Welcome to Tee Ball!
If you are curious about your child's age and if they qualify, click on this age calculator link to see. Tee Ball is for 4 and 5 yr olds.
Little League Age Calculator
Typically our Tee Ball Season will start after Spring Break with practices beginning late March. Practices are one weeknight, and then Saturday. Each practice is approximately 1 hour. Games are on Saturdays and can start anywhere from 9 am to 2 pm. They run about 90 minutes in length.
There are no events on Sundays.
Teams are typically formed mid-March, right before Spring Break. Once we have enough Managers for all teams, our player agent will assign players to teams and then release the rosters to the Managers. The league will notify parents when that takes place and Managers typically will contact in the next few days.
Practice times are not determined until teams are in place and the managers pick their practice time slot based on their availability. Hint Hint, Managers have an advantage to controlling the schedule for the "most part".
Games will begin in the 2nd or 3rd week of April. And will run up until approximately the 2nd weekend of June.
WHAT DO I NEED FOR MY CHILD FOR THE SEASON?
Glove/Mitt:
For divisions above T-Ball we recommend considering a quality leather glove, but most importantly not a cheap vinyl glove. Often the lesser quality gloves are difficult for kids to open up and shut when it comes to play catch and fielding fly balls. Also make sure the glove is appropriate size for your child. Often we see gloves that are too small for the level of play, or in fact too large.
Bat/Helmet:
The league will supplies all levels with helmets and bats. However in older division, it's not uncommon that parents/kids elect to bring their own. Typically this starts around the Farm Division, but it's entirely a preference of the Parents.
Cleats:
We live in Oregon, and it's recommended kids wear cleats. Especially older divisions. However, it's not a requirement, especially at the younger levels of T-Ball and Rookie. During Spring we experience quite the variety of weather and often there can be slick conditions where cleats are your best friend.
Uniforms (Pants/Socks/Jersey/Hat):
The league will always supply each kid, at every level, with jersey/shirt and hat/visor. Socks and pants are not provided. Pants at lower divisions should be "baseball" or "uniform" pants as they are most suitable for the activities throughout the season. Upper divisions we suggest buying softball and baseball pants. Uniform jersey/shirt colors per team are not determined until we form teams, verify sizes and place our order for all of our uniforms. At that point we will notify coaches of their respective colors. That can often aide in parents knowing what pant color they wish to purchase. For older divisions, often coaches will talk to their own team about a certain color preference. Younger divisions tend to have less focus on specifics. Socks often follow the same guildline as pants for their respective divisions. Again this is NOT a requirement of the league.
For more questions, please contact your Tee Ball Coordinator at [email protected]