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70 percent of kids will quit youth sports by the time they turn 13.  When asked why they respond abusive coaches, they don’t get a chance to play, winning is over stressed and there is excessive repetition that leads to boredom.  Coaches and parents get so rapped up in winning that we are loosing track of what is really important.  As Coach Jerry Norton says,” To many coaches have the philosophy Play the best and bench the rest."  What really is important is not the win – loss column, but how many of your players come back and play next year.  Parents are putting so much pressure on kid that they are turning the game into a job.  1/3 of players surveyed by NAYS said that they have had trouble sleeping because they were nervous about making a mistake in a big game.  When asked why they sign up to play sports kids number one answer is to have fun.  The Citizenship Through Sports Alliance has found that there is an alarming rise in the pressure to win in youth sports.  In one survey over half the kids said they would prefer no score kept in their youth sports.  At the Hobart Little League we are striving to make it a fun and learning experience for all the kids.  Hobart Little League included all players in the batting line up long before Little League suggested it.  We have also included a rule that no player can sit the bench more than one inning at a time.  This ensures all players in a six-inning game will get a minimum of three innings of play. Also every coach and parent signs a code of conduct when signing up.  The League has paid for the coaches to attend the AL & AL coaching clinic and safety clinics put on by the district.  HLL is striving to make it a fun, safe time for all the kids.

Hobart Little League meetings have been rescheduled for the season,  they will be held on the first and third Sundays of the month at 5:00 p.m. at the old Chamber building on ridge road.  

All are welcome to attend. 

Coaches & Managers are strongly urged to attend.

The following are the different age groups and divisions at Hobart Little League. 

T-Ball / Coach pitch  

5 Year olds and  6 year olds, and some 7 year olds

7 year olds, 8 year olds and some 9 Year olds.

Minor A’s 

10 year olds and some 9 year olds.

( Also any 11 or 12 year olds who are not drafted into the Majors )

Major’s

10 year olds must try out to be drafted in the Majors

Jr’s. 

Anyone playing in school ball will automatically be put into the senior/ big league division 

Sr’s – Big League  14 (playing school ball) 15 -16

I can't remember how many games we won, but I can remember the smiles on our boys' faces when grown men honored their efforts and made them feel special.