PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!!!

Play ball! Spring is here and that means it is time for baseball at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA! We are offering baseball for male and female athletes ages three to five.

We will have a parent meeting on March  TBD, 2025 at Element Church (Forest City) in the TBD at 6:30 PM.

Our goals:

Character Development:

Through intentional devotion, prayer time, and the lessons taught through the game we hope to develop good character in each child and teen in our program. We promote and strive to instill sportsmanship, respect, discipline, kindness, and joyfulness in each of our participants. We select coaches who have these characteristics and want to develop them in their players. Our mission is not to develop good athletes, but to develop good people.

Community Building:

This program aims to create an environment where participants can build a community through their teammates and opponents. We also strive to create a space where parents and coaches can build community with each other and across our county. We want this to feel like more than just a flag football season. We want this to be an experience where new friends can be met and communities formed!

Sport Competence:

We want kids to learn about the sports they enjoy and feel confident enough to play them. We want our participants to leave with a fundamental knowledge of the sport and how to play it. As participants continue in the program, we strive to challenge them more to expand this knowledge and build on their foundation. This feeds into our real mission in this area, for kids to love sports/physical activity. Being physically active is an extremely important aspect of one’s health and because of this, we aim to promote physical activity for life through our sports programs.

Registration:

• On-time registration will go from January 21st to April  9th, 2025.

Registration Fee: $40.00

Financial Assistance available upon request.

Practices:

• Practices will start the week of April 14^th, 2025.
• Practices will be on Tuesday and Thursday evenings until games begin (the week of May 5th). 
  • An initial message about practice will come after April 9^th, 2025.

Games:

• IF YOU WILL HAVE CONSISTENT CONFLICTS WITH THE DATES/DAYS PROVIDED BELOW, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE DATES/DAYS ARE FINAL AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE.
• Games will start for Baseball the week of May 5^th.
• Games for Baseball will be on Tuesday & Thursday evenings.
  • Games will begin at 5:45 PM and will last roughly 45 minutes.

Contact Information:

• We encourage everyone to ensure that all their contact information submitted is accurate and up to date.
• You will most likely receive text messages from coaches.
• You will certainly receive emails from staff about updates and important information!
  • So please ensure your email and phone number are current and up to date!
  • Also please check your email and text messages regularly to stay informed