Our Developmental 4U-6U league is for beginner players between the ages of 4-6 years old. The emphasis for this league is teaching the basics of the game of baseball. Teams will play 8 games on Saturdays and receive a participation award for the season.

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 & Policies" button at the top 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 4/30/2010 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.

There are two ways teams are formed for the Recreational League Baseball program.

BRING YOUR OWN TEAM

A coach can put together a team of players from his child's school, church, neighborhood, etc.

The coach will  register online and the team will be set up in the system. Once the coach has been approved the team will be created and the coach will be sent a "Team Invitation Code" via email to send to the players of the team so they can register to the team. Teams must have a minimum of 8 players.

Players on pre-formed teams should not register until they have received the "Team Invitation Code" from their Head Coach.

DRAFT TEAMS

New or redrafting players who are not on a pre-formed 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

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

8 Regular Season Games

Games are played on Saturdays*

No Tournaments

*Saturday game times: Anytime between 8 am and 10 pm (last game starting no later than 8 pm)

*Rainouts may be scheduled on weeknights

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 numbered in a counter-clockwise direction with Field #1 being on your right side when you enter the park.

Celebration Park Baseball Fields - Located at Celebration Park (Angel Parkway & Malone) in Allen.

Uniforms are NOT provided.

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 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 2015 season is - TBD. The equipment order form link is at the left side of the page.

Additional equipment expenses incurred by parents include but are not limited to: batting helmet, baseball glove, batting glove and cleats.