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Spring 2012 Baseball
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Regular Registration Dates: January 18 - February 19
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Season Dates:
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Financial Aid Deadline: 5 pm, February 10
*All dates are tentative and subject to change.
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Spring 2012 Registration Fees
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League |
Age Requirement
(DOB)
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Registration Fee
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| 4U T-Ball |
5/1/07 - 4/30/08 |
$90 - Includes jersey & hat! |
| 5U T-Ball |
5/1/06 - 4/30/07 |
$70 |
| 6U Modified Coach Pitch |
5/1/05 - 4/30/06 |
$70 |
| 7U Machine Pitch |
5/1/04 - 4/30/05 |
$95 |
| 8U Machine Pitch |
5/1/03 - 4/30/04 |
$105 |
| 8U Coach Pitch New This Spring! |
5/1/03 - 4/30/04 |
$105 |
| 9U |
5/1/02 - 4/30/03 |
$110 |
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10U |
5/1/01 - 4/30/02 |
$110 |
| 11U-12U |
5/1/99 - 4/30/01 |
$120 |
*See link at the right of the page for information on our middle school and high school league for the Spring 2012 season.
REFUND POLICY
The Allen Sports Association will issue a refund minus a $30 administrative fee any time PRIOR to the close of REGULAR registration for any program. Once REGULAR registration has ended no refund request will be accepted. To receive a refund prior to the close of REGULAR registration we must receive a refund request form prior to the close of REGULAR registration. All information on the form must be complete to ensure a proper refund. Refund request forms can be faxed, mailed or dropped off at the ASA office.
Refund Request Form.pdf
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
To register a player please click on the "registration" button to the left of the page. If your child has played any sport with ASA they are a "returning player" to the association. If they have never played any sport with ASA they are a "new player" to the association.
Registration fees must be paid by credit card at the time of registration. If you choose to pay by check you must come to the ASA office to register in person. Registration forms for registering in person are available at the "Forms" button to the left of the page.
PLAYING UP - Players may play up ONE (1) year from their date of birth. However, 4U players may not play up in to the 4U league. Players must be born by 4/30/2008 in order to play in the 4U league. No Exceptions!
PLAYING DOWN - We do not allow any players to play down at any time.
TEAM/PLAYER REQUESTS - We do not make any guarantees on team placement unless your child's name is listed on a team roster submitted by the head coach. If you would like your child to play for a particular team you must contact the head coach to inquire about having your son on the team.
If you would like your child to play with a particular player/friend you may put a request in the "notes" section of the registration. However, there are no player placement guarantees. We will make every effort possible to honor a friend/player request but there are no guarantees.
TEAM FORMATION
There are two ways teams are formed for the City League Baseball program.
BRING YOUR OWN TEAM
A coach can put together a team of players from his child's school or neighborhood or otherwise. The coach will submit a team roster* to the ASA office so the players will all be guaranteed to be placed on the team. Teams must have a minimum of 10 players to submit a roster. Pre-formed team rosters are due February 12. *Rosters are available at the "forms" button to the left of the page.
Players on pre-formed teams should register individually and mark "On a pre-formed team" as the Registration Type. The league will use the Pre-Formed team roster submitted by the head coach to place the players on their teams.
DRAFT TEAMS
New or redrafting players who are not aligned with a particular team can register to be placed on a team by draft. Teams will be formed by the league once registration has closed. The league makes every effort to place players in the draft on teams with players from their school/neighborhood but there are no player placement guarantees for draft teams.
Drafts players should register individually and mark "draft" as the Registration Type. The league will forms teams with draft players once registration has ended.
PRACTICES & GAMES
PRACTICES
Most teams will practice once a week, however, the practice day and time are not known in advance for draft teams. Once teams have been formed the coach will meet with the team to decide on the right practice time for everyone. We do not place players on teams based on a preferred practice time or day. Practices typically begin 1-2 weeks prior to the start of the season. We do not give refunds if a child is placed on a team that does not practice on their preferred night of the week.
GAMES
4U-6U will play 8 regular season games.
7U through 12U will play 10 regular season games for the Spring 2012 season. MORE GAMES THAN LAST SPRING!
There will be a Post-Season Double Elimination tournament for 7U through 12U.
*Games are typically played on Saturdays, however, there will be weeknight games during the season when necessary.
Saturday game times: Anytime between 8 am and 10 pm
Weeknight game times:
4U-6U - 6 pm and 7 pm
7U-8U - 6 pm and 7:30 pm
9U-10U - 6 pm and 7:45 pm
11-12U - 6 pm and 8 pm
FIELDS
Games will be played at the following locations:
Allen Station Baseball Fields - Located at Exchange and Cedar Drive in Allen. There are 5 fields at this location. They are number in a counter-clockwise direction with Field #1 being on your right side when you enter the park.
Twin Creeks/Bolin Baseball Fields - Located at McDermott and Twin Creeks Drive in Allen. There are two fields at this location.
Celebration Park Baseball Fields - Located at Celebration Park (Angel Parkway & Malone) in Allen.
UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT
UNIFORMS
Uniforms are provided for the 4U Intro to Baseball league in the spring. The uniform consists of a jersey and baseball cap.
No uniforms are provided to 5U - High School
Most coaches will meet with their teams prior to the start of the season to discuss uniforms. Jerseys and caps should not cost more than $50 for any age group.
Additional uniform expenses incurred by parents include, but are not limited to: socks, baseball pants, undershirts and cleats.
The team/Head Coach will be provided with a team equipment bag for the season. Most bags included loaner helmets*, bats and other team equipment that will be returned at the end of the season. The head coach must order equipment using the online equipment order form at least 5 days prior to the coach's meeting. Deadline to order team equipment for the Spring 2012 season is February 23. The equipment order form link is to the right of the page.
Additional equipment expenses incurred by parents include but are not limited to: batting helmet, baseball glove, batting glove and cleats.
*A few helmets are provided in the team equipment bag. However, due to health concerns we strongly urge parents to purchase a batting helmet for their child. Helmets can be purchase at any sporting good store or discount retail store at a minimum cost ($10-25).
Spring 2012 Bat Information - While some of the leagues are requiring new standards for their bats starting in 2012, ASA is not requiring you to go out and get new bats to conform to those new policies for our 12U and lower ages for the recreational league.
For our Middle School and High School leagues which will play with PBA teams, they will have to meet certain standards. For example the middle school will need to meet the 1.15 bpf (bat performance factor)/USSSA guidelines which is new this year. High School bats will need to be the -3 BBCOR bats. ASA also does not have any requirements around single piece or two-piece nor composition or alloy bat types.
For bat diameter restrictions (8U machine pitch and younger age groups), please see the rules for the appropriate age group
For MS and HS rules, please see the PBA website http://www.planobaseball.org/