TEE BALL (AGES 4-6)
The KPLL T-Ball Division offers a fun, instructional league for players who are either new to the sport or still refining the basic skills. Tee Ball is a non-competitive program focused on fun, fitness, and fundamentals where players ages 4–6 are first introduced to the basics baseball and softball.
▪ Team T-shirt and a hat is provided. Parents provide glove, team color belt and socks, baseball pants, and cleats. Some parents may also choose to purchase a bat for their child to use.
Minor Prep BASEBALL - (Ages 6-8)
This level of play fosters continued skills development and a better understanding of the rules and nuances of the game. The focus remains on the fun of playing the sport while more coaching attention is given to fielding, making plays, accurate throwing, proper hitting technique and preparing the player for player-pitch at the Minors level.
▪ Team T-shirt and a hat is provided. Parents provide glove, team color belt and socks, baseball pants, and cleats. Some parents may also choose to purchase a bat for their child to use.
*Little League 6 year olds are welcome to play Minor Prep Baseball if they have played one year of T-Ball .
Minors BASEBALL (Ages 8-11)
The Minors Division is a level of baseball where a higher level of game understanding and ability is taught. Competition as it relates to winning and losing is introduced at this level. Winning and losing remain secondary to the essential goal of teaching each player to embrace success or failure with grace and to learn from both. Primary goals are to give players as much experience and playing time as possible and encouragement of ongoing development for all players in all phases of the game. This important developmental division provides a relatively even but not necessarily equal distribution of playing time among players. Minors includes player pitch, scoring and umpiring.
▪ Team jersey and a hat is provided. Parents provide glove, team color belt and socks, baseball pants, and cleats. Some parents may also choose to purchase a bat for their child to use.
Majors BASEBALL (Ages 10-12)
This division of Little League promotes a higher level of competition than Minors and emphasizes more of the standard rules of Little League baseball. The focus in Majors remains on education, development and teamwork while encouraging a deeper understanding of the game and advancing skill development in order to prepare players for successful participation at the Majors level.
▪ Team jersey and a hat is provided. Parents provide glove, team color belt and socks, baseball pants, and cleats. Some parents may also choose to purchase a bat for their child to use.
JUNIORS DIVISION (Ages 13-14)
The Junior League Baseball Division is a program for ages 13-14, using a conventional 90-foot diamond with a pitching distance of 60 feet, 6 inches. Modified diamond dimensions may be used during the regular season.
▪ Team jersey and a hat is provided. Parents provide glove, team color belt and socks, baseball pants, and cleats. Some parents may also choose to purchase a bat for their child to use.
The local league has an option to choose a Tournament Team (or "All Stars") of 13-14-year-olds from within this division (and/or from within the Senior League Division), and the team may enter the International Tournament.