Tee Ball is the entry level division. Often, a family’s first introduction to Little League® is in the Tee Ball program. The experience is grounded in fun, fitness, and fundamentals while also being a key to growing a child’s love for the game.

The Little League Tee Ball program provides volunteer coaches with everything they need to create an environment where players will learn the skills of the game, while having fun and staying active. Parents and legal guardians of Tee Ball players are crucial to the extension of the program, and their satisfaction is equally important to its success. The outreach and inclusion of this division sets the foundation for continued participation in the local Little League program.

Tee Ball players use bats and balls (soft balls) designated specifically for use in this division. The roster size for a Tee Ball team averages 7-10 players, with a season featuring 1-2 practices per week with a single game played on weekends.

Parents are strongly encouraged to become involved in this entry level of Little League. After completing a Little League volunteer application and passing a required national background check, parents may become involved in practices, and be eligible as coaches, managers, umpires, local league board members and other volunteer positions within the league.

This Rookie division is a natural evolution from Tee Ball to Coach Pitch. The game is still played with a soft softball on diamonds with 50' baselines but involves more aspects of a true softball game. Pitching is done by a coach from a distance of 23 feet. It is still very much a beginning division for our younger players, and the focus remains on teaching the fundamentals of hitting and throwing, with a little more emphasis on base-running and positional play. The idea is to have lots of hitting, lots of running, and lots of fun.

Parents are strongly encouraged to become involved in this level of Little League. After completing a Little League volunteer application and passing a required national background check, parents may become involved in practices, and be eligible as coaches, managers, umpires, local league board members and other volunteer positions within the league.

The Farm Coach pitch division transitions players from coach pitch to player pitch. This program focuses on the fundamentals of softball, and is designed to build a solid foundation for becoming a successful ballplayer, including the “emotional fuel tank,” as described by Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA).

The program assumes that the volunteers who have accepted the responsibility of coaching children in this age group have a limited background in softball and the leadership and teaching acumen that is inherent with coaching Little Leaguers® at this level of the program.

The Minor Player Pitch division is the first level of competitive play. Scorebooks are kept. Players pitch from 35 feet and new competitive playing rules are introduced.

Managers/Coaches at this level should have an extensive knowledge of softball fundamentals, Little League Rules, and be willing to follow a positive coaching guideline. It will include longer games and practices.

The Major division is a higher level of competitive play versus the lower divisions. Players pitch from 40 feet and additional rules of play will be introduced. It will include longer games and practices.

Managers/Coaches at this level need to have an extensive knowledge of softball fundamentals, Little League Rules, and be willing to follow a positive coaching guideline.

Uses a conventional 60-foot diamond with a 43 foot pitching distance.

Managers/Coaches at this level need to have an extensive knowledge of softball fundamentals, Little League Rules, and be willing to follow a positive coaching guideline.

Uses a conventional 60-foot diamond with a 43 foot pitching distance.

Managers/Coaches at this level need to have an extensive knowledge of softball fundamentals, Little League Rules, and be willing to follow a positive coaching guideline.