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posted 01/06/2012
Registration for Arlington Youth Baseball & Softball Association, (AYBSA) 2012 spring programs is now open. To be eligible, children must live in the town of Arlington. The baseball program includes boys and girls ages 5 through 12 years old on April 30, 2012. The softball programs, girls must be 7 to 15 years old on December 31 2011. Go to the AYBSA website www.aybsaonline.org to register.
Fundraising Raffle Tickets
All registration fees include a prepayment of $50 for raffle tickets that each child is required to sell. Each child will receive raffle tickets from their coach to sell, they are only required to return the ticket stubs, the families are to keep the money.
Please visit our website www.aybsaonline.org and if there are any questions send emails to
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Baseball Tee Ball Age 5 & 6
This Instructional League is intended to teach basic skills (throw, hit, catch flies, field grounders, and run bases) to small groups of boys and girls. The first half of each session is devoted to instruction. The second half of each session is used for game playing using a batting tee. Tee ball teams practice/play on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 3:00PM to 4:30PM at various fields throughout the town. Rosters will be set around mid April and the first session will be the first weekend of May and ends on Father's Day weekend in June. Rosters are generally based on school districts. Registration fee is $125
Baseball Double A (AA) Ages 7 & 8 (also 6 in the first grade)
This Instructional League further teaches basic skills (throw, hit, catch flies, field grounders, and run bases) to small groups of boys and girls. Rosters will be set in the middle of April and practices will be scheduled soon after. The season will start the first weekend of May and end late June. Generally, there will be 2 games a week with one of them on the weekend. Games start at 5:30pm during the week and various times on the weekend. Registration fee is $150.
Baseball Nine Year Old/ Triple A (AAA)/Majors Ages 9 thru 12
This age group will participate in a try-out in late February unless they were on a Major league team last year then they are only required to register. After the try-out there will be a draft to fill the 12 Major league rosters. After the Major draft the remaining 10 to 12 year olds will be drafted on to the AAA teams and the remaining 9 year olds will be drafted on to Niners League teams. The number of teams in the AAA and Niner's league will be determined by the number of children who sign-up. The rosters will be finished by the middle of March and practices will begin late March, early April. Game will start during the April school vacation and end late June. There will be 2 to 3 games a week with one being on the weekend. Start times during the week will be 5:30PM, 5:45PM, or 7:30PM. Registration fee is $170.
Softball Minors ages 7-9 year (2002-2004)
Girls ages 7, 8, and 9. This is a developmental league. The season will start with coach pitch and eventually develop into player pitch. Focus will be on fundamentals and learning the game. Teams will be compiled by the league director and managers. Games will be held 2-3 times a week and will include weekends. There will be pre-season practices and clinics during the season. Managers may include practices during the season. Managers will reach out to parents to assist with the team. Space will be limited to maintain reasonable size rosters, a waitlist will be started at that point. Registration fee is $150.
Softball Majors age 10-12 year (1999-2001) Fastpitch
This is a competitive league, players pitch, play six innings with patched umps, with some modified rules. Games are played 2-3 games a week and may include a Saturday. Pre-season practices will be scheduled and practices will be scheduled during the season also by the manager. There will be a tryout for all new players in early March, practices will start end of March beginning of April. League games will open the beginning weekend of April vacation and end with playoffs the end of June. Space will be limited to maintain reasonable size rosters, a waitlist will be started at that point. Registration fee is $155.
Softball Juniors Ages 13 thru 15 (1996-1998) Fastpitch
This age group will participate in a try-out in early March. After the try-out there will be a draft to fill the Junior league rosters. The rosters will be finalized at the beginning of March and practices will begin late March, early April. Game will start during the April school vacation and end late June. There will be 2 to 3 games a week with one being on the weekend. Start times during the week will be 5:45PM and various times on the weekend. Registration fee is $155.
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