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When / how often will the children play? |
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AAA and Under |
There will generally be two games scheduled
per week. Other than special events (tournaments, Opening Day, rainouts) we ask
coordinators to avoid Friday evenings and weekends for regularly scheduled games.
We also try for flexibility in the schedule, so one could expect to have a game
Tuesday and Thursday one week, and then Monday and Wednesday the next. This allows
the child to participate in other sports (soccer for example) with a minimal amount
of conflict, as many of the other sports tend to have game times fixed on a particular
day. Weeknight game times are 6:30 (players should try to be there at 6:00). No
inning starts after 8:00 PM
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Majors and Up |
The schedules are a little more
aggressive – more like 5 games every two weeks for Majors and close to 3 games per
week in the older Divisions (Juniors & up). Some weekend play is generally scheduled,
particularly in the older Divisions. |
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Practices |
Most players
should expect to practice at least once per week during the season, perhaps a little
more frequently near the beginning of the season. Also, you may see 2-3 “Divisional
Practices” scheduled for your child’s age group throughout the season. Generally
on Saturdays, these are great skill-development sessions where all the players and
coaches on all the teams within a Division get together to run through practice
drills. It allows all the players and coaches to get to know and learn from one
another, and fosters the spirit that we are all part of one League. Individual team practice times will be scheduled by the coaches. |
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Where will the teams play? |
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AAA and Under |
Each has several diamond locations
– the objective is to have teams playing as many games as possible as close to home
as possible. We are working with City Parks to increase our number of diamonds for
T-Ball, Coach-Pitch and Rookie Ball in the southeast to reduce travel times for
those living east of Macleod Trail.
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AA / Majors |
Home diamonds are Southwood, Stanley
Park, and St. Catherines, with Blackfoot available as scheduling permits. |
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Juniors & Up |
All these divisions interlock with
the other Leagues south of the Bow River, so some travel to other diamonds (Richmond,
Douglasdale, Gladmere) is to be expected. Home diamonds are the two at the Family
Leisure Centre (Jr & Jr AA), Bow Bottom (Sr, Big League, some Jr), and Bishop Grandin (Big League & Sr). |
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What if we want our child on a team with
another child? |
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Make the request right on your registration
form. If it is possible within the constraints of fairness to all, the
League will try to honor these requests, although it may not always be possible
with teams that are drafted. For teams that are drafted, this request should be
stated on the registration form and, if the team manager is known, make the request
to the manager before the draft. We will always ensure that siblings playing at
the same level are on the same team, however other requests can “snowball” into
a simply impossible situation. If you are told that a request cannot be honored,
please understand that there can be only so many players on one team, and the League
must still place a priority on having competitive, balanced teams.
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When & how does the season start
/ end? |
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The season officially kicks off
with an Opening Day BBQ and many teams will
play later that afternoon. Weather permitting, many of the older teams will have
already started playing the week before, and all teams should have had some practices.
Registered players should be contacted by mid-April. Regular season play will wrap
up with a playoff that will finish before school ends in June.
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What about All-Star play? |
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There will likely be seven All-Star
teams formed (AAA (2 teams), Major, Major AA, Junior, Junior AA, & Senior).
Participation is on a tryout basis, and generally requires a commitment to be available
throughout July and the August long weekend. It is a great opportunity for the children
to continue to play ball at a level that is more competitive than regular season
play. Tryouts will take place in mid to late June. Visit our website for info.
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