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Warpath Baseball 2024

North Hills Warpath Baseball typically starts mid-June and continues throughout the entire month of July. NHAA also encourages their Warpath teams to explore other tournaments that may be offered in the Spring or Fall, provided they do not interfere with the NHAA Regular Season.

The North Hills Warpath is offered to both boys and girls from the age 7-18, and the NHAA is committed to fielding as many teams as player skill/ability and interest allows. If there are multiple teams at a specific age level, they will be formed according to skill level.

HOW

Player Selection: Once the Warpath Player Applications in, they are reviewed by the NHAA Regular Season Team Managers for that particular age group, and they players are selected by several rounds of voting. The selection is based on several criteria including:

The player's play during during the regular season, through evaluations, their attitude, behavior, and sportsmanship.

Their attendance during the regular season and past tournament seasons are also factored in.

To ensure the teams are picked fairly and the right kids are chosen, the Managers are not permitted to vote for their own child nor any child on their team. They can promote their opinion of their players, but are not permitted to vote for them.
Manager Selection: Once the Warpath rosters are selected, the Board evaluates all applications of potential Managers, and then votes. The Manager is selected after the team to ensure fairness. The NHAA reserves the right to hold an additional player evaluation if necessary.

WHAT

The NH Warpath requires a strong travel and time commitment by both the parent and player. Players must be willing to commit to additional practices and game schedules throughout the summer. It is not uncommon to play/practice every day during the week and multiple games per day over the weekend.

HOW MUCH

The NHAA commits to paying the entry fee for ONE tournament per each selected Warpath team. Any additional fees, including uniforms, are shared among the selected parents of the team.

Warpath 7

Registration closes on 05/19/2024 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 06/01/2024 to 05/31/2025
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Overview

Offered for kids ages 7-8, the primary goal of the Instructional League is teaching baseball fundamentals and developing your child's baseball skills. We want this time to be an exciting, rewarding and memorable experience,which will prepare them for baseball at a higher, competitive level. Games will be "controlled" games with a balance between learning the game and a slightly increasing the level of competitiveness. There are special playing rules in place to move the game along, while still making it fun and promoting the development of their skills. At this stage, the kids will begin hitting "coach pitching" in both practice and games.

Schedule

- All practice/game schedules will be finalized once registration is closed, quantity of teams is determined, coaches are selected, and rosters finalized.

- All practices/games will be held at Windhurst Field,Berkeley Field and Bartlett Field.

- Depending on the weather, you can anticipate one practice/game on a weekday and one on a weekend.You can anticipate each practice/game should last approximately 1-1/2 hours.

New Experiences at this Level

- Coach Pitching during practices and games

- Summer Tournament Play (developmental)

Expectations

The NHAA believes strongly in keeping things simple when teaching the game of baseball and softball. With that in mind we have developed five goal areas for each of the age groups. As a coach we want to keep these five goal areas in mind every time we plan a practice. They represent the fundamental building blocks for success. The goals at one level need to be accomplished before the goals at the next level can be pursued.

These are the Five Goals that we believe and you should expect your child to have achieved at the completion of the Instructional League Level:

- Learn the Basic Rules - force outs; tagging up; base running (when you don't have to run; not running into or past teammates on the base paths); balls and strikes.

- Throwing Mechanics - introduce the four-seam grip; point the front shoulder, step, and throw; introduce the concept of generating momentum toward the target and following the throw.

- Catching and fielding- thrown and hit balls; fingers up versus fingers down; see the glove and the ball; use two hands; forehands and backhands; introduce the underhand flip; first-base fundamentals; crossover and drop steps.

- Hitting - choosing the right bat; proper grip; hitting pitched balls; introduce drill work (tee work, soft toss, short toss)

- Learning Positional Play - learn the positions and the areas each player should cover; cover the base when the ball is not hit to you; basics of cutoffs and relays.

Warpath 8

Registration closes on 05/19/2024 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 06/01/2024 to 05/31/2025
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$0.00

+ Register Now

Overview
Offered for kids ages 7-8, the primary goal of the Instructional League is teaching baseball fundamentals and developing your child's baseball skills. We want this time to be an exciting, rewarding and memorable experience,which will prepare them for baseball at a higher, competitive level. Games will be "controlled" games with a balance between learning the game and a slightly increasing the level of competitiveness. There are special playing rules in place to move the game along, while still making it fun and promoting the development of their skills. At this stage, the kids will begin hitting "coach pitching" in both practice and games.

Schedule
- All practice/game schedules will be finalized once registration is closed, quantity of teams is determined, coaches are selected, and rosters finalized.
- All practices/games will be held at Windhurst Field,Berkeley Field and Bartlett Field.
- Depending on the weather, you can anticipate one practice/game on a weekday and one on a weekend.You can anticipate each practice/game should last approximately 1-1/2 hours.

New Experiences at this Level
- Coach Pitching during practices and games
- Summer Tournament Play (developmental)

Expectations
The NHAA believes strongly in keeping things simple when teaching the game of baseball and softball. With that in mind we have developed five goal areas for each of the age groups. As a coach we want to keep these five goal areas in mind every time we plan a practice. They represent the fundamental building blocks for success. The goals at one level need to be accomplished before the goals at the next level can be pursued.

These are the Five Goals that we believe and you should expect your child to have achieved at the completion of the Instructional League Level:

- Learn the Basic Rules - force outs; tagging up; base running (when you don't have to run; not running into or past teammates on the base paths); balls and strikes.
- Throwing Mechanics - introduce the four-seam grip; point the front shoulder, step, and throw; introduce the concept of generating momentum toward the target and following the throw.
- Catching and fielding- thrown and hit balls; fingers up versus fingers down; see the glove and the ball; use two hands; forehands and backhands; introduce the underhand flip; first-base fundamentals; crossover and drop steps.
- Hitting - choosing the right bat; proper grip; hitting pitched balls; introduce drill work (tee work, soft toss, short toss)
- Learning Positional Play - learn the positions and the areas each player should cover; cover the base when the ball is not hit to you; basics of cutoffs and relays.

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