Welcome to Fall Ball 2015!

**Westport works hard to balance Fall Ball with soccer, LAX and Field Hockey.  We will do everything we can to ensure that we do not compete with those sports in Westport.  Unfortunately, we can not guarantee that a game against another town (in an "away" situation) won't conflict as they also have town sports that they need to work around.  We encourage all girls to play, have fun, and enjoy as many sports as possible.

**Please allow flexibility to potentially play on Sunday afternoons if opposing town has conflicts on Saturday with our time.

**Westport leagues will play with surrounding towns - Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe, Darien, New Canaan, Rowayton, Weston, Wilton, (and more) if they are able to field a team at each level - it will be a great season.

Fall Softball is for girls in PK/K through 10th to play in inter-town leagues as follows:

Instructional League (PreK/K/1) - There will be one Saturday morning game with one practice as determined by the coach.  Games have a 1 hour time limit.  This is an instructional league.  Coaches will pitch and if necessary, pull out the "t" for new batters.  Coaches will also "catch" and assist on the field during the play to instruct and support each player through the play.  All girls bat and all girls play the field.  The Instructional league is to learn the basics of hitting, throwing and catching.  Outs do not count but are praised when they are made!  There will be travel to other local towns during the Fall season.  (Pre-K girls must be 5 during the playing season).

A2 League - 2nd Grade:  There will be one Saturday game (early afternoon) with one practice as determined by the coach.  Games have a 1.5 hour time limit.  Coaches pitch.  No official score is kept.  Outs are recorded.  Innings end with 3 outs or once through the lineup.  One base on a hit, or possibly two if the ball goes into the outfield untouched.  Girls catch.  All players in the field are required to wear a face mask.  There will be travel to other local towns during the Fall season.

A3 League - 3rd Grade: There will be one Saturday afternoon game with one practice as determined by the coach.  Games have a 1.5 hour time limit.  This league begins your girl’s first real experience with the full game.  Girls learn to pitch (but coaches assist, after the pitcher has thrown one walk, on every 3rd ball). Two steals per inning, third base is gated. One base on overthrows.  Inning ends with 3 outs or 4 runs scored.  Balanced playing time requirement - all girls must be given a chance to play both the infield and outfield. Score is kept.  Girls catch and all players in the field must wear a face mask.  If you sign up to play, your team will be counting on you to be there most of the time.  There will be travel to other local towns during the Fall season.

AAA League - 4th & 5th Grades:  There will one game per weekend on Saturday with one practice as determined by the coach.  No new inning can start after 90 minutes.)  Coaches may schedule 2-3 additional games ad hoc if the girls are interested and available. Unlimited stealing except home is gated. Balanced playing/pitching time requirement.  All girls on the field must wear a face mask.  Teams will not be aligned by school affiliation/friends any longer.  All teams will be built with equal strength for balanced play.  Girls pitch from 35'.  After 2 walks a coach will come in to pitch on 3 ball counts.  Scores/standings are kept.  There will be travel to other local towns during the Fall season.  

Majors League - 6th & 7th Grade: There will be one game per weekend on Saturday with one practice as determined by the coach. Coaches may schedule 2-3 additional games ad hoc if the girls are interested and available. Some playing/pitching time requirements.  Girls pitch from 40'.   Runners can lead on the pitch and stealing now includes home.  The catcher is vital and outfielders see the ball regularly.  There will be travel to other local towns during the Fall season.

Juniors League - 8th & 9th Grades: There will be one game per weekend on Saturday with one practice which is determined by the coach.  Coaches may schedule 2-3 additional games ad hoc if the girls are interested and available.   Pitching is from 43'.  Coaches try to schedule around travel tournament commitments of players.  There will be travel to local towns during the Fall season.

Cost of season is $175

Financial Aid is available - please see registration form for more information



League assignments will be based on evaluations from the Spring 2015 season by coaches and commissioners.



Season begins Labor Day weekend: weekend of September 5th with Westport teams playing in town. 

Inter-town play begins weekend of September 12th.  

COACHING VOLUNTEERS

We need parents to volunteer their time to coach little league softball this fall. The league commissioners will choose a pair of coaches for each team from among those who have volunteered to be the lead coaches and draft teams. Once teams are drafted, each team can add another (league-approved) assistant coach from its roster. If you are interested in coaching or volunteering to help run our programs, please check the appropriate box when registering.   

We will know what other towns are participating bylate August - all towns are in the process of opening their registration and we all will know better numbers in a few weeks.  The earlier you register, the more we will know about team options at each level.