Severn Athletic Club Baseball

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF SEVERN SEMINOLES BASEBALL

WINNERS OF 12 MARYLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Offering:

In-House Baseball ages 3 thru 18
(we do not offer 3/4 yo in the Fall)

Travel Baseball ages 8 thru 14

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Severn Baseball On-Line Store Fan Gear

Is OPEN

https://rebelsportsgroup.com/Severn_Baseball/shop/products/all?page=1

SPRING 2023 BASEBALL REGISTRATION

WE NEED COACHES AT ALL DIVISIONS...PLEASE SIGN UP TO COACH

clink on link below

https://sacsports.sportngin.com/register/form/720036379

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES BELOW FOR SPRING 2023 BASEBALL REGISTRATION

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All Registration fees MUST be Paid by March 1, 2023. Any registration fees not paid will result in your child NOT being placed on a team until payment is received or other arrangements are made

Refunds
Prior to the start of the season, March 1, there will be a $20.00 service fee applied to any refund request. No refunds will be issued after the start of practice or uniforms are ordered for any reason, even if a child is injured.

UNIFORMS:
4U ‘little noles’ and 6U Division the following are provided:
Baseball cap
Uniform Jersey
Uniform Pants
Socks

All Other Divisions (8U through 18U) the following are provided:
Baseball cap
Uniform Jersey
Socks
(Uniform Pants are NOT provided, gray pants required)

Volunteers

Severn Athletic Club, as with any all-volunteer organization, depends on volunteers. Unfortunately, we have not had the cooperation that we rely on to keep registration fees as low as possible and in maintaining the fields as some of the best in the county. Please know that we do NOT receive any help from the county, the maintenance of the playing fields is solely on our volunteers in keeping the fields playable. Too often our coaches are left to maintain the fields along with the time commitment they already have coaching/training the players on their team, your children.

Concession Stand

In the past we required team parents to work the Concession Stand during practices and/or games. Prior to Covid we were able to have a few people run the Stand. That is no longer the case. Spring 2023 each team will be scheduled to run the Concession Stand. We will be sharing the Concession Stand duties along with Softball.

Severn Baseball Spring Break Tournament - April 28, 29 and 30

We run a Travel Baseball Tournament every Spring to raise money for our Recreation Baseball Program. We use this fundraiser to help keep fees as low as possible as well as purchasing ball mix for the infields. We will be setting up a separate registration for volunteers. The help we need is dragging the fields and lining the fields between each game, taking care of the garbage, working the concession stand, cleaning, stocking the bathrooms as needed. We will show you how it's done! We will be asking for volunteers at the beginning of the season.

WHEN REGISTERING YOUR CHILD PLEASE CONSIDER COACHING
(Register below to be a Head Coach or Assistant)

Volunteers:

https://sacsports.sportngin.com/register/form/535151119

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AGE REQUIREMENTS

NOTE: Age requirements for the 2023 Spring season is as follows (please be sure you are compliant with age requirements)

YOUR CHILD MUST PLAY IN THE APPROPRIATE DIVISION FOR THEIR AGE REGARDLESS OF EXPERIENCE

Do not register in an age group that your child is not eligible for, as your player will not get on a roster.

Players can play up but cannot play down in age groups.

4U (Lil' Noles): This is for 3 and 4 year olds

6U (5 /6-year-olds): Cannot turn 7 before August 31, 2023

8U (7-/8-year-olds): Cannot turn 9 before August 31, 2023

10U (9/10-year-olds): Cannot turn 11 before August 31, 2023

12U (11 /12-year-olds): Cannot turn 13 before August 31, 2023

15U (13- 15-year-olds): Cannot turn 16 before August 31. 2023
The 15U Division is WAITLISTED. We will reopen should we have enough registrations AND a Coach.

18U (16–18-year-olds): Cannot turn 19 before August 31, 2023

Anne Arundel CO-OP Guidelines

TO BE POSTED

Upcoming Events for 2023

Saturday, April 15 - OPENING DAY

Sunday, April 23 - Baseball/Softball Day at Camden Yards

Friday through Sunday, April 28, 29, and 30 - Severn Spring Break Tournament (fundraiser for Baseball)

We are in the Anne Arundel Co-Op league, https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=aabaseballcoop
that consists of other leagues within the County, so some travel is necessary.

Volunteer Positions –

Coaches/Assistant Coaches – are needed at all Divisions…we constantly have to tell players that we do not have room for them due to lack of Coaches. We know it is a major commitment, but it is so rewarding to see the players improve and grow. If you really want to feel rewarded wait until these players come up to you as young adults and tell you that you coached them and they had a great time playing baseball, tell you how and what they are doing in High School or College and then they Thank you.

Field Maintenance - Needed to mow the Baseball fields, groom the infields, line fields when available for games and pick up trash.

Concessions Stand Committee – Help manage, in conjunction with Softball, our concession stand. We have in the past assigned teams a day during the season to staff the stand, which we will probably continue. This is an important need as it provides a needed function (feeding hungry kids and parents!) while also providing additional funds to purchase equipment and/or goes to field maintenance.

Thank you for choosing Severn Athletic Club Baseball

Jimy Ark, Travel Team Co-Ordinator

Natalie Robinson, Assistant Commissioner of Baseball

Geoffrey M. Bobersky, Commissioner of Baseball

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IMPORTANT DATES & FIELD UPDATES:

Upcoming tryouts for Travel Baseball

Please reach out to coaches for tryout dates. Information is on travel team page.

Practice fields for Rec teams

4U - Little Noles

6U - field 7 and 'little Noles'

8U - field 6 and 8

10U - field 3

12U - field 2 & 4

15U - field 5 & 1

18U - field 1

OTHER INFORMATION:

For baseball related questions, please contact Natalie Robinson @ natalie.robinson2@verizon.net OR Geoffrey Bobersky @ gbobersky@severnathleticclub.org

Practice/Games: Generally there is one practice (sometimes two weekday practice)/game during the week, Monday thru Thursday, and one practice on Saturday

Bat Rule: We follow the national youth baseball organizations who have adopted USA Baseball's bat program/rule. Please go to www.usabat.com for a complete list of approved bats and other FAQ's.

@ Home Videos:

Throwing video

https://youtu.be/-aO9KtcUQCo

Hitting video

https://youtu.be/keVyBnlHqCo

TO VOLUNTEER:

...in the best of times we always need more volunteers than we get...we have been relying on too few volunteers to keep baseball running...we still have to take care of the fields...the county does NOT take care of the fields...nor do they empty the trash cans....they don't clean the bathrooms either....they don't run the concession stand...they don't do any of the administrative work...outside of the fact that we play in a County Park, EVERYTHING is done by VOLUNTEERS.

In order to be a coach/assistant coach/team parent or have any "any personal involvement with children" you must have a passing background check thru AACO Rec. and Parks.

Currently background checks by the AACPS are not accepted.

COUNTY POLICY "As a prerequisite for any personal involvement with children, all adults who have care, custody or control of youth participants in any program or activity are required to successfully complete a criminal history records check as described in the Background Check process in this manual. "

Further information go to:
https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/volunteer-background-check

Coaching - a criminal background check is required for anyone who interacts with children. Click on the following link to go to Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks webpage for more info:

https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/volunteer-background-check

You must also have a coaches certification from the county:

https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/coaches-certification

Other On-line Training for Coaches - go to: https://www.usabaseball.com/ or

https://usabdevelops.com/USAB/Certification/Coach_Certification/USAB/Certification/Coach_Certification.aspx?hkey=9b5b27e7-bb58-4b30-80e7-20d8ea4a657f
This is an excellent resource whether you never played Baseball, new to Coaching or have Coached for years. It teaches you about the game, each position, how to run practices and practice plans. Although it shows an invoice when registering for a course it is totally free. When signing up use verbatim: Severn Athletic Club Baseball as the organization

Team Parent(s) - because there is interaction with children you must have a criminal background check also; go to: https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/volunteer-background-check

CONCESSION STAND - We will need people to run the concession stand this year. More info to come

Volunteering...please E-Mail

Geoff Bobersky at gbobersky@severnathleticclub.org OR Natalie Robinson @ natalie.robinson2@verizon.net OR
Jimy Ark @ jimyarxx@aol.com

Thank you in advance for volunteering!