Rally Cap
Welcome to the Junior and Senior Rally Cap page!
2023 Season – Rally Cap Birth Years:
Junior Rally Cap: players born in 2016* – 2018
Senior Rally Cap: players born in 2014 to 2016*
Advanced Rally Cap : players born in 2014
* Players who were born in 2016 and have played at least one year in Junior Rally Cap can choose to register in either Junior or Senior Rally Cap
* Players who were born in 2014 may also have the option of trying out for the 11U division in their zone
2023 RALLY CAP DIVISION SCHEDULE:
- April 27 6:00-8:15PM Advanced Rally Cap Coaches Meetings – Travelodge Hotel
- April 29 1:00-3:00PM Jr. Rally Cap Coaches Meeting – Saskatoon Field House
- April 29 3:00-5:00PM Sr. Rally Cap Coaches Meeting – Saskatoon Field House
- May 1 OPENING DAY – All Divisions
- June 10-11 Sr. Rally Cap Jamboree, Geoff Hughes Park
- June 24-25 Jr. Rally Cap Jamboree
- June 30 Jr. & Sr. Rally Cap & Advanced Rally Cap Season End
- July 1 NO PLAY – Canada Day
- July 8-9 Advanced Rally Cap League End Tournament – Kilburn Park
Rally Cap Team Contacts 2023:
The Rally Cap Program:
The Rally Cap Program is an initiative to enhance players’ and coaches’ first experience with the game. The program helps teams teach players the five FUNdamentals of baseball in a fun and safe environment. Players have the opportunity to perform different tasks in order to earn a colored Baseball Canada Rally Cap. Cap colors correspond with various levels of achievement. The program is designed for young baseball players.
Goals:
1. Create a fun environment in which children and adults are actively engaged together in the game of baseball.
2. Develop fundamental motor skills, teach baseball skills, and basic rules to our players.
3. Experience success with an emphasis on good sportsmanship.
4. Promote increased self-esteem among Rally Cap children and adults.
5. Recruiting new coaches and volunteers
Program Information for Baseball Saskatoon:
- Jr. Rally Cap (age 4-6 years old)
- Focus on FUNdamentals and baseball development
- 7-8 players per team
- Choose a Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu night schedule
- 5:30 pm start time
- 75 minute sessions (rotation between game play and practicing)
- use of community diamonds
- Game Format
- start with loaded bases
- every player hits every inning
- pitching machine or batting tee
- rotate infield positions after each batter
- Sr. Rally Cap (age 6-8 years old)
- Focus on FUNdamentals and baseball development
- 9-11 players per team
- Choose a Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu night schedule
- 6 pm start time
- 75 minute sessions (30 minutes practice, balance game)
- use of community diamonds
- Game Format
- pitching machine
- 3 strikes and 3 out rule / inning
- players rotate defensive positions
Rally Cap Format/Rules:
Congratulations to the following:
Diamond Locations by Zone:
- A’s Zone:
- St. Andrews (14th St. and Ave. M)
- Rochdale 1, 2, 3, 4 (Lawson Heights School – Redberry Rd.)
- Henry Kelsey 1, 2 (Ave. K and 34th St)
- Dundonald 1 (George Rd and Makaroff Rd)
- Dundonald 2 (St. Peter School – Summer Crescent)
- Blue Jays Zone:
- Anna McIntosh 1 (Bishop Filevich School – 105th St., west of Central Ave.)
- Ernest Lindner 1 & 2 (Dr. John Egnatoff School, Kenderdine Rd and Rogers Rd)
- Ernest Lindner 3, 4, 5 (Father Robinson School – Rogers Rd)
- Sutherland School (109th St. and Egbert Ave.)
- Braves Zone:
- Wildwood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Bishop Pocock School – Avondale Rd., Wildwood School – Rosedale Rd.)
- Glen Penner Park 1 (Colette Bourgonje School – Olson Lane in Rosewood)
- Cardinals Zone:
- Grosvenor Park 1 (Main St. and Cumberland Ave.)
- Harold Tatler 5 & 4 (Louise Ave., Jarvis Dr., Woodward Ave.)
- John Lake School diamonds (Cascade St. and Wilson Cres.)
- Canon Smith Park (1507 Isabella St E, between Cumberland Ave and Park Ave)
- Adelaide Park
- Kistikan Park 1, 2, and 3 (Pope John Paul II School – between Arlington and Eastview)
- Royals City-Wide Zone:
- A.H. Browne (37th St. and Ave. F West)
- H S Sears 1, 2 3, 4 (Fairhaven School – Forrester Rd)
- AS Wright – 685 East Dr (behind Alvin Buckwold School)
- Wildwood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Bishop Pocock School – Avondale Rd., Wildwood School – Rosedale Rd.)
- Rochdale 1, 2, 3, 4 (Lawson Heights School – Redberry Rd.)
Resources:
Baseball Canada Rally Cap Initiation Program
Learning To Pitch: My First Pitch Coach’s Workbook
Access Drills: YouTube videos of drills for Rally Cap Division Coaches and Players