Highland Baseball Club

Spring Program Overview Registration period is during January & February, with evaluations and team selections in early to mid-March. Practices start roughly a week later, after coaches meeting and field prep day. During the pre-season teams will get two practices per week, one weekday and one weekend. These will be scheduled by the League Commissioners. Once season games start, teams will practice at the discretion of their coach. Games start early April and go through early June, taking off Memorial Day weekend. As a community-based league, all coaches are volunteers. Please consider volunteering to Head Coach or Assist. T-Ball An instructional league for 3–4-year-olds. The very basic skills are introduced. This division uses the safety t-ball, which is soft and bounces more than traditional hard baseballs. Players hit off a tee. Outs and score are not kept. Infield size is 50 ft. base paths. The goal is 8 games (weather permitting) Teams are formed by the T-Ball Commissioner taking into account coaching requests, player requests, balancing age and gender. Note: Players are not evaluated for this division. T-Pitch An instructional league for 5–6-year-olds. The very basic skills are introduced. This division uses the safety t-ball, which is soft and bounces more than traditional hard baseballs. Players receive 3 - 5 pitches from their coach. If they do not hit, they are then allowed to hit off of a tee. Outs and score are not kept. Infield size is 50 ft. base paths. The goal is 8 games (weather permitting) Teams are formed by the T-Pitch Commissioner taking into account coaching requests, player requests, balancing age and gender. Note: Players are not evaluated for this division. Minor-Coach Pitch An instructional league for 5-6-7-year-olds. Fundamentals on throwing, hitting, base running, defense are introduced. USA or USSSA Standard bat required. Traditional hard baseballs are used. Outs and score are introduced at this division. Infield size is 60 ft. base paths. The goal is 10 games (weather permitting). This division will have an end of season tournament. Single or double elimination format is decided each year by the Commissioner per the number of teams, and number of rainouts. Teams are formed by a snake draft led by the Commissioner and Player Agent, in which the coaches select players using the evaluation results Minor-Player Pitch A competitive league for players aged 9-11. USA or USSSA Standard bat required. Traditional hard baseballs are used. Player pitch format. Infield size is 60 ft. base paths with 46 ft. pitching distance. Steals permitted, no lead offs / pick offs. The goal is 12 regular season games (weather permitting) This division potentially will inter-league with other Little League programs in the area, so some travel is required. The number of inter-league games varies each year per the number of teams in each league. This division has and end of season tournament. Single or double elimination format is decided each ye