Baseball
Instructional - Farm (Kindergarten)
The Farm level is the for Kindergartners learning baseball, and consists of 5 & 6 year olds. There are no teams - Farm is skills focused and adds a 1 inning "game" of coach pitch, one weeknight per week (usually Wednesday), and each Saturday afternoon.
Instructional - Single A (1st & 2nd Grade):
The A level consists of 7 & 8 year olds who will be placed on different teams in the Single A division. Single A is predominately coach pitch, with some effort to introduce pitching to mostly the 2nd grade players on Saturday. The goal of Single A is to have fun and learn the fundamentals of baseball. The teams play 1 game a week, participate in one "sandlot" game (Saturday), and have one practice or skills session each week.
Cal Ripken - In Town Baseball at Grove St. Fields
Cal Ripken Majors (5th and 6th Grade):
The Majors level consists of 5th and 6th Graders who go through the placement process through which balanced teams are selected. All 11 and 12 year old players are asked to undergo the evaluation process, through which we will attempt to ensure that each player assigned is ready for this level of play. The teams play a 12 - 14 game schedule with 2-3 games per week and 1 skills session each week.
Cal Ripken Minors (3rd and 4th Grade):
The Minors consists of 3rd and 4th grade players. Players will be evenly spread out among several Minors teams to create balanced teams. Our goal is that these players will have fun, work hard, and develop their skills both naturally and through the effort of the coaches. The teams play two games a week with a skills practice each week for a total of 3 activities per week.
Travel Baseball
Travel baseball will be available for ages 9 through 12 (3rd to 6th Grade). The travel program will provide an additional schedule of Friday evening games (on top of in-town play) during the spring as well as coach-led, team-based practices. Competition will be predominantly provided by like-minded, neighboring communities such as Lexington, Wellesley, Weston, Concord-Carlisle, Acton, Burlington, Waltham, Medford, and Winchester.
The travel program is for those players who are truly passionate about baseball. At BYBS, we wholeheartedly support participation in multiple sports, and we always work to create schedules that help to facilitate that, but please recognize that Travel players will participate in 5 to 6 baseball-related activities (skills, practice, or games) each week during the Spring between Travel and In-Town baseball.
Also, it is a simple fact that enrollment (i.e. numbers) can create difficulties in team placement. If, for whatever reason, we cannot find the appropriate place for your son or daughter on a travel team, he/she will be selected as an alternate, but the entire travel portion of the travel bundle will be refunded. We will, of course, do everything we can to avoid this scenario, and have typically been successful in doing so.
Babe Ruth
Players who are between the ages of 13 and 15 (7th through 9th grade) are eligible to play for Belmont teams in the Arlington-managed Babe Ruth Baseball League (ABL). The ABL has teams from many local towns who will play games on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and/or Sundays against other teams from the local area. The season begins in early April and ends at the end of the school year. Players up through 9th grade who are 15 years old or younger by April 30th are eligible to play. Tryouts will be held before the season to assign players to teams in either the A or B division.
There is a summer session of Babe Ruth as well.
Baseball Skills/Clinics
We will offer skills program for players of all abilities between the ages of 6-15 throughout the year, especially in the summer. The focus will be on practicing the skills of baseball. Run predominately as a baseball clinic, players will rotate through various stations designed to teach the skills of hitting, pitching, throwing, fielding, and baseball situations.
