WEATHER UPDATE & SKILLS COMPETITIONS
WEATHER UPDATE >> FRIDAY, JULY 5th @ 3:30 PM..........We are currently in a lightning delay at Frank Brown Park. We anticipate starting back up at 4:00 PM once the storm passes.
EVERY TEAM is required to fill out an Economic Impact form that must be turned in to the Grand Slam staff at the Coaches meetings prior to each World Series event. This form is also available on our website by clicking on Events, Corporate and then the World Series you are attending. Look on the left hand side of the page where it says DOCUMENTS and click on that link. You can fill the form out, scan and email or bring to the coaches meetings.
GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL SKILLS COMPETITIONS
**SKILLS COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD FROM 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ON TBA fields at FRANK BROWN PARK on Sunday, June 30 for age divisions 8U through 14U. 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 8-pitches or 5-swings, whichever comes first. If a tie occurs, players 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 4-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.