Spartan Ball Club Baseball 

Every player interested in playing on an SBC baseball team must complete a player evaluation (tryout) to inform team placement. Parents of players interested in joining a team should sign up using the form below, which includes questions about our needs for coaching and parent support. Information you share about your son's age, interest level, and experience will be combined with his player evaluation data to help our club leaders and existing coaches place him on a team. Then, you will have the opportunity to either accept or decline a roster invitation. Only players within the Solon School District are eligible for player placement. 

Not all players trying out are guaranteed to make a baseball team within the SBC. Skill-sets and total numbers signing up for placement are dependencies. Any players who are not offered a roster spot will be placed on our reserve list, where the potential for placement may be revisited in the offseason. We believe in and support the Solon Parks & Rec. youth sports program and encourage players to participate on these teams if an opportunity with the SBC is not available. 

*The email address used for registration will be used for any follow up communication. 

*Any player not able to make the tryout dates listed above, please email the club: Info@Spartanballclub.com

SBC Baseball - What You Need To Know!

Please reference the Season Definitions and Team Play Guidelines table below to understand the level of commitment and the amount of play expected within each age division. These guidelines, established by the Baseball Competition Committee, are designed to:

• Support multi-sport athletes and well rounded kids, with deference to in season activities during the off season practice phase.

• Establish a shared commitment for players and teams. 

• Lessen the decision-making burden for coaches by providing a shared framework to build their schedule around.
  
  

Season Definitions 

Coaches may provide additional guidance at the team level, but should be consistent with the following: 

All SBC club players are encouraged to prioritize in-season sports when managing scheduling conflicts. Coaches will schedule around conflicts if possible (including religious obligations) and manage each scenario on a case by case basis, following the outline below.

• Pre Season Practices: Team practices will be scheduled from January through Spring Break (regular player attendance is highly encouraged to develop skills, but not required) 

• In Season Practices: Team practices will be scheduled following Spring Break though end of the season (regular player attendance is required to prepare for upcoming games, with coaches handling attendance scenarios with discretion)

• In Season Competition: Games and tournaments may be scheduled mid-April through the final weekend of USSSA State competition, typically mid-July (regular player attendance is required, with coaches handling attendance scenarios with discretion)

• The SBC does not sponsor fall baseball for its club teams, but SBC coaches are not prohibited from self-organizing an SBC team to play. However, players will not be required to participate. Coaches interested in fall baseball should contact the Baseball Competition Chair to discuss further. 

Team Play Guidelines & Player Fees

While each team's schedule is a result of players'/coaches' availability and the unique competitive culture of each individual team, the guidelines below are established to create a standard within age divisions and maintain a club-level season for all SBC teams. Coaches of teams who want to play/practice more or less than the outlined standards below will be asked to have a conversation with the club's Competition Chair.

*Player fees noted below are established in conjunction with the amount of Team Play expected, as shown below, and do not include a player's uniform(s) or personal playing apparel.