2024 9U Registration Information

9U Intro and Advanced

The 9U program is designed to promote baseball development using a modified game structure to teach baseball FUNdamentals to our players.

New as of 2023!

In efforts to ensure our 9U athletes are participating with like-skilled players, we have modified our 9U program to include 2 levels. We will be offering evaluations to 9U players that wish to play an advanced 9U program, and continue to offer our current 9U program, recognized as 9U intro, for players that are new to baseball or simply elect to play a less advanced program.

Welcome to the 2024 RDMBA season!

Registration Dates:

Registration will open Nov 15th, 2023 and remain open until March 1st, 2024

*Late registrations for 9U Intro will only be accepted if space is available and will include an additional $50 late fee. 9U Advanced late registration will only be accepted up to the evaluation date and will include a $50 late fee.

Season Start and End:

Season runs from beginning of May till the End of June

Where:

Various diamonds throughout Red Deer

Division	Sessions/week	Days of Play	Time	2024 Evaluation Fee	2024 Registration Fee
9U Intro Birth Year 2015 & 2016	2	Tuesday and Thursday Evenings	6:00-7:30	N/A	$275 Split payment options available
9U Advanced Birth Year 2015 & 2016	2	Tuesday and Thursday Evenings	6:00-7:30	20 *non refundable	$275 Split payment options available

* 9U players with birth year of 2015 are also eligible to register and evaluate for the 11U AA teams.

If your player is not selected for a 11U AA team they will be moved back to the 9U division for the season and will still be eligible to evaluate for the 9U advanced teams if they wish.

Click Here For 11U AA Information

* RDMBA supports the initiative to advance female baseball. In efforts to do so, female athletes will have the option in the registration process to select whether they would prefer to play on an all female team, a co-ed team or don't have a specific preference. All female teams will be created in each division should the registration numbers permit doing so. Female registrants are also permitted to remain in each division for 1 additional year as an overage player should they wish to do so.

9U Intro

In the 9U intro program players will focus on basic skills, such as throwing, catching and hitting. 9U Intro is for the player that is new to the game of baseball and/or the player that wishes to learn the game at a slightly less advanced pace. The beginning of each intro session will include practice with their team, followed up by a game played in the second half.

9U Advanced

In the 9U Advanced program players will continue to learn the basic fundamentals of baseball, such as, throwing, catching, hitting and base running. Players will also be introduced to basic positional play including pitching as they practice and play games.

A non-refundable evaluation fee of $20 will be included in the 9U advanced registration. If your team elects to enter a tournament there will be additional costs associated with that as well. Should your player register and evaluate for the 9U advanced division and is not selected, they will automatically be reassigned to 9U intro.

Equipment Required

Either cleats or good, lace up, running shoes (cleats are recommended as the shale gets quite dry and slippery as the season goes on)
A protective jock or jill
Long pants (joggers or track pants are ok, but baseball pants are recommended as they will last much longer)
A baseball glove
Noscae Approved batting helmet.
Should your player have their own regulation bat they can use it, if not there are bats available for use in the equipment bag.
Your player will receive a shirt and a baseball hat, included in their registration fee.