Welcome to the 2024 summer season of Yampa Valley Baseball!
Registration will be open March 15 - April 15.
This age group includes 9-13 year olds.
Player Birthdates: May 1, 2010 – April 30, 2015
After a player evaluation, this group will be divided into a Minors, and Majors Division (explained below).
Season Dates (Weather Permitting):
Mid May - Player Evaluation Day (As soon as the fields dry out)
2 days per week: Game on Wednesday / Practice on Monday or Tuesday
(Practice and games times will be 1 1⁄2 hour blocks, start times between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm)
No practice/game: July 4
Practice & Game times TBD. Schedules will be released as we get closer to the season.
1-2 practices / week and 1-2 games / week
Program Cost: $200
Location - Emerald Fields at 900 Pamela Lane, Steamboat Springs, CO
Fees include a uniform shirt and hat. Players will need their own pants, belt, socks, shoes, and baseball mitt. Coaches will have balls, bats and batting helmets.
Divisions:
Minors
Minors begins to introduce players ages 9 to 11 to a more competitive level of play where scores and standings are kept. At this level, players will be introduced to pitching. Players will begin to learn more advance skills and begin to learn true position play and skills needed to function as a team. They will play on a standard youth baseball field, 60'’. Players will pitch from a distance of 42'. Each game will have an umpire. Practice is based upon the coaches but typically is not more than two days per week. Games will be once per week. End of the season tournament will be the last few weeks of July.
Majors
Majors is for players ages 11 to 13 and is a competitive level of play where scores and standings are kept. Majors 70 allows the players to experience “real baseball” at a younger age. Players will pitch from a distance of 50'. Players will play on a 70'’ diamond, leadoff, steal, run on dropped 3rd strike and other rules, full baseball rules. Practice depends on the coach but is typically two days a week or more. Games are twice a week, End of the season tournament will be the last few weeks of July.
Player Evaluation
A player evaluation event is held following registration and prior to teams being formed. All players 7 and older wanting to play in Rookie, Minors or Majors, sign up for a short time-slot (sign-ups will open 2 weeks prior) during the announced evaluation days where they will take part in a short evaluation of throwing, catching, and hitting. Registered coaches are present and use the evaluations as a basis to form competitive and balanced teams. The top ~50 players will be drafted to form the 4 Majors teams. The remaining players in this age group will be drafted to form the Minor teams. All 9 and 10 year olds are required to play in Minors.
Player evaluation will include:
- 5 fly balls and throw to 2nd base
- 5 ground balls and throw to 1st base
- 5 hits off a pitching machine, on the 5th hit, run the bases to 3rd
Additional information:
Uniform suggestions
- Baseball Glove - What size glove should I buy?
- Shirt - provided by league
- Hat - provided by league
- Shorts/pants - purchase individually, white or grey depending on coach/team color
- Belt & socks - purchase individually, can match the team uniform color
- Shoes - purchase individually, baseball cleats
- Helmet - recommended to purchase own, but team will have some available
- Bat - recommended to purchase own, but team will have some available
- What size bat should I buy?
- Ball - regulation baseball
YVBA League Rules
Here are some skills we’ll be building on this season:
Questions, email [email protected] or call Nich at 805-550-7664.