Softball

SBMSA is first and foremost a recreational softball league for young ladies to be active outside and enjoy learning and playing softball. On the whole, we embrace healthy competition and the great life lessons that it teaches. We also provide our more competitive all-star tournament players access to high performance teams to excel and work toward high school and potentially college softball.

Practices are usually 1-2 times a week, and there is usually 1-2 games per week. Some coaches choose to practice at their local elementary school field for convenience, but others choose to practice at the game fields at Spring Branch Elementary. Once your player is assigned to a team, the specific dates of practices and games will be set.

For 2025, registration opens on December 2nd. Registration closes on Friday, January 10th.

For the 2025 season, player registration is $330. The most updated registration information will always be on our registration page, so please check there to confirm.

Please note: Financial assistance is available for those who need it.

Our cutoff is August 31 of the current school year. So for 2025, the age cutoff is August 31, 2024.

You will need to provide your daughter a softball glove and a helmet. Many players and coaches already have bats can be borrowed during the skills assessment. We suggest you use another player’s and coach’s bats first so that you can determine the right bat size for your daughter and whether to buy to borrow.

At SBMSA Softball, our League registrants attend a skills assessment similar to “tryouts”, with the exception that we do not cut players.

The younger ages, 6U and 8U, do not have skills evaluations. Those division’s teams are formed primarily by elementary school with parents taking the lead to coordinate and assemble teams. The teams will have players from more than one grade level and the parents will to work together with the age level commissioner to achieve a fair distribution. Some schools that may not have enough players to form a team and will combine their players with another school with the assistance of the age level commissioner.

The 10U, 12U and 14U divisions do attend a skills assessment. The actual date will be listed in the season calendar and the exact time via email. All skill levels are welcome. We often have 2 or 3 new first time players on each team even in our oldest age group.

All exact skills assessment times will be determined and sent via email. We will also update our Season Calendar as we can.

The 6U and 8U teams will be contacted by their coaches a day or so after registration closes. The 10U and 12U teams will be contacted immediately after the draft night. The 14U teams will be contacted by their coaches a day or two after the 14U skills evaluations.

All late registrants are placed on a wait list and only added to team if room permits.

You may request a refund up to the day regular registration closes, but there will be a $35 administrative fee. After registration closes (check the registration page for the most recent closing date) there will be no refunds.

Practices will begin no earlier than team formation for all age divisions is complete. Coaches will provide their players information on the times and dates for practices. The specific date that practices can begin should be found on the Season Calendar.

We welcome parent volunteers. All volunteers on the field or in the dugout must apply here to volunteer on the SBMSA website before being permitted to be in the dugout area. When registering, you can volunteer to manage a team, coach, be a team mom, etc.