What is included in your reg fees and how much are they per season?

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Aug 29, 2018
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I’m curious what other leagues charge for reg fees for travelball at 10u and 12u? And what is included? Are your coaches parents or hired coaches? Does it include pitching and batting clinics? Uniforms? Gear? I assume all the tournament reg fees etc. how many tournaments and how long is your season?
 
Jul 16, 2018
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Of course you already know it really depends on what you want to do.

I know of one large org that charges $200/month per kid and all that gets is your uniform & tourneys paid for.
For my daughters team we're trying to keep it at $700-$800 for the year And this is just uni's and tourney fees paid. - the fluctuation is usage of an indoor facility locally for winter practice.

Standard is uniform/tourneys/league fees (if playing league) and then split between the number of kids.
 

marriard

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Oct 2, 2011
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Note this is PER TEAM - not for the organization as teams play different tournaments, have different #s of players on the team, may use outside training more often, hire different trainers or facilities, etc, etc.... This is our budget

Cost to budget (team):
- Tournament entries
- Insurance
- Field usage fees (city, permits, whatever)
- equipment (balls, nets, tees, etc)
- Cost for training (facilities, instructors, etc)
- Cost for non-parent coaches (if you have them - our teams cover a cost per season plus hotels/travel)
- Misc costs

Budget Buffer of about 20%

Cost to budget (individual):
- Uniforms

Organization Contribution:
- Our organization has income from two tournaments and a league we run plus a big org wide casino night.
- Sponsorships run through our main org since sponsors can clai this against their taxes if they want.
- We then provide each team a significant contribution to each team to offset costs. Basically we divide profits from our events and add in specific team sponsorships.

Our team does not do any additional fundraising. Other teams do to help reduce their cost.

So in the end we calculate each players cost as:

(TeamBudget + 20% Buffer - Organization Contribution)/# of players + Individual Uniform Costs


If teams do something extra then it may come out of the budget buffer or they may pay for it separately as a team as they choose.

Some of our teams used paid coaches, some don't and are coached by parents. We NEVER pay a coach who has a kid on a team. We are also VERY careful about outside coaches - especially younger ex-college players and we often match them with a parent to run logistics and finances or to be the actual head coach. Ex-player is not the same as good coach - that requires a different set of skills and experience.

Every team is required to have a coach and someone separate in charge of finances. We have a central bank account and each team has a sub-account under the main account.

We also have a set of bylaws, a strong board run by a combination of parents and coaches.
 
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marriard

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I will also say that it means player fees vary a lot.

Our older teams are in showcases and playing lots of quaifiers - their tournament entry fees and travel cost is high. Of the 8 tournaments they are in, only 1 is local.

Our younger teams stay mostly local and maybe go out of town once or twice. So fees are WAY lower than our older teams.

We have one team with insanely aggressive fundraising parents - their per player cost is basically ZERO - they cover all costs with sponsorships and fundraising. They put a LOT of time and work into this.

One team is lucky to have a big sponsor which is great for them.

You can see with all these sorts of variables why we leave it up to the teams to manage their own finances under the guidelines and bylaws or our org and with oversight by our org treasurer (who can see all bank accounts under the main account)


Added thought:
Our team collects 50% of our player fee upfront and then we charge equal payments for the rest over the next 3 months.
 
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Jun 8, 2016
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10U here:
45 a month for facility fees
tournament fees about $200 per season (Fall and Spring/Summer)
Uniform costs 3 jerseys about $100, stirrups ($10? not sure) and pants which we need to buy ourselves (not sure how much..probably over $100 for 2 or 3 white pants and 2 or 3 black pants)

I would say that all together we are running about $1200-$1400 per year (dang..I need to get a second job)

At this age the org has parent coaches. At about 14U some of the teams start to be managed by organizational people.

Any camps are optional and not included in fees..We skip.

Teams catchers have to buy their own gear..luckily my DD doesn't catch.

Season runs from early March to early mid July. Fall tournaments typically start in mid August and run till the beginning of November. Usually about 7 to 10 tournaments per season.
 
Jun 14, 2018
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I pay around $1500 for fall and spring. That includes all practices, coaches, team equipment, leagues, insurance, and tournaments. I know there are other orgs around here that include the uniforms but ours does not.

DD is first year 12u this year and the last two our fees were around the same.
 
Mar 6, 2018
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The 10U team we're leaving was run very well. $25/month plus fundraising. I think part of the fundraising went to the org and part to each team. I know we did a raffle last fall and for every book of tickets you sold over (5) you got a pass on a months dues. I think we got 5 or 6 months free of dues. The $25 covered all team tournaments for the year (march-nov 2x/month) plus indoor facility was donated to us. Uniforms were separate cost. No camps included. Coaches had daughters on team but that isnt the case for the whole org.

The team we're going to is $450/year including uniforms. Indoor fee is $5 per kid in the offseason per practice.
 
Jun 12, 2015
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In 10U and 12U we've paid $1500-2000 per year. It includes different things for different teams. Our first 10U team was $1500 but tournaments were a lot cheaper then, even though it was only 3 years ago. Our best deal was with an org where their fee included a bat or glove plus all the uniforms, but the org itself was awful so it was not worth it. This year we have a coach without a daughter on the team, and we're covering his travel expenses through dues. I think we'll come in just under $2k once everything is said and done. That seems to be about the average around here. I've heard of teams being $3k plus, and also $1k or less, but those seem like the outliers.

Included on every team we've been on: uniforms, helmet, cleats, bag, tournaments, practice field, indoor practice facility for winter, coach's stuff (shirt & hat usually).
 
Jul 3, 2014
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Think travel softball is expensive....try club volleyball! Holy CHIT!! Yeah DD1 plays club volleyball and DD2 play travel softball...yeah our lives evolve around travelling and tournaments, but I wouldn't have it any other way!
 

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