Softball

Registration begins in March, 3 months before the start date in May. If registration is full for your child's division, you can be put on a waitlist. Registration ends 3 weeks before our first week of practice, at which point Late Registration will open until the end of the first week of practice and a late fee will be charged. Late registration will not guarantee you a team T-shirt or a team depending on availability.

Each league is granted to have 8 weeks of practice and 6 weeks of games, with a minimum of 6 games per team. Practice times for each team depend on the availability of the team’s volunteer coach. Facilitated practices emphasize the fundamentals of the sport and are coached by experienced coaches, they're available to all division participants.

All baseball practices are held at Marvin Park, Monday through Thursday from 8 AM to 4 PM and Friday through Sunday from 8 AM to 8 PM. Practice times for each team depend on the availability of the team’s coach. Tball only has practice once a week with their coach. While 8U through 14U have one coach practice and one optional facilitated practice every week.  Both our 16U and 18U may have one to two practices a week depending on their coaches' availability. 

The first week of the season is dedicated to practices only, games do not begin until the 2nd week. Games on Monday are at BV and Tuesday in Salida from 4 PM to 8 PM on Field 1. Away games besides BV will depend on availability to other cities. 

Every division in the softball league will have 2 to 4 teams. Each team will consist of a maximum of 14 players. 

Providing a fun and educational environment for participants and parents we collaborate with the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) to help our volunteer coaches understand the importance of friendly competition, teamwork, and physical activity, which can help children learn new skills, develop self-confidence, and more. Additionally, we provide the parents and players with etiquette guidelines and rules to ensure that all coaches, parents, and players are treated respectfully.

When communicating with coaches and the team we use an App called Team Snap. Team Snap allows us to easily update practice schedules, and game schedules, and answer any questions your parents or participants might may have. Team Snap also allows you to see any team pictures or videos a parent may upload and see the team's game history. To download Team Snap and learn how to navigate the app click on the links below.  

Download Links: IOS App Store & Google Play Store

We are always looking for coaches! You do not need to be a parent to coach in our league. Coaches are provided with training, a refund for their child’s registration (or equivalent account credit),  a coach shirt, and all of the resources they need to successfully coach a youth sport. In return, we ask that our coaches do the following things:

• Fill out the pre-season coach survey
• Complete the pre-season coach training (4-5 hours online training)
• Pass a background check
• Follow all of our coaching guidelines
• Finish their coaching commitment for the season
• Complete an end-of-season coach survey 

You can view the league rules by clicking the link at the bottom of the page. Our rules are updated on a yearly basis, and the new version will typically be released 1-2 months before the start of the season. 

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Feedback
We’re always excited to learn and improve our programs here at Salida Parks and Recreation. Use the form below to submit your ideas, questions, or concerns to our department so we can do our best to improve our offerings.

Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently working on updating our sponsorship opportunities and will be offering those in the near future!

Lessons/other programs  
Are you interested in signing up for private lessons, or in teaching private lessons? Let us know! We're always interested in adding more valuable programs to our department.

Pre-season clinic/tryouts
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Jobs
Referees are needed! If you are interested in umpiring youth softball, please reach out to either of the contacts listed above and we’ll work with you to get you signed up to umpire youth softball!