Springfield MAVS Baseball

The MAVS are accepting applications to join our competitive youth baseball club.

Please complete the following application:

https://goo.gl/ZRKfbB

TRYOUT UPDATE

7U Coach Pitch - ROSTER FULL

9U - ROSTER FULL

10U - ROSTER FULL

11U ROSTER FULL

12U - ROSTER FULL

13U - ROSTER FULL

Upon the receipt of tryout applications, the try out dates will be finalized based upon number of applicants, distance consideration and family schedules. We desire to work with families individually.

We are dedicated to having one outstanding team at each age level.

Tryout Location

Glendale Christian Field

2110 S. Blackman Rd. Springfield, MO 65809

AND

MAVS Indoor Facility

Cost

$20 tryout fee.

The funds from tryouts are used for equipment and further enhancing the field located on the Glendale Christian Church campus and our MAVS Indoor Training Facility.

You may also contact us via email at springfieldmavericks@gmail.com with any further questions.

The Springfield Mavericks Baseball Club is the premier youth travel baseball club in southwest Missouri. With 61 championship titles and 3 state titles since our founding in 2011, the MAVS are the Club of Champions in youth baseball. 2017 will mark the 8th season for the organization.

Our mission is to teach and develop life skills for student-athletes through the game of baseball and create ball players with character.

The MAVS are a well recognized, multi-team, select level baseball club that has seen many talented players move successfully into the area school programs. We are a teaching and development organization for players, currently ages 7-13 and will expand to 14 in the future, who aspire to play at the next level.

The MAVS have a Board of Directors to manage club policy and direct the future of the club.

We believe in creating an awesome travel baseball experience. We differ from others. Our focus is to experience baseball through competition at varying locations across the region. We go where the competition is!

We do play locally in Branson, Joplin, Nevada and Harrison, AR, but try to focus on being the team that will travel to locations such as the ones below to face top competition.

Past Travel Locations include:

• Gulf Shores, AL
• Bentonville, AR
• Conway, AR
• Fayetteville, AR
• Harrison, AR
• Jonesboro, AR
• Rogers, AR
• Springdale, AR
• Des Moines, IA
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Tulsa, OK
• Dallas, TX
• Ft. Worth, TX
• Memphis, TN
• Branson, MO
• Columbia, MO
• Joplin, MO
• Kansas City, MO
• Nevada, MO
• Osage Beach, MO
• Springfield, MO
• St. Louis, MO

• The USSSA Season Starts on August 1, 2017
• We play tournaments from March through mid July.
  
• We have fall activities and camps included in your fee.
• Fall Tournaments are at discretion of Head Coach.
• Out winter workouts start in mid January and go through the first of March.
  
• Our player pitch teams typically play between 40 and 55 games consisting of out of town tournaments.
  
• Our Coach pitch teams teams typically play between 25-45 games (pending age level) and these teams do participate in local leagues as well as travel.
  
• The USSSA Season will conclude with your teams World Series in July.

FEES

The team fee for player pitch will be in the range of $1,000-$1,500. In the past, Coach Pitch typically will range from $350-$750,i just depends upon programming.

Why the range, you might ask? The range is estimated due to many variables, including the costs associated with registration for tournaments. Many tournaments have not set their rates. We have to estimate our costs. Your coach will share with you the budget as we move forward.

All fees paid into the club are NON-REFUNDABLE for any reason. Why you might ask are fees nonrefundable? When the club collects fees, we then start the process of entering tournaments and paying for expenses.

TRAVEL COST

Travel costs such as hotel and transportation are not included in the fee structure. We stay as a team on our travel tournaments at a team hotel.

DEPOSIT

The club wide board approved team deposit for 2018 will be $300 and will be applied to your fees. This will be due within approximately one week of your team offer and acceptance.

FUTURE FEE PAYMENTS

Fee payment #2 will be due in the months to follow will be $300.

All remaining fees will be due in full by February 1, 2017.

FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES

Fundraising opportunities will be made available. The level of fundraising activities is left up to the teams to determine and implement. The success of your teams fundraising will determine your final payment. We don't believe travel baseball has to be expensive.

• We have had clubs play a 56 game travel schedule for only $350 - $500 due to fundraising success!

UNIFORMS

All families will be required to purchase the uniform package and is in addition to the fee. We have made a club wide decision to have the same uniforms, bags, helmets for all teams.

Uniform package typically include the following: Practice Cap, Game Cap, Two Jersey tops (third at discretion of coach at each level), , 2 belts, at least 2 pairs of pants with color braids, at least 4 pairs of socks, shoes, bat bags and helmets.

Obviously, first year MAVS will need to purchase full uniform packages. However, returning MAVS may have the opportunity to utilize uniforms from previous year, which then lead to cost savings.

In 2017, returning MAVS paid approximately $150 and new MAVS approximately $300.

We will make every effort to select our teams as soon as possible after tryouts. The process will be as follows:

1. You will receive an email offer of acceptance for a spot on a roster
   
2. You will have a designated time frame to respond to accept the spot
3. Upon acceptance you will receive by email with paperwork and instructions
4. Your Deposit will be due in order to complete your acceptance to the team
5. Should you not make the team, you will also receive an email.

No team activities are allowed until the fee deposit is paid.

Please note, the process can move rather quickly or it can be delayed pending the response rate of the selected families. We will do everything to expedite the process on our end.

At the conclusion of all team formulations, we will host an all-club parent meeting and signing day event sponsored by Ledgestone Capital Management, where the Mavs signs a "player agreement" to play baseball by the MAVS 101 Ways for the 2018 USSA Season.

Email: springfieldmavericks@gmail.com
Website: www.springfieldmavs.com
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpringfieldMavericks