PARKVILLE Travel BASEBALL

Travel Baseball is a higher level or competitive baseball and offers the players who love to play baseball an opportunity to expand their knowledge of the sport. The program provides an advanced level of baseball instruction, practice, competition and strategy centered on enjoyment for all involved. Baseball fundamentals through instruction, practice and execution are the heart of this Parkville program.

MISSION:

To provide a higher level of baseball instruction and play for recreational baseball players who demonstrate the interest, dedication and skills to compete at this advanced level of the sport.

SCOPE:

Collaborating with the In-house baseball program Travel will select players to participate on age specific teams that will represent the Parkville Recreation Baseball Association in the local Travel Baseball League (BCML) and selected local and regional tournaments.

PRINCIPALS:

Teams:

Teams are formed for 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14 age competition. If enough talented players are available, two teams can be formed for an age group. First team will be an A level, second team will be a B level. The more skilled players will play on the A team.

Travel Team selections is based on open competition to select the best baseball talent to field age specific Team of 12 to 15 players.

At no time and in no way will ant Travel Team associated with Parkville Baseball be considered or represent themselves as a “Metro” Team. No Travel Team is allowed to participate in any Metro League play. Practice games and tourtaments with some Metro Teams are permitted with the prior approval from the Travel Program Director.

In- house participation will be in the form of play with in-house teams that is a structure session of informal baseball instruction and game. No Travel Team will openly compete with any in-house team in any age bracket. All Travel Teams will interact with each age matched in-house team at least once during the season. This will be scheduled at the beginning of the season.

Teams will be scheduled for fields at least two nights a week during the in-house season on nights opposite the in-house teams scheduled nights.

Travel Teams are not eligible for participating in In-house Year-end Playoffs.

Once selected by a Parkville Travel Team a player is not allowed to participate on another Parkville Travel Team unless approved by the Travel Program in advance.

No team is allowed to participarte in any other from of competitive play including any tourntament play unless prior notice is given to the Parkville Board of Directors. This is necessary to insure proper liability insurance is in place. All out-of-area tournaments must obtain a special certificate of liability insurance prior to tournament registration.

No team is allowed to hold a fundraising event without prior approval of the Parkville Board of Directors.

All Travel Teams will abide by all rules and regulations associated with the BCML and any other Tournaments.

The Travel Program Director with the approval of the Executive Board will appoint managers for Travel Teams. Prior year Travel Managers will be given first consideration ahead of other candidates.

PLAYERS:

Participation in this program requires the activation participation in the formal In-house program. All Travel players must be registered in the In-house program and be a player in good standing.

There is an additional fee for travel participation once the player is selected. No player will be allowed to play until all fees are paid.

No player will be guaranteed a position on any Travel Team. All positions are decided through open competition based on skill, attitude, commitment to participate and sportsmanship.

Play time is not guaranteed to any player. This is an advanced level of competition and play is based mostly on performance.

Player may participate as a member on an In-house team with the approval of the Travel Team Manager and the Travel Director. Travel players will be assigned to In-house teams by the league commission to retain competitive balance among all the teams. In general, no more then two Travel players are allowed on the same In-house team.

If a Travel player plays on an In-house Team both of the player’s managers must adhere to the pitching limit rules. Travel Pitchers ranked as the top two for the Travel Team will be identified to the In-house team. All Travel players on an In-house team are limited to 2 innings in a game and cannot pitch the day before a travel game. In- house pitching rules must be extended for Travel players to include any pitching they have done or will do in Travel games as if they were pitching in the In-house. Pitching limits are for the protection of the player.

Travel Players are not eligible for In-house All-star Team participation.

Travel uniforms and individual equipment will be the responsibility of player. Players will purchase their uniform at the beginning of the season.

Parkville Travel will provide basic equipment for each team (baseballs, catcher’s equipment and batting helmets).

Budget:

Travel funds all of its expenses separate from In-house. This includes tournaments, umpire fees, uniforms, special practice or game equipment, practice and game baseballs.

Funds are generated from registration fees, donations and fundraisers that benefit the entire Travel Program equitably.

Basic funds will cover Umpire fees, baseballs and registration fees for 2 to 4 local touramnets per Travel Team. Fundraisers will be used for additional tournaments both local and regional for Travel Team. These plans will be established at the beginning of the season with all the Travel Teams. All Travel Teams are expected to actively support fundraising events.

For additional information about this program, please contact :

Mike Smith, Travel League Director, @ maasmith@msn.com or

443-789-2498