elks scheduled for Saturday May 13th we welcome any and all donations and hope you will attend. There will be an email sent out with ticket information in the coming months.

We thank everyone who filled out surveys last spring and summer and hope we make changes for the better for the upcoming season across all leagues and ages for boys and girls.

We will have summer baseball again –those signups will also be online and information out once the Spring Season begins.

Again if you have any questions please email us at naticklittleleague@gmail.comand we will answer directly or forward email to the coordinator/director responsible for the league this year.

Thank you

Natick Little League

Baseball and Softball

Spring 2017

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