League Policies
Baseball Level of Play Policy (Click here for the Baseball Waiver)
- Baseball players are assigned to a level of play based on their League Age as defined by Little League, Inc. League age is a player's age on April 30th each year. See table below for level assignments.
- Parents may request that their son or daughter play up or down one level of play, but only based on the criteria listed in the table below. Request must be made in writing. Email to player agent is acceptable and preferred method of notification.
- During on-line registration, players with a league-age that places them into a level of play lower then their current grade in school will be provided with an option to request to play up one level of play. If parents select this option, the Baseball Waiver must still be submitted as mentioned above.
- At the completion of skill evaluations of players the Player Agent will call the parents of all 12 year olds and 10 year olds who scored in the bottom 15% of skill evaluations to let them know that they have the option to have their son/daughter play one level of play down. 12 and 10 year old players will NOT be moved down one level of play without consent of parents.
- If a player is granted a play-up or play-down exception that results in an increase / decrease in registration price, your account will billed / refunded the appropriate amount to cover the new price for that level of play.
- There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this written policy.
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League Age
(Grade level*)
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Level of Play
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Play Up One Level
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Play Down One Level
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12
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Majors
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All 12-year-olds play Majors unless specifically requested to play down by their parents.
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11
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Coast or Majors
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11-year-olds play Majors based on skill evaluations only. Parents may not request that their 11 year old play Majors.
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11-year-old parents may request that their player be assigned to Coast or Pioneer. Assignment to Pioneer will be at the discretion of the Player Agent.
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10
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Coast
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10-year-olds may be considered for majors only by parent written request and MUST score in top 10% of 11-year-old scores in the skill evaluations
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All 10-year-olds play
Coast unless specifically requested to play down by their parents.
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9
(3rd/4th grade)
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Pioneer (1styear of Player pitch)
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By parent written request and MUST attend 10 year-old skill evaluations and MUST score in top 25% of 10-year-old skill evaluations and MUST demonstrate ability to pitch at Coast level of play.
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By parent written request.
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8
(2nd/3rd grade)
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Rookie
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By parent written request and MUST attend 9 year-old skill evaluations and MUST score in top 25% of 9-year-old skill evaluations and MUST demonstrate ability to pitch at Pioneer level of play.
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By parent written request.
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7
(1st grade)
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Instructional
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Any 2nd grader may play up by parents written request
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By parent written request.
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6
(Kindergarten)
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TBall/6
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Any 1st grader may play up by parents written request
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By parent written request.
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5
(Preschool)
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TBall/5
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Any Kindergartener may play up by parents written request
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* - Grade level is the grade that the children born prior to April 30th each year are assigned by Issaquah School District.
- Softball players are assigned to a level of play based on their League Age as defined by Little League, Inc. (see Softball Age Chart). League age is a player's age on Dec 31st each year. See table below for level assignments.
- Parents may request that their son or daughter play up or down one level of play, but only based on the criteria listed in the table below. Request must be made in writing. Email to player agent is acceptable and preferred method of notification.
- During on-line registration players with a league age that places them into a level of play lower then their current grade in school will be provided with an option to request to play up one level of play. If parents select this option, the Softball Waiver must still be submitted as mentioned above.
- If a player is granted a play-up or play-down exception that results in an increase / decrease in registration price, your account will billed / refunded the appropriate amount to cover the new price for that level of play.
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League Age
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Level of Play
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Play Up One Level
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Play Down One Level
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12
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Majors
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All 12-year-olds play Majors unless specifically requested to play down by their parents.
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11
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Coast or Majors
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11-year-olds are assigned to Majors or Coast based on skill evaluation ranking.
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11-year-olds' parents may request that their player be assigned to Coast.
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10
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Coast
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10-year-olds ranking in the top tier are given the option to play Majors.
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10-year-olds' parents may request that their player be assigned to Pioneer.
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9
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Pioneer
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9-year-olds may request to play up and must attend a skill evaluation, and must display appropriate skills to play at the Coast level.
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By parent written request.
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8
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Pioneer
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8-year-olds may request to play up and must attend a skill evaluation, and must display appropriate skills to play at the Coast level.
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By parent written request.
8-year-olds who have never played softball before are encouraged to play TBall.
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7
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Pioneer
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By parent written request.
7-year-olds who have never played softball before are encouraged to play TBall.
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6
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TBall
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5
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TBall
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Registration Cancellation Policy
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Notification of Cancellation Received by SLL by:
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Refund
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Prior to 12:00 AM of Opening Day of Program as posted on SLL Calendar
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100% Refund of all fees except Late Registration. Brock O’Connor fund donations will not be refunded unless specifically requested by the account holder.
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After 12:00 AM of Opening Day of Program as posted on SLL Calendar
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0% Refund
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