3&2 is excited to announce one of our most popular events, the 3&2 Baseball Coaches Clinic, is scheduled for 9am-12:30pm on Saturday, February 8 at the University of Kansas Sports Medicine and Performance Center, located at 8302 W. 125th St. Overland Park.
We are grateful to the Kansas City Royals & KU for hosting and sponsoring this year’s event. This event is completely free to attend but space is limited this year to 100 coaches due to the size of the host site. Please RSVP by registering for this free event.
We have assembled a terrific team of speakers for the 2020 Clinic.
Leading off the event is Kansas City Royals team physician Dr. Vincent Key. Dr. Key is going to talk about Dispelling the Myths of "Throwing" Athletes and ways to train for peak performance and prevent injury in young athletes.
Sessions will continue with Varsity Baseball Coaches from the top programs in Kansas City sharing their knowledge and techniques for training and coaching pitching, hitting, catching, base running, agility, leadership, and practice plans.
New this year--Due to this clinic's value and standards of excellence in training, we are being recognized by USA Baseball as a certified community clinic event! If now or in the future, you wish to become a certified coach by USA Baseball, attending this clinic counts towards that end. There are no costs of any kind for this certification or the clinic. For more information on the coaching certification component of the clinic, CLICK HERE.
Whether you wear the formal title as manager of the team, assistant coach, or you’re a parent/coach at home wanting to improve your knowledge of the game when working with your son, you’re invited and encouraged to attend!
Hit Trax, is a hitting-only league with teams of 4-6 players all ages on Tuesday/Thursday nights. Runs February – March- 4 weeks. One double header per night (2 games take about 60 mins) $75 per player for the entire session. Great hitting reps on the state-of-the-art Hit Trax machines. Super fun for the kids. Great training for athletes training for HS tryouts. Sign up as a team or as an individual.
Who’s In for Tuesdays & Thursday Nights in February?
HT Pirates
Jaguars
KC Monarchs
Lenexa Lightning
Shawnee Cubs
Sluggers
Mudcats
Wild Things
Free Agent Team 1
Free Agent Team 2
Hit Trax league will be run from Homefield USA's 260,000 square foot facility, located near Bass Pro Shop in Olathe is the perfect venue for Hit Trax baseball and other training. Also, plenty of opportunity for parents to stay and observe or drop and pick-up.
General Rules:
Games limited to 6 innings or 30 minutes, whichever comes first (Games can end in a tie)
Home team picks the Major League stadium to play that day
All games use a pitching machine. Team coordinator or coach feeds the machine.
Team and individual registration is now open for the 2020 spring/summer season. We invite you and your team to enjoy a season of fun at 3&2 by completing either the 2020 Manager Application or the Individual Registration.
Other great reasons to play league at 3&2 in 2020 and beyond:
Age-appropriate fields – all games will be played on fields that are sized to fit the age of the teams.
All levels of play – regardless if your team is highly competitive or recreational, we can align your team with other teams of similar ability to create a competitively-balanced schedule.
Flexible scheduling – we know that families today are busy and your team will need help navigating the season. We can work with you!
If your team has never played at 3&2 before, call us to talk about how we can create a season that meets your needs, exceeds your expectations, and in doing so, find out why so many have called 3&2 their league home for generations.
Sign up now and save $25 off registeration before February 3rd
Need a job that allows you to grow and stay involved in the game you love?
Join the 3&2 Baseball Umpire Family!
3&2 UMPIRE TRAINING ACADEMY STARTS MARCH 22
Are you looking for a challenge that will:
Develop your leadership skills?
Enhance your decision making capabilities?
Make you more confident in conflict management?
We invite you to join the 3&2 family of umpires where you will:
Impact thousands of lives by providing a memorable, fair and fun game experience.
Learn the game from a different and expanded view.
Develop your abilities and work your way up to higher level games.
Register today for our first 3&2 Umpire Training Academy of the year for new or beginning umpires. You must be in 8th grade or older this fall to participate. $25 registration fees includes training, materials and upon completion of the class, an umpire hat and shirt so you are prepared for your first games!
Join our 3&2 umpire family.
Click here to learn more and register for our next Umpire Training Academy.
FREE Scoring Classes for New and Experienced Scorers
Official Scorer's Classes - We encourage every team to send its scorer to this class. It will help this person do a better job for your team. And it's fun!
Rookie Scorers -
When: 6-8pm, Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
Where: Shawnee Public Library - 13811 Johnson Drive, Shawnee 66216
Topics covered:
General purpose of the scorer
Setting up the scorebook to start a game
Basic scoring notations
Counting pitches
Scoring philosophy
Technology in scoring
Experienced Scorers -
When: 6-8pm, Tuesday, February 25, 2020.
Where: Shawnee Public Library - 13811 Johnson Drive, Shawnee 66216
Topics in the experienced class will include:
Review of general purpose and markings
Advanced scoring techniques
Passed ball and Wild Pitch
Fielder’s Choice
Sacrifice fly and bunts
Earned run average computation
Q&A on specific situations
Please register here for these free classes so we can prepare for the appropriate number of students.
Our instructor is Scott Schumacher, a former scorer for Major League Baseball.
3&2 Baseball is excited to introduce a new Winter League option for players in Pre-K thru 2nd grade (4-8U) this season. Want to keep the development and training going through the winter months or are you a family who hasn’t played ball before and wants to get started before spring? This is the league for both of you and others in between. This is NOT just a hitting league. This is full indoor baseball games for young players.
Games are played at HOMEFIELD USA located inside the Elite Sports Mall at 2115 East Kansas City Road Olathe KS 66061. The playing space is one of the finest indoor sports venues in the area and terrific for baseball training and games.
Teams will play their current grade level as a default. Teams are composed of a recommended roster of 5-7 players, with a maximum number of 8 teams total for the league. Space is limited!
The season will start on Saturday, February 1st and games will be played Saturdays from 3-6PM. Games are 1 hour long. The season will be 6 weeks long and will conclude on March 7th.
Managers or coaches interested in having a Winter Ball team should complete a manager’s application starting December 13, 2019 on 3&2’s web site. Click on the REGISTER TEAM button on the front page of the web site and follow the prompts. This must be done before individual players will be able to be added to your team roster.
Interested in playing but don’t have a team??? Individual player registration will be done through the 3&2 web site. Parents should click on the REGISTER NOW button on the front page of the web site and follow the prompts. On a space available basis, teams may be formed with players not already on a team (free agents). Parents are needed to lead and coach those teams. Free agents will not be placed on a team until and unless registration is paid in full.
The player registration fee is $75.00.
Can I play a grade level higher if my child’s advanced or a grade level lower if my child’s needs more development? In general, yes to both situations and we look at each of those cases individually. At this early level of baseball, we’d recommend playing your grade level, meeting friends/classmates your age for ease of potential team transitions in the future.
The league structure will be the same as during the summer with divisions within age levels to make sure teams are matched as evenly as possible. If you’re a manager, when you register, please indicate the level of play your team should be in. Standings will be kept.
Teams should wear as similar colored uniforms as possible. Mixed uniforms are acceptable. While uniforms are not provided by the league for this program, machines to pitch the baseballs are provided. Sign up today!!
Do you have a pre-schooler in your family that wants to play T-Ball?
The 3&2 Baseball Club of Johnson County is again offering two sessions of T-ball in 2020. The spring session will begin April 4th and run thru May 9th followed by our summer session starting May 30 and running thru July 11th. Registration is already underwayandthe deadline for spring registration is March 20th. To register, click on the orange, REGISTER NOW button on the home page of the 3&2 web site.
Parents are needed as coaches and managers for these teams. Put together your own team or build a team from players that sign up through open registration. 3&2 provides everything you need, including equipment, uniform t-shirts and hats!
Players need to be four years old by June 1st to be eligible.
Teams are formed by high school boundary area and games are played on Saturdays near the team's home area at the following locations.
Indian Hill Middle School (63rd & Mission Road)
Shawnee's Gum Spring Park (67th Street between Nieman and Quivira)
This rule will be applied in 2020 league baseball.
Effective January 1, 2020, USSSA, a governing body for youth baseball, will adopt a rule requiring that all players 13u players must swing a bat with no lighter than a drop-8 length-to-weight ratio and 14u players must swing a bat no lighter than a drop-5.
The following is a statement released by USSSA Baseball:
“13U Bat Standard Changes Starting January 1, 2020, our 13U division will have a new bat limit. A maximum of drop 8 (-8) will be the new bat restriction for the 13U age group. This will only apply to 13U events and teams playing in 13U events. See USSSA rule below. Effective January 1st 2020, all13U events and all teams in 13U events must use a maximum drop 8 (-8) bat with the official USSSA 1.15 BPF Mark permanently stamped. All 14U events and all teams in the 14U events must use a maximum drop 5 (-5) bat with the official USSSA 1.15 BPF Mark permanently stamped.”
