Diamond Council Columbia Missouri Youth Baseball and Softball

FALL Baseball

The organized baseball/softball programs of the Diamond Council of Columbia, Inc. area present to you this information on your choices for baseball and softball for your children. It is intended to enable you to make well-informed choices for your child’s participation.

Recreational Division - Cost $65: Children who register in the A division will be placed on teams formed by neighborhood/school attending. 12 Games will be scheduled and rainout will not be made up. Games will begin August 23 and be played through October 9th.

Any parent/volunteer who plans to coach a team in the A Division, please select Head/Assistant coach when registering their child. Your league coordinator will contact you if you are selected. Please feel free to contact your league coordinator if you have any questions.

For boys ages 9 through 14 years old, we offer A or AA divisions. When registering, you will can designate if you want your child to play in A or AA.

Competitive Division - Cost $70: Children who register individually for our competitive division must participate in a Draft on a date to be Determined in early August at Antimi Fields. All players will be evaluated on the skill level and drafted to teams. If a player does not posses the skills to play in the Competitive Division, they will be placed on in the Recreational Division. Please note that most teams in our competitive division register as a whole team, where coaches have recruited their players.

Any parent/volunteer who plans to coach a team and wants to coach in the compettiive division, should contact the Diamond Council as soon as possible at 573-499-9741. All volunteer head coaches may have their child, and pick up to 3 assistant coaches and their children to start before the draft.

2010 Tball (age as of 11/1/10)

Team rosters are limited to thirteen players assembled on a first come-first served basis by school. Boys and Girls are combined in this age group only. Game schedules and rosters will be distributed at the coach’s orientation meeting on August 9th. Coaches will contact team members and may begin practicing August 10th. Games will begin the week of August 23.

Children that turn 5 by November 1, may play tball, however, please consider that they will not be able to move up to the next league until they meet the age requirements for that league.

Age	Fee	Description	Game Nights	Season	Games scheduled *
5	65	T-Ball	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12

*Number of games scheduled. Rainout are not made up, however 8 Games played is guaranteed.

2010 Baseball - Boys (age as of 4/30/11) -

Team rosters are limited to thirteen players assembled on a first come-first served basis by school. Boys and Girls may play in all leagues, however, beyond the youngest, beginning levels, there are more boys then girls playing baseball. Game schedules and rosters will be distributed at the coach’s orientation meeting. Coaches will contact team members before practices, practices begin August 10th. Games will begin the week of August 24th.

Age	Fee	Description	Game Nights	Season	Games scheduled *
6U	65	6U - Coach Pitch/Tball	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
7U	65	Coach Pitch / Limited Machine Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
8U	65	Coach Pitch / Limited Machine Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
9U-10U	65	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
11U-12U	65	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
13U-14U	65	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12
15U-18U	65	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	8/23 - 10/9	12

*Number of games scheduled. Rainouts are not made up, however 8 games played is guaranteed.

Age Division - Age as of April 30, 2010 - Recreational Division - Teams formed by neighborhoods by school

5 Year Old - TBALL (Coed) - Fall TBall Age as of 11/1/10

In this league players learn the basics of throwing, catching and hitting. Games Length: 1 Hour. Teams use a RIF 5 baseball, In this league parents or coaches umpire the games. Coaches set the practice schedules.

6 Year Old - Coach Pitch / Tball

In this league players continue to learn the basics of throwing, catching and hitting. Players advance from T-ball to coach pitch/Tball, coaches pitch to their players from 30'. After 6 pitches, player hits from a Tee. Games are an hour long and in this league players begin to learn more rules of the game. Teams use a RIF 10 Baseball. In this league parents or coaches umpire the games. Coaches set the practice schedules.

7 Year Old - Coach Pitch

In this league players continue to learn the basics of throwing, catching and hitting. Players advance from coach pitch/Tball to Coach Pitch only leagues. Coaches pitch to their players from 30'. Games are an hour long and in this league players begin to learn more rules of the game. Teams use a RIF 10 Baseball. In this league parents or coaches umpire the games. Coaches set the practice schedules.

8 Year Old - Coach Pitch / Machine Pitch

In this league players begin to learn advanced throwing, catching and hitting. Players continue with coach pitch and have some games that will be Machine Pitch. Games are an hour long and in this league players develop advanced hitting skills. Teams use a RIF 10 Baseball. In this league parents or coaches umpire the games. Coaches set the practice schedules. All teams will some Pitching Machine games and coaches and parents will be able to give us feedback to see if we continue with Machine Pitch in the future.

9/10 Year Old - Kid Pitch

In this league players learn advanced skills of throwing, catching and hitting. Players advance from coach pitch/Machine Pitch to player pitch from 46'. Games are an 75 minutes long and in this league players begin to learn more rules of the game. Teams use real baseballs. In this league Diamond Council provides one umpire for the games. Coaches set the practice schedules.

11/12 Year Old

In this league players continue to learn advanced skill of throwing, catching and hitting. Players pitch from 50'. Games are 90 minutes long and in this league players learn more rules of the game. Teams use real baseballs. In this league Diamond Council provides umpires for the games. Coaches set the practice schedules.

13/14 Year Old

In this league players continue to learn advanced skill of throwing, catching and hitting. Players pitch from 54'. Games are 105 minutes (1 hr 45 min) long and in this league players learn advanced rules of the game. In this league Diamond Council provides umpires for the games. Coaches set the practice schedules. Games will be played at the new Atkins Complex.

15-18 Year Old

In this league players continue to learn advanced skill of throwing, catching and hitting. Players pitch from 60'6" and Games are 105 minutes (1 hr 45 min) long and in this league players learn advanced rules of the game. In this league Diamond Council provides umpires for the games. Coaches set the practice schedules. Games will be played at the new Atkins Complex.

Age Division - Age as of April 30, 2010 - Competitive Division (USSSA - 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U)

AA USSSA Leagues 9U/10U/11U/12U/13U/14U
(Click Here for more information)

To Register your team go under "Registration above"

Individual and Whole team registration for Competitive Leagues. Individual Registration for $70 and Whole team registration for $650.

These teams play in a separate league from the neighborhood formed teams (Recreational). These are teams with more skilled players and register differently from the recreational players. Coaches recruit their own players enter this league as a whole team. This league will play two games per week, no double headers unless requested.

If you are interested in forming a team for one of these leagues and may need additional players contact us at 573-499-9741 or email us. If you know of a player looking for a team, have them contact us to be put on the player contact list.

Coaches in these leagues must communicate to their players that these are competitive teams and players are not guaranteed equal playing time as in the recreational leagues. Coaches select players and parents and players understand that the coaches are not obligated to give equal playing time to all players.

In addition to whole teams registering, we will be accepting individual player registrations for our competitive leagues. A Player Draft will held in early August, exact time and location to be determined. Any player that does not have the skills to participate in the competitive Leagues will be placed on a team in our recreational league. The cost for individual player registration is $70.

Managers - Click Here to download a Competitive Baseball/Girls Comp Team Registration form

Managers - Please register your team in our DCC Database - (Click Here)

Team Registration Fee: $650
12 League Games Scheduled (8/23/10 – 10/09/10)
Registration Deadline is August 2,
Teams must be registered with USSSA to play in the league.
You can register your team with USSSA on their website: www.usssa.com

Boys Baseball

Leagues (AGE as of 4/30/2011) Facility where games played

9 & under                                         Antimi/Albert Oakland
10 & under                                       Antimi/Albert Oakland
11 & under                                       Antimi/Am Legion/Albert Oakland
12 & under                                       Antimi/Am Legion/Albert Oakland
13 & under                                       Atkins Fields (Boone County Fair Grounds)
14 & under                                       Atkins Fields (Boone County Fair Grounds)

Managers must go on-line on our Diamond Council website (www.diamondcouncil.net) and register your team, managers, and players. After you complete the process, you will be given a Team ID Number. Forward that number on to your players so they can go on-line and register and select your team. Managers will be responsible to pay the team league fee. When your players register on-line, they will not be charged. However, they must register on-line and pick your team so that they will be on your roster and have access to the team page and schedule.

12 Games will be scheduled and rainout will not be made up. Teams are guaranteed 9-10 games in the fall season.

For a list of teams committed or interested in the league, click here