www.SeminoleLittleLeague.Org: 2008 Spring Season Divisions
TeeBall introduces kids to the rudimentary rules and fundamental skills of baseball and softball. Girls and boys ages 5,6 and 7 who are new to baseball/softball may play as part of a TeeBall team. The emphasis in TeeBall is upon FUN instruction. Modified baseball rules are used to expose players to some of the skills involved in playing baseball and softball.
Rather than using pitched balls in games, batters hit off a specialized batting stand, or "tee", which is placed over homeplate. Basics of hitting, fielding, and baserunning are taught. Typically, our TBall teams do not keep score. Instead, kids are taught that if they try hard and have fun, they WIN! The value of teamwork is stressed, along with good sportsmanship.
Many great sports careers began in Teeball. President George W. Bush supports the objectives of Little League -- he even created a Teeball league that plays games on the White House Lawn.
MINOR B Baseball
Kids aged 6-8 who are ready to develop additional baseball skills can join the Minor B Division. Newcomers aged 7-10 can also elect to begin Little League by plaing in this division, instead of TBall.
The emphasis in Minor B is on teaching the game of baseball. Specially-adapted playing rules are used to match the challenges of the game to the appropriate age-level skills of the players.
For example, we start the season using Coach's Pitch to permit kids to learn how to hit moving pitches. As the season progresses, and players' skills develop, players are eventually used as Pitchers, with various safeguards to protect their egos and move the game along.
Kids play on evenly matched Co-ed teams, and "must play" rules ensure that everyone gets to participate. Coach's emphasize fun and instruction.
MINOR A Baseball
Minor A is an instructional baseball division for boys and girls aged 9-10 who, by reason of age and other factors are not drafted to play on MAJOR division teams. The MINOR A division is a developmental division, with the objective of preparing players for advancement to the MAJORS division. Players are assigned to balanced co-ed teams, which typically play two games a week during the Spring season. The rules for Minor A Baseball are nearly identical to those for MAJORS division play, with the exception that all players bat, regardless of their defensive positions. This means a player will always bat in turn, even if he/she did not play in the field (defenisively) during that inning.
Minor A players aged 9, and 10 are eligible for selection to, and participation in, various post-season All-Star tournaments.
MAJOR Baseball
The MAJOR Division is for boys and girls aged 10-12 years old. Players who have not played in the Seminole Little League MAJOR during the past season must attend a tryout, and may be drafted onto a regular season team. All players eligible for the Minor A division must attend a Tryout in January of each year. To learn more about this year's Tryouts, email us.Most of the rules in the MAJOR division are recognizable by fans of amatuer and professional baseball. Mandatory play rules ensure that each player participates in games.
MAJOR players aged 11-12 are eligible for the post-season All-Star Tournament, which culiminates in the Nationally Televised Little League World Series!
Other Major players are eligible for special 10 year old and 11 year old Post Season All-Star teams.
JUNIOR Baseball
The JUNIOR division permits baseball players (aged 13-14) to make the transition from the MAJOR division to the SENIOR division.Little League MAJOR division teams play on a smaller field, with modified rules to match the abilities of 9-12 year olds. In the JUNIOR division, players play on a adult-sized diamond (90 foot basepaths, same as professinal ball players use), and adhere to most all the rules of conventional baseball. (Players may lead off bases, steal, and so on)
Players in the JUNIOR Division are eligible for selection to post season teams, including ALL-STAR teams who play in the tournament leading to the JUNIOR Division World Series each FALL.
Players eligible for play in the JUNIOR or SENIOR division must attend a player tryout in January of each year.
SENIOR Baseball
The SENIOR division is an extension of the Little League Baseball program, to include players aged 15-16.
In the SENIOR division, players play on a Major League-sized diamond, and adhere to most all the rules of conventional High School / Adult baseball. (Players may lead off bases, steal, and so on)
Players in the SENIOR Division are eligible for selection to post season teams, including ALL-STAR teams who play in the tournament leading to the SENIOR Division World Series each August.
Players eligible for play in the SENIOR division must attend a player tryout in January of each year. To find out more about this year's Tryouts, go here
MINOR Softball
Girls (aged 7-12) who wish to begin learning the fundamental skills of softball can begin play in the MINOR Softball Division. The emphasis in MINORS is on teaching the game of softball. Special playing rules are used to match the challenges of the game to the appropriate age-level skills of the players. For example, we use Coach's Pitch (using a pitching machine), to permit kids to learn how to hit moving pitches. As the season progresses, players are eventually used as Pitchers, with various safeguards to protect their egos and move the game along.
Kids play on evenly-matched teams, and "must play" rules ensure that everyone gets to participate. The field is a 60-foot diamond and the pitching distance is 35 feet.
Coach's emphasize fun and instruction in this introductory fastpitch softball division.
MAJOR Softball
The Major Division of Softball is for girls aged 9-12 who are drafted to play on a Major Division team. It is sometimes referred to as the "Little League" division of softball.
Major Division Softball is an exciting game of Fast Pitch. In addition to great instruction and a fun regular season, MAJOR players are eligible for selection to post-season AllStar teams.
Players aged 11-12 are eligible for selection to teams which play in the tournament that leads to the Little League Softball World Series each August.
All players eligible for the Major division must attend a Tryout in January of each year. To read more about this year's Tryouts, email us.
JUNIOR (Senior B) Softball
While we did not operate a JUNIOR Softball division as part of Seminole Little League in 2004, in 2005, we call the "junior" division, our "Senior B" division.The JUNIOR division permits softball players (aged 13-14) to make the transition from the MAJOR division to the SENIOR division. MAJOR division plays with modified rules to match the abilities of 9-12 year olds. In the JUNIOR division, players play on a larger sized diamond, and adhere to most all the rules of conventional adult softball. (Players may steal, and so on)
Players in the JUNIOR Division are eligible for selection to post season teams, including ALL-STAR teams who play in the tournament leading to the JUNIOR Division Softball World Series each August.
All girls who are of "Junior Division age" played on Senior 'B' Softball Division teams during the 2005 Spring Season at Seminole Little League.
SENIOR (A) Softball
The SENIOR division permits girls (aged 13-16) to continue playing Little League softball at a more advanced level, on par with High School competition. In the SENIOR division, the rules closely resemble adult/scholastic softball. The same size diamond, pitching mound and softballs are used.Players in the SENIOR Division are eligible for selection to post season teams, including ALL-STAR teams who play in the tournament leading to the SENIOR Division Softball World Series each August.
Players eligible for play in the SENIOR division must attend a player tryout in January of each year. In recent years, we have registered enough older softball players to justify combining our JUNIOR and SENIOR softball divisions. Each year's registration will determine how many teams we create in each softball division.