Snake warning: Coaches and Parents, Please be extra cautious when at the ballparks. With the drier conditions there’s been movement onto the watered grass areas. It’s always a good idea to check dugouts, bleacher areas, and of course playing areas.
Pitch Count: We won’t be implementing a mandatory pitch count rule for league. The pitch count is coming, but until it’s a National rule we’d be the only program trying to implement our own policy. It has already been implemented in high school and expect to see it in youth programs soon. We will be putting a lot of info out in hopes of educating both parents and coaches. We will also put out a detailed arm health program provided by local Orthopedic Surgeons and the Pitch Smart recommendations. Here’s a link for review- https://www.mlb.com/pitch-smart/pitching-guidelines.
2019 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
TEAM TRYOUTS
OFFICE ADDRESS
13980 Buffalo Airport Rd
MAILING ADDRESS & PHONE:
PO BOX 20559
AMA 79114
806-670-3164
EMAIL:
WTYBA@HOTMAIL.COM
GENERAL INFORMATION
Parks: Violation of city park rules will result in suspensions. Please review rules at parks. Here's a few key issues that create problems
1. No pets inside any of the complexes.
2. No bikes, skateboards, scooters, hover boards, etc. This has become a problem. Please make sure parents know and share with family and friends.
3. Never park on developed grass areas.
4. Of course no alcohol or smoking at any field. Coaches remember this at practices in regards to alcohol. Hate to even mention but actually have had to deal with this and it's not a good situation.
5. Trash: We have a great relationship with all facility owners and part of that is because we always take care of the facilities. Never leave trash in stands or dugouts. Also when using score huts, if we don't follow written rules posted inside we will lose the ability to use them.
Please remember our league rule of borrowing or adding a player for a league game. You can borrow any player from a team in your age, or a player that’s 1 year younger as long as you clear it with the kid’s regular team and follow league rule by batting him last and can’t pitch (9-14’s). You can also add players to your regular league roster as long as they are eligible through USSSA AND the kid’s parent registers them for your team on wtyba.com and you add them to your USSSA roster. No player can participate in any West Texas Youth Baseball event without being added as stated above first. If a coach is found to be breaking this rule they will be suspended for the remainder of the season and possibly banned from the program. Sorry if this seems harsh, but we have 120 teams and are very limited with our field situation so there's not much room for changes.
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