BASEBALL

Majors (Ages 11-12) 
Practices begin mid-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5-2 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, with one additional weeknight practice on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 3 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games are rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All games and practices are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Minors AAA (Ages 9-10) 
Practices begin mid-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5-2 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, with one additional weeknight practice on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 3 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games are rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All games and practices are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Minors AA (Age 8)
Practices begin mid-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays and one weeknight, with one additional weeknight practice.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 2 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games are rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All games and practices are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Minors A (Ages 6-7)
Practices begin late-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays and one weeknight.  All games are approximately 45-minutes long and preceded by a 45-minute practice and warm-up (1.5 hours total).  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 2 practices/games per week.  Rainout games may be rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All games and practices are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Tee Ball (Ages 5-6)
Begins the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays mornings.  All games are approximately 45-minutes long and preceded by a 45-minute practice and warm-up (1.5 hours total).  Any Saturday rainouts are rescheduled for Sunday mornings.  All games and practices are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Pee Wee (Age 4)
Camp-style program with parent participation encouraged.  One hour on Saturday mornings.  Focus on basics of the game and fun!  Saturday rainouts are typically not rescheduled but may be rescheduled for Sunday morning if more than one Saturday is rained out.  Held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg.  Program concludes the first week of June.

SOFTBALL

Majors (Ages 11-12)
Practices begin mid-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5-2 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays and one weeknight.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 2 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games may be rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All practices and home games are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg with local travel for away games.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Minors  (Ages 8-10)
Practices begin mid-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays and one weeknight.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 2 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games may be rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All practices and home games are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg with local travel for away games.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Minis (Ages 6-7)
Practices begin late-April, typically one weeknight practice and one weekend practice 1.5 hours long.  Games begin the first week of May and are typically scheduled for Saturdays and one weeknight.  Normal weekly schedule during the season is 2 games and 1 practice per week.  Rainout games may be rescheduled as needed and may occur on any day of the week depending upon field availability.  All practices and home games are held in Shelburne, Charlotte, or Hinesburg with local travel for away games.  The spring season concludes the first week of June.

Each player (Tee Ball and above) is required to have their own helmet (with full cage), fielding glove, and bat (baseball bats must be “USA” stamped).  To help ease the cost burden of needed equipment, our sponsor, Dick’s Sporting Goods in Williston, offers one weekend each spring for all CVLL families to shop for any needed gear with 20% off entire purchases.  

CVLL has a limited number of helmets, bats, and gloves that can be lent to players for the spring season.  If you would like to borrow a helmet, bat, or glove for the season, please let your head coach know and we will work with them to provide the gear needed. 

We recommend cleats for all Single A baseball and Minors softball levels and above.  The higher the level, the more important cleats become, especially in the spring when field conditions can sometimes be wet/muddy and additional traction is needed to avoid injury.  Metal cleats are not permitted.

We encourage all male baseball players to wear protective cups.  All male catchers are required to wear a protective cup.  

Softball infielders are required to wear a protective infielder’s mask.  We encourage parents to purchase a mask for their softball players, but we have a limited amount that we can provide as a loaner to players who don’t have one.

--Parents Confession - I tore down my kids coach
--Called Out an Umpire and Ended Up Getting Thrown Out
--Importance of Hydration 
--Sun Safety

We go to great lengths to ensure our players are safe.  It's top of mind in every thing we do and it's why we stress the importance of warming up properly, dugout safety, use of helmets, etc.   

But safety doesn't start and stop on the field.  Here are some articles we thought might be of interest to keep your player safe: 

STOP Sports Injuries

STOP Sports Injuries wants to be sure that you have all the information you need to keep kids in the game for life. Whether you are an athlete, coach, healthcare provider or parent, we have the sports injury prevention tips and tools to make sure safety is your first priority.

NOTE: STOP Sports Injuries is geared towards providing guidance on healthy and safe athletic participation and should not be considered a replacement for speaking with your physician, athletic trainer or other qualified healthcare provider.

Preventing Baseball Injuries

If a young athlete is throwing too hard, too much, too early, and without rest, a serious elbow or shoulder injury may be on the horizon. If the athlete complains of elbow or shoulder pain the day after throwing, or movement of the joint is painful or restricted compared to the opposite side, see a physician familiar with youth sports injuries immediately.

We are fortunate to live in a region that offers great summer camps for baseball and softball.  Check out the information below. 

Shelburne Recreation Baseball Camp

CVU Baseball Camp