Effective immediately Dragon Youth Baseball is changing from the current PONY baseball league format: Shetland, Pinto, and Mustang, etc. into the more common “And Under” format e.g. 6U, 7U, 8U, etc. for all leagues dropping PONY designations. Additionally, there will be some rule modifications accompanying these changes to better promote appropriate skill growth for all players.
We are also modifying DYB Program names to more appropriately depict their designed goals:
New league breakdown, distances remain the same:
Please see our FAQ and rules pages for complete details regarding your league.
The Southlake Baseball Association ("SBA") - d/b/a Dragon Youth Baseball ("DYB") is an ALL VOLUNTEER, non-profit organization committed to providing our area's youth with a positive and rewarding baseball experience. As a non-profit organization, though, we are continually in need of coaching, financial (team sponsorships) and volunteer (administrative help) assistance. If you are interested in assisting us help Southlake youth please contact us via email: info@dragonyouthbaseball.org.
It is not necessary to have played baseball prior to joining an SBA league. We have beginners join and start playing baseball at all ages. BlastBall, Shetland Introductory, Pinto Texas-Cactus and Mustang Texas-Cactus are all leagues designed to introduce a child to the game of baseball.
All of our leagues including the Advanced and Grapefruit Divisions require coaches to rotate players in the infield and outfield and to bat the team’s entire roster. This allows each player the opportunity to play multiple positions and to have multiple at bats during each game. Therefore, a beginner is not relegated to the bench or one position.
Based on baseball age players are placed into the appropriate Pony league. In RARE cases players can receive an exception to play up or down a league if it will impact the players or their teammate’s safety. DYB strives for fair and competitive play in all leagues with the safety of our players as our first concern. In order to be considered for an alternate league the player MUST attend coach look for evaluation. The league commissioners of both leagues in question will confer to render a decision in the best interest of our players. The commissioner’s decision is final.
Under DYB rules recreational leagues are required to utilize a draft process for team selection. As a result, no requests for players playing with each other or for a specific coach are accepted with the exception of BlastBall.
Please email the BlastBall commissioner with any request to combine players on one team or to register as a team.
For all Divisions, you may specifically request that siblings play on the same team, if the siblings’ ages allow them to play in the same Division. Space is provided on the registration form to note your request to have siblings play together (or not).
As described below, coaches will be selected following Player Evaluations and teams will be drafted usually within two weeks of this date. Following the draft, your coach will contact you (usually by email) shortly thereafter with team information including practice times and the game schedule.
All other concerns and/or requests should be directed to the appropriate League Commissioner through his email listed on this site.
The Southlake Baseball Association attempts to keep team rosters to ten or eleven players to maximize the playing time for each participant. Therefore, it is important that players attend scheduled games and practices. Please consider potential conflicts with other activities or religious issues that might impact your child’s ability to participate in all scheduled games.
DYB offers Fall and Spring recreational baseball seasons. Other than the End of Season Spring Tournament there is no difference. However, since many players play other sports in the Fall there are fewer teams.
The Dragon Youth Baseball Complex is located at Bicentennial Park: 476 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
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