Many of our leagues are accepting registration for the 2024 Spring Season between November and February. Some leagues open sooner, and some leagues close later. Enter your address in the Little League Finder. Then click on your league link to find out the exact information you need to know about registration and get your child signed up before it's too late.

You don't want to miss out on any of the fun. Boys and girls ages 5-16 are eligible to play, check the age chart below to see what your child's playing age is for the upcoming season. Some leagues are taking 4 year olds, check your local league for further details. Be sure you have an original birth certificate and three forms of proof of residency for registration.

As we head towards the 2024 Spring Season, Little League International has updated their requirements for Abuse Awareness Training for Adults and Diamond Leader Training.  For clarification purposes, the definition of a "Volunteer" is someone who has been background checked by their local league.

* All Volunteers are required to take Abuse Awareness Protocol Training each year. 
* All Regular Season Managers and Coaches are required to complete Diamond Leader Training.

Volunteers will need to be certified once in Concussion Protocol and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol. This requirement has not changed.

All training must be completed before any engagement with the players.  If you fall into one of these categories, you are required to produce the mandatory certificate showing that you have completed the required protocol. Managers/Coaches please save and carry each of the certification certificates in your team binder.  All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.

If you have any questions in regard to this required training, please ask your League President or me. 

Clay Berry 
District Administrator 
CA District 33

Abuse Awareness Protocol: (Yearly for All Volunteers - This is a new requirement for 2024)

1. (a) All Volunteers must complete the Abuse Awareness training annually provided by USA Baseball and SafeSport. All managers and coaches must carry documentation in their team binders that the course has been completed for the current year. All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.
2. Please sign into your account at USABDevelops.com 
3. Hover over the education tab and select the Course Catalog. 
4. It should take you to https://usabmobilecoach.com/courses- sign in again (you will only have to do this once). 
5. From there you can take any of the courses. 

To access your course certificates: 
1. Log in to USABMobileCoach.com
2. Select your name in the top right corner
3. Click “My Account” 
4. Select “Courses” option.

Diamond Leader Training Program: (Required Once - This is a new requirement for 2024)

All Regular & Post Season Managers and Coaches are required to complete the Little League Diamond Leader Training Program prior to any contact with the players participating in any practices or games.

Here is the link to the Diamond Leader training course.... LittleLeague.org//DiamondLeader

Concussion Protocol: (Required Once)

1. (a) California law requires that all volunteers, including managers/coaches, administrators and officials must complete an online concussion training at least once before supervising youth athletes; a certificate from a prior season is valid for this season. It takes only about 30 minutes to complete the training.

2. A concussion and head injury information sheet must be signed by both the athlete and a parent/guardian before the athlete initiates practice or competition. An existing form from the 2020 spring may be used if it’s available. The signed sheet must be carried with the player’s medical release and code of conduct form.

The online Concussion Protocol Training is at: https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol: (Required Once)

AB379 now requires the same protocols used for concussions in youth and high school sports to be used to help protect young athletes participating in school and community youth sports organizations from sudden cardiac arrest—the #1 killer of young athletes. Community youth sports organizations include an organization, business, nonprofit entity, or a local governmental agency that sponsors or conducts amateur sports competitions, training, camps, or clubs in which persons 17 years of age or younger participate.

The online Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Training is at: https://epsavealife.org/sca-prevention-training/

As of January 1, 2018, the new USA Baseball Bat Standard was implemented. USABat Standard bats must be used in the Little League Major Baseball Division and below. Either USABat Standard bats or BBCOR bats must be used at the Intermediate (50/70) Baseball and Junior League Baseball Divisions. At the Senior League Baseball Division, all bats must be meet the BBCOR standard.

USABat Standards - Decertified Bats:

           
The Easton Ghost X 30/20 YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX 30/20 2 5/8” has been decertified by USA Baseball and is no longer an approved bat under the USABat Standard. This applies to the 30” (-10) length of the Ghost X YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX. All other certified lengths and drops of the Easton Ghost X USABat remain approved for play.

The BBCOR decertification process has been implemented on the following bat(s): 

          

·          Louisville Slugger Meta 33-inch 2020 model

            

·          Reebok - Vector TLS 33-inch model

           

          Marucci - CAT5 Squared 34-inch model 

           

·        Marucci - CAT5 33-inch model

           

·        Marucci - Black 33 & 34 -inch models
          

Please note that images are for reference only and are not guaranteed that the bat model in question looks exactly as these internet supplied images portray.

Full details on de-certified bats can be found at: https://www.littleleague.org/playing-rules/bat-information/decertified-bats/. A full list of approved bats can be found at https://USABat.com

John Evans

Umpire in Chief - California District 33 Little League

rev 6/4/2022