NLLL is a community-based competitive baseball program and will never steer away from that because that is who we are at our core. Any 12-year-old that either lives or attends a school within our boundaries and wants to play baseball, has a home with us.

Every player that registers with us and attends a player assessment will be placed on a community-based team that will play 18-20 games within the Little League program playing other teams from NLLL or other Little Leagues within our District (typically within 30 minutes). All of this is included in the $274 registration fee and no other fees will be charged by the league.

Tournament Baseball for 12 Year Olds

NLLL also understands there are families that desire to have their kids play in a limited number of weekend tournaments from outside organizations not affiliated with Little League (Caba, USSSA, or Triple Crown). NLLL will now be able to provide these opportunities for 12-year-olds. No player will ever be allowed to play in these tournaments that are not part of a community-based team described above. We are NOT a travel ball organization and will never become one.

Some important points on this:

• These opportunities are invitational only from the coaches and managers who form the teams.
• NLLL has no part in managing or organizing these teams. This is 100% on the coaches and managers and they will decide what limited number of tournaments the team will play.
• A player who pitches in these tournament games will have their pitch counts tracked and follow the Little League pitch count limits and days’ rest requirements between these tournaments and Little League play.
• Families are responsible for costs of tournaments, indoor facility rental if desired, and any needed travel. The coaches and managers will provide estimates of those costs.
• NLLL can get you in touch with the coaches and managers creating these teams.