WPPA Fall Ball
General Information:
Registration Timing: Registration opens in June and closes in July
Registration Fees: Early Registration is $175. Regular Registration is $200.
Included:
- Baseball: 7 games (plus minimum of one playoff game if coach "opts in")
- Softball: 8 games
- Hat and Jersey
Registration Requirements: Age Requirements can be found here.
Game Time Frame: Weekend starting in mid/late August through mid/late-October (no games during Labor Day Weekend). Practices are not required but coaches might setup optional team events.
Fall Baseball Details:
- Season Start: August 15th, 2026
- Game Day(s): Saturday and Sundays
- Games: 7, excluding Playoffs - schedule published first week of August (if not sooner)
- Playoffs: mid to late October
- Divisions: Each League will have 2 or 3 divisions (depending on registration):
- A: Most competitive (mostly Travel players)
- B: Competitive (some Travel players)
- C: Lets have fun and get better at baseball
- Leagues/Ages: 7U, 9U, 11U, 13U (Age Requirements: here)
- Fall Rules: Rules
- Coach Sign-up (with or without a roster): link
- Team Creation: Teams are formed to allow players to "play with" friends. This is accomplished by working with a volunteer coach and having that coach form the team. The coach will provide their roster to the Fall Baseball Commissioner or Fall Softball Commissioner once it is formulated. If a coach only has a partial team of players/friends, that is okay - the commissioners will complete the teams with at-large players that are available.
- Practice Slots: Not provided (please do not request, please do not contact CPD to request)
- “Call Up” Notification List: coming soon
Note: all games – regular season and playoffs – are weather permitting
Fall FAQ:
- Does WPPA Fall Baseball provide Practice slots?
- No
- When will Schedules be sent out?
- August 8th (at the latest)
- When is the first weekend of games?
- Saturday August 15th
- When is the last weekend of games?
- Last weekend in October (if needed)
- When is the gear and ball pick up?
- TBD
- What are the bat rules?
- WPPA rulebook > 2026 WPPA Baseball Rules > Page 5
Rookie Clinic Details
Fall Rookie Clinic (open for players with birthdates of September 2, 2019 through September 1, 2020) will be capped at 60 participants, and will include four, one-hour clinics from 10-11a on each of the Sundays in September, beginning September 8, 2024 (with a rain date of the first weekend in October). The clinics will be organized by our professional travel baseball coaches, but we need parent volunteers to help wrangle as well, so please note the volunteer option while registering
Fall Softball Details:
The season will consist of eight (8) games (weather permitting), played on Sundays. Games will start on August 17th (tentative) and run until Mid-October.
Schedules will be released by or around August 9th. No games Sunday August 31st.
- Based on these age requirements, players can register for only one (1) of the following divisions: 8U, 10U, 12U, or 14U
- Fall Softball Coaches are encouraged to submit a complete roster of players for their Fall Softball Team. Please reach out to your current coach about roster placement.
- If your registered player isn't connected to any coach, the Fall Softball Commissioner will do their best to place them on a roster, but space isn't guaranteed. If a spot isn't available you will be refunded.
- WPPA Fall Softball aims to provide additional on-field experience across all age levels. It is a good time for players to try different positions and improve their softball skills. However, if there is interest from the coaches, and teams created with travel or high level players, an A League and a B League will be created, if possible.
- Rising players from 10U and 12U are allowed to move up to the next division for Fall Softball, pending the approval of the Fall Softball Commissioner. "Rising players" are defined as players who finished their second year in 10U and 12U.
- Rookie players with birthdays between September 1st and December 31st, 2018 may move to 8U softball if there is room on a team's roster and pending the approval of the Fall Softball Commissioner.
- Fall Softball Teams are not assigned practice slots, please do not request them and please don't reach out to CPD.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Fall Softball Commissioner at fallsoftball@wppachicago.
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New Coaches (or Coaches who did not coach in Spring 2025 at WPPA) are always welcomed! Please fill out this form and email the Fall Softball Commissioner with your interest.