Diamond Council Columbia Missouri Youth Baseball and Softball

2010 Recreational Boys 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 Baseball Division - Cost $80: Children who register in the recreational division will be placed on teams formed by neighboorhood/school attending and will have volunteer parent coaches. Teams may begin practices early April. Games will be scheduled May 3rd through July 2.

Any parent/volunteer who plans to coach a team in the recreational 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, they can register for the Recreational or Competitive division. When registering, you will can designate which one your want your child to participate.

Tball (age as of 8/1/10)

5 year olds play Tball and this league is a coed league. Team rosters for 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 which will be March 23, 2010. Coaches will contact team members before practices, practices begin the week of April 5th. Games will begin the first week of May.

Children that turn 5 by Aug 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	80	T-Ball	Mon-Fri (some Sat*)	5/3 - 7/2	14-16

*Number of games scheduled. Rainout are not made up, however 10 Games played is guaranteed.
**Saturday morning games times are 9:00, 10:15, 11:30, or 12:45; weekday game times are 5:30 or 6:45 PM

Baseball - Boys (age as of 4/30/10) -

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 which will be March 23rd and March 25th, (depending on the age division). Coaches will contact team members before practices, practices begin the week of April 6th. Games will begin the week of May 4th.

Age	Fee	Description	Game Nights	Season	Games scheduled *
6U	80	6U - Coach Pitch/Tball	Mon-Fri (some Sat**)	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
7U	80	Coach Pitch / Limited Machine Pitch	Mon-Fri (some Sat**)	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
8U	80	Coach Pitch / Limited Machine Pitch	Mon-Fri (some Sat**)	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
9U-10U	80	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
11U-12U	80	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
13U-14U	80	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	5/3 - 7/2	14-16
15U-18U	80	Player Pitch	Mon-Fri	5/3 - 7/2	14-16

*Number of games scheduled. Rainout are not made up, however 10 Games played is guaranteed.
**Saturday morning games times are 9:00, 10:15, 11:30, or 12:45; weekday game times are 5:30 or 6:45 PM

Recreational Division - Age as of April 30, 2009 - Teams formed by neighborhoods by school

5 Year Old - TBALL (Coed)

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.