Grand Slam Sports Tournaments
DAILY WEATHER UPDATES
Thursday, June 20 @ 2:30 PM (CT).....ALL fields resumed play at 1:00 PM (CT) Thursday afternoon. IF we get any more significant rain with delays, we WILL have to play on our rain date of Sunday in some age divisions. IF we get anymore rain we will have to cancel skills competitions in order to use Field #5 for games.
June 17-23, 2019, Frank Brown Park, 16200 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida
PLEASE CHECK THE DOCUMENTS TAB ON THE EVENT PAGE FOR WORLD SERIES SESSION I
This is your FINAL Pre-Tourney email prior to our Grand Slam World Series of Baseball Session I! Please use the following as a check list to make sure you have everything in order prior to arrival in Panama City Beach on Sunday, June 16, 2019! PLEASE, IF you are receiving this email and you are NOT planning on playing in this event, PLEASE have the courtesy of taking a moment to reply letting us know!
* Pool Play schedules for ALL age divisions have been posted. Couple of changes since originally posted. Double Elimination brackets will be posted by Wednesday, June 12th at 9:00 PM (CT). PLEASE check these schedules often prior to arrival for any changes that may have to be made.
* ANY FEES, entry or team gate fees, must be paid at the Coaches meetings in cash or credit card. The deadline for online payments has passed.
* Remember, your Economic Impact Form is MANDATORY and must be filled out in its entirety prior to your first game. You will NOT be allowed to take the field without this form turned in. The form is available on the World Series I page under DOCUMENTS. Again, please take your time filling this form out as we will not accept partially filled out forms. You can scan and email the form to us or bring it with you to the coaches meetings.
* The deadline for TEAM PRE-ORDERS for Official Grand Slam World Series Merchandise is TOMORROW, June 12. This form is also available on the World Series I page under DOCUMENTS. You must scan and email the form to us prior to your arrival so we can have all of your items ready for pick up at the Coaches meetings. You do NOT have to prepay for merchandise as you can pay when you pick it up. This is for TEAM ORDERS ONLY, NO Individual orders. We will have all Grand Slam official WS merchandise available at the parks all week long.
* Every team must have an online roster. Please make sure you have done this prior to the coaches meetings.
* Skills Competitions for World Series I will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 18 & 19 on Field #5 at Frank Brown Park. You can sign up for a date and time slot at the coaches meetings. This had to be changed due to the unavailability of Frank Brown Park on Sunday, June 16.
* IF you have not already secured rooms or have some folks on your team still looking for rooms, contact Mekenna Scott at By the Sea Resorts at Mekenna@bythesearesorts.com
* Schedules for Sunday, June 16th is as follows:
8:00-9:15 AM: Coaches & Team Mom Meetings for 8U, 9U, 10U & 11U teams at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach, Fl.
9:15-10:30 AM: Coaches & Team Mom Meetings for 12U, 13U & 14U teams at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach, FL.
3:00-4:00 PM: Opening Ceremonies Parade Team Lineup at Pier Park in the Dillards back parking lot.
5:30-7:30 PM: Pin Trading & Trading Card event at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach, Fl.
* NO steel spikes for 13U & 14U pitchers ONLY while pitching. All other players can wear steel and pitchers can wear steel when not on the pitching mound.
* Pop-Up tents, portable fans and one team cooler per team are allowed in the park. NO pets unless service animals and NO motorized vehicles of any kind allowed inside the park.
* Grand Slam will provide two new Bownet NFHS official baseballs per game. You are welcome to keep HR balls, just be prepared to throw in a new NFHS stamped baseball.
We look forward to having you with us at the Beach for our first of four World Series this Summer! Travel safely and see you on the 16th at Rockit Lanes!
GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL SKILLS COMPETITIONS
**SKILLS COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD on Tuesday & Wednesday, June 18 & 19 on Field #5 at FRANK BROWN PARK. There will be THREE Competitions, ONE TEAM competition and TWO INDIVIDUAL competitions. We will award champions in each age division. Coaches must sign their players up ahead of time at the coaches meetings on Sunday in order to participate.
** Dates and Times are subject to change based on weather and other factors.
THE TEAM COMPETITION will be the AROUND THE HORN competition (9-players)
• Each team will have 9 position players.
• Each outfielder will have a base placed in a standard outfield spot which they will have to touch before they can throw.
• Each infielder will have to touch the base before they can throw.
• A wrong throw must be thrown back to that player and player must re throw to correct spot
• A 5 second penalty will be given for each missed base
• How the competition works
• Pitcher throws to catcher
• Catcher to second (shortstop covers)
• Shortstop to first
• First to third
• Third to second (second baseman covers)
• Second to right field
• Right field to center field
• Center field to left field
• Left field to home
Time will start when the catcher has the ball and steps on the plate. Time will end when catcher has the ball and steps on the plate.
Make sure you have players backing up each throw, your other players my retrieve a missed ball and give it back to the player that has to throw it. The player backing it up may not throw the ball to the next base only the player that is playing that base. The player
backing up the play must be one of your nine player's being used in the competition
THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS will be the HOME RUN DERBY & GOLDEN ARM competitions! Max of 4-players per team can participate in the individual competitions.
HOME RUN DERBY: Must provide your own COACH pitcher and shaggers. Each player gets 6-pitches or 3-swings, whichever comes first. If a tie occurs, tie breaker is 5-pitches or 3-swings, whichever comes first. 200-foot fence. Players in 12-U and up will have their balls over the fence measured to determine winners.
GOLDEN ARM: Player will stand 150-feet from home plate in CF and have 3-throws to try and hit a target at Home Plate. Most targets hit wins. Balls can hit target on the fly or only bounce ONE time to be counted as a hit target. In case of a tie, we will go to sudden death, one try for each player tied until we have a winner. Some age divisions may be moved closer to target.