Huber Heights Little League: 2010 Season Divisions

T-Ball
Non-Competitive
This division introduces baseball to these youngsters in their first years of play.
It's all about teaching the fundementals of baseball. Score keeping is prohibited This division is for 5 and 6 year olds. Some 7 yr olds if no exp. or medically necessary.
These teams practice on Monday and Thursday pre season at the elementary schools and Weisenborn. Games will be one night thru the week and one on Saturday. The games are played at the Kitty Hawk Complex located on Harshmanville Rd. next to Kitty Hawk school. The fields they play on is Jackson 1 and Jackson 3.
All Practices and Games on Week nights start at 6:30.

Coach Pitch
Non-Competitive (except for season ending tournament) Scorekeeping is prohibited during the regular season.
This division introduces the player to hitting pitches. This division is for 7 and 8 yr olds we also have 6 yr olds if they have played 1 year of T-Ball. There are also 9 yr olds if they have never played any kind of baseball before or medically necessary.
The player's coach pitches to their own team. This gives the player a better opportunity to get the bat on the ball, as their coach can adjust the speed of the pitch.
It is still all about teaching the fundementals at this level.
At the end of the season the teams get their first experience of competitive baseball, in a tournament where scores count. This has been one of HHLL's fastest growing division' over the past several seasons!
These teams practice on Tuesday and Friday pre-season. They practice at the elementary schools and Weisenborn.
During season games are played one night a week and one on Saturday. Games are played at the Kitty Hawk Complex on Harshmanville next to Kitty Hawk School. The fields they play on is Jackson 2 and Jackson 4.   
All Practices and Games thru the week start at 6:30.

Minors
Competitive
This division that players enter into, is the first full competitive season they will experience.
Regular season standings with a league tournament at the end of the season.
An All-Star Tournament team will be selected, that will compete in the LL Ohio District 8 Tournament. Know as the district team.
These players will be evaluated and drafted to a team for the season only these teams disburse at the end of each season.
The evaluations is so that player talent can be equal on all teams.
We still work on the fundementals of the game to teach every child the correct way to play the game.
Most of the kids will be 9 or 10 we do have some above average 8 year olds play this division. We also have 11 and 12 year olds if they have never played any kind of baseball, not drafted to a major team or medically necessary.
This is still a rec league it is all about the kids learning and having fun. They practice on Monday and Thursday nights pre-season. Practices are held at the schools in the area. For the season they will have at least one game thru the week sometimes two games and one game on Saturday. Games are played at the Menlo Park Complex located at 5701 Rosebury Dr. The fields they play on are Seibert and Fearing. We also play on Manita Field that is behind the city swimming pool on Fishburg Rd. Between Harshmanville and Tomberg.
All Practices and Games start at 6:30 thru the week.

Majors
This is the most recognizable division in all of Little League, due to the annual coverage of the Little League World Series on ABC & ESPN networks.
The ultimate goal for players in this division is to travel the road to Williamsport Pa. Even with this being the goal it is still all about the kids learning and having fun.!!!!!
These players will go thru an evaluation and then drafted to a team once they are drafted to a major team they will stay with the same team of players until the age of 18. (These are called the Jr/Sr/Big teams).
The majors practice on Tuesday and Friday nights pre-season. Practices are held at the schools in the area. For the 2009 season these teams will be traveling and playing against other teams in our district. They will have at least one game thru the week sometimes more and sometimes two games on Saturdays. Home Games are played at the Menlo Park Complex located at 5701 Rosebury Dr. The field they play on are Fearing. All Games and practice start at 6:30 thru the week.

Junior/Senior/Big
These are the teams that continue on from major teams.
These teams are a part of the major division it is just divided in age groups.
These teams play teams from other communities in our district such as Fairborn, Enon, Englewood, Moraine West Carrollton, Hardscrabble, Etc. The HHLL encourages players in this division to sign up early as teams will be formed early due to scheduling with other leagues. Even if you are playing on a school team you can play in this division when school ball is over but you have to be signed up in order to hold your spot on the team. These teams practice at Tom Cloud Park on diamonds 1 and 2 this is also where all home games are played.