3U/4U - Rookie Season Program

Three and four-year-olds can get their first swing at the softball in the 3/4U program!  Each 45-minute class is limited to 20 participants, and each class will be staffed with five coaches.  Participants will focus on fun and softball fundamentals in each class, which is once per week for ten weeks.  Each participant will receive a t-shirt and ballcap.  Parents are encouraged to participate if their player feels better with them on the field.

5U/6U- Coach Pitch/Tee Ball

Four, five, six, and some seven-year-olds play a combination of coach pitch softball and tee ball 5:45 or 6:45 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday evenings at Wilson Park Softball field. Teams practice and play different times each week. Games are 45 minutes long. 

Every girl bats once each inning and each girl plays different positions in the field. When batting, girls will have the opportunity to hit balls thrown from their coach and also bat from a tee. Team sizes will be set so that girls play as much as possible.

Pitching Information: Three Pitches from Batter's Coach, One from Tee

8U- Machine Pitch/Coach Pitch

Seven, eight, and some nine-year-olds play pitching machine softball twice each week 5:45 or 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday evenings at Gary Hampton Softball Complex. Teams practice and play different times each week. Games are six innings or 55 minutes long. 

The league uses most USSSA rules and some additional rules.  All teams have the opportunity to be sanctioned.  Each half-inning concludes once three outs are made or six runs are scored.  All games will be officiated by at least one USSSA sanctioned umpire.

Pitching Information: Three Pitches from Machine, One from Batter's Coach

10U- Player Pitch/Machine Pitch

Nine, 10, and some 11-year-olds play a combination of live arm and pitching machine fast pitch softball twice each week 5:45 or 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday evenings at Gary Hampton Softball Complex. Teams practice and play different times each week. Games are six innings or 60 minutes long. 

The league uses most USSSA rules and some additional rules.  All teams have the opportunity to be sanctioned.  Each half-inning concludes once three outs are made or six runs are scored.  All games will be officiated by at least one USSSA sanctioned umpire.

Pitching Information: Any time count reaches 3-X, batter's coach pitches one ball.

12U- Player Pitch

Eleven, 12, and some 13-year-olds play live arm fast pitch softball twice each week 7 or 8:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings and at Gary Hampton Softball Complex.  Teams practice and play different times each week.  Some games are scheduled against teams in other cities, and these games may be played at different times.  Games are six innings or 60 minutes long.

The league uses most USSSA rules and some additional rules.  All teams have the opportunity to be sanctioned.  Each half-inning concludes once three outs are made or six runs are scored.  All games will be officiated by at least one USSSA sanctioned umpire.

Pitching Information: USSSA Fastpitch Rules

14U- Player Pitch

Thirteen, 14, and some 15-year-olds play live arm fast pitch softball twice each week 7 or 8:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings and at Gary Hampton Softball Complex.  Teams practice and play different times each week.  Some games are scheduled against teams in other cities, and these games may be played at different times.  Games are six innings or 60 minutes long.

The league uses most USSSA rules and some additional rules.  All teams have the opportunity to be sanctioned.  Each half-inning concludes once three outs are made or six runs are scored.  All games will be officiated by at least one USSSA sanctioned umpire.

Pitching Information: USSSA Fastpitch Rules

18U- Player Pitch

Fifteen, 16, 17, 18 and some 19-year-olds play live arm fast pitch softball twice each week 7 or 8:15 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings and at Gary Hampton Softball Complex.  Teams practice and play different times each week.  Some games are scheduled against teams in other cities, and these games may be played at different times.  Games are six innings or 60 minutes long.

The league uses most USSSA rules and some additional rules.  All teams have the opportunity to be sanctioned.  Each half-inning concludes once three outs are made or six runs are scored.  All games will be officiated by at least one USSSA sanctioned umpire.

Pitching Information: USSSA Fastpitch Rules

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Competitive League

Turn the competition up a notch in the Fayetteville Elite program.  Teams in the competitive league will play each other and teams of similar caliber throughout Washington County.  Practice and game times are different than the recreational league, and teams will meet at least three times each week to practice or play.

There will be very limited interaction between the competitive and recreational leagues, but players in each league will attend the pre-season clinics, same opening ceremony, and have the same uniform and equipment distribution.

More information will be released soon, but to answer any questions now, please reach out to recreation program manager Joe Kieklak (jkieklak@fayetteville-ar.gov, 479-444-3474).