General Information
Clinic is a further introduction to baseball. Coaches emphasize skills development, learning positions, basic rules and sportsmanship. Games are non-competitive, so there are no scores and players can only be called out by a defensive play. Coach pitch is introduced, but tees are still used as needed. The philosophy is to prepare players for competitive baseball beginning in Rookie Division.
- Players must be ages 6 or 7 as of May 1, 2024.
- Practices on Wednesday evenings; Games played on Saturdays at 9:45am
- Practices begin in early April and the season ends in early June
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Clinic Rules
- Team size is limited to 8-10 players.
- Every player plays the field and bats every inning.
- Coaches pitch to their own team and pitches are thrown overhand from a kneeling position.
- Coaches play catcher.
- There are no strikeouts (the tee will be brought out after 3 swinging strikes).
- If an out is recorded in the field, the player does not reach base.
- No walks, extra base hits, stealing, bunting or advancing on an overthrow.
- The last player up hits a home run and clears the bases.
- Inning ends when the last player has batted (even if three outs were recorded earlier).
- Games will last no longer than 1 1/2 hours. 3 innings is the guideline for a game.
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