{"id":5729,"date":"2012-12-20T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2012-12-20T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T16:10:48","slug":"kau-opens-baseballsoftball-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=5729","title":{"rendered":"KAU opens baseball\/softball registration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>KENNETT \u2014 Registration for KAU Little League baseball and softball will continue through January 2012.\u00a0 KAU Little League is open to residents\/students ages four through 18 in both the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School Districts.<\/p>\n

For the 2013 season, Little League International has created a baseball \u201cIntermediate Division\u201d for 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds. All games are played on a 50\/70\u2019 diamond instead of the traditional Little League 46\/60\u2019 field.\u00a0 Experience on the larger field prepares the players for the transition to the 60\/90\u2019 dimensions of middle school and high school fields.\u00a0 Tournament and Little League World Series\u2019 play will be offered in the new Intermediate Division.<\/p>\n

In both KAU recreational baseball and softball, divisions are organized to introduce increasingly competitive play for each age group.\u00a0 For the youngest players, day games are scheduled\u2026and as they move up in the league, they experience the thrill of playing games \u201cunder the lights!\u201d For KAU players who participate on middle school and high school teams,\u00a0 KAU schedules its games so they do not conflict with the school teams\u2019 schedules. Players can play both KAU and school ball!\"\"<\/p>\n

Each season, KAU conducts player drafts to attempt to give every team an equal chance of succeeding in the regular season. Division commissioners, team managers, and the player agent all are involved in each division\u2019s draft. Pre-season evaluations help determine the skill level of each player; and players of different skill levels are divided as equally as possible among the teams during the draft. Each season, every team is a \u201cnew\u201d team.<\/p>\n

In KAU baseball, players compete in eight different divisions.\u00a0 For KAU\u2019s youngest players, all games are played on the traditional 46\/60\u2019 field.<\/p>\n

T-ball is offered for 4, 5 and 6-year old boys and girls who are first-year players.<\/p>\n

In Minor D, 7-year-olds play \u201cmachine pitch. Six-year-olds who have had at least one year of T-ball experience may also play in the Minor D Division. In Minor C, 8-year-olds begin to \u201ckid pitch. Seven-year-olds can qualify for this Division if they demonstrate required pitching skills. All 9-year-olds play in the Minor B Division, which also is \u201ckid pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning in 2013, players in the Minor A Division will have the chance to experience both 46\/60\u2019 and 50\/70\u2019 baseball. All 10-year olds and some 11-year olds who do not play in the Intermediate Division compete in this \u201ckid pitch\u201d division.<\/p>\n

The50\/70\u2019 Intermediate Division will be comprised of some 13-year-olds, all 12-year-olds and some 11-year-olds. Thirteen-year-olds will have the choice to register for the new Intermediate Division or they can register for the Juniors Division.\u00a0 The Juniors Division includes certain 13-, 14- and 15-year-old players and is played on a larger 60\/90 foot field.\u00a0 The Juniors Division is for more advanced 13-year-old players. All 13-year-old players must decide which division they want to play.\u00a0 Due to the difference in season start dates for the Intermediate and Junior Divisions, there is not the option of registering for the Intermediate Division and then deciding to move to the Juniors 90 foot program and vice versa.<\/p>\n

The pre-season annual evaluation will be used to determine whether an 11-year old plays in the Inter-mediate Division or in the Minor A Division.\u00a0 It is estimated that roughly one-third to one-half of the 11-year-olds will play in the Intermediate Division.<\/p>\n

Big League Baseball is open to players ages 16-18. Again, the Junior Division and Big League Baseball Division schedule their seasons so as not to conflict with local middle school and high school teams\u2019 schedules.<\/p>\n

KAU also offers a Challenger Division for children and youth ages 6-21 with special needs. The Chal-lenger Division plays its games on Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n

In KAU softball ,<\/em> competition is offered in five different divisions.<\/p>\n

The Rookie and Minor Divisions (ages 7-8 and 9-10) emphasize fundamental softball skills and understanding of the rules.<\/p>\n

In the Majors (ages 11-12), Juniors (13-14), and Seniors (15-16), the emphasis is on playing games against other District 28 teams and preparing for independent tournaments.<\/p>\n

All KAU coaches in every Division nominate and vote for All-Star Teams for baseball and softball. These teams are selected based on demonstration of outstanding play and sportsmanship during the KAU regular season.\u00a0 They will play post-season tournaments after the KAU regular season ends in June.<\/p>\n

KAU also offers the chance for its more advanced players to participate in travel baseball and softball on both KAU-affiliated baseball and softball teams and independent softball teams.\u00a0 Some teams play on Sundays during the recrea-tional season and participate in local and regional tournaments into the summer. Due to limited roster sizes, tryouts are necessary; and, again, a committee of coaches selects the travel teams.<\/p>\n

For more information and to register, visit www.kaulittleleague.org<\/a> and click on the registration link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KENNETT \u2014 Registration for KAU Little League baseball and softball will continue through January 2012.\u00a0 KAU Little League is open to residents\/students ages four through 18 in both the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School Districts. For the 2013 season, Little League International has created a baseball \u201cIntermediate Division\u201d for 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[56,54,159,156],"class_list":["post-5729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-baseball","tag-kau-little-league","tag-softball","tag-sports-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}