baseball all - stars

Not ready for the season to end? Neither are we.

Apply to be an FMYSA All-Star Coach and help lead our players through an exciting summer of competition and development. All-Star coaches play a key role in creating memorable experiences while representing FMYSA on and off the field.

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Team Quantities & Formation

The number of teams will vary based upon Age Group and may change from year-to-year.  FMYSA only attempts to provide the All-Star experience for age groups 7U through 11/12U. FMYSA will not be able to provide an All-Star Team for any age group where no coach volunteers to coach an All-Star team.

NOTE: 6U was added for the Summer 2022 All Star Season, and HAS BEEN ADDED again for the 2023 All-Star Season!!!

FMYSA's objective is to provide the All Star experience to as many kids as possible while trying to ensure it to be a positive experience. One of the primary components of a positive experience will be that each team be competitive.

Each team's coach shall determine tournament participation.

Teams shall be formed in the following manner:

• Each team will have a Coach (see Coach Selection process below) and between one to four Assistant Coaches.

• The V.P. of Baseball has the responsibility for selecting player evaluators for the tryouts. The evaluators will mainly consist of coaches from FMYSA's Sanctioned Select Teams.

• Only players participating in the FMYSA recreation leagues can participate in All Star experience.

• All recreational baseball players are eligible to try out for All Stars.

• All players will be evaluated via a tryout process and players selected based on scores during the tryout.

• Players must tryout for All Star teams in the same age group they participated in that qualifying Spring season (a player playing "up" into 8U Rec may not tryout for 7U All Stars).

• An All Star team roster shall consist of 11 to 12 players unless modified by the V.P. of Recreational Baseball.

• All Star teams are seasonal; that season typically runs from the last weekend in May through June (sometimes spiling into early July).

Coach Selection

The Coach Selection process is intended to ensure fairness and maintain the goal of providing a quality All-Star experience for all players involved. The coach selection process will consist of the following:

• Interested Coaches must fill out an online All-Star coach's application.

• IF INTERESTED, APPLY NOW! Applications should be completed no later than April 14th! 

• Any selected Coach's son must be able to make the applicable All Star team.

• The Applicant Coach must be listed as a Head coach in the FMYSA recreational league age group and season applying to coach said All Star team.

• A Head Coach cannot be the Head Coach for multiple All Star, Select, or other tournament teams during the same tournament season.

• Each age group director shall evaluate and submit final recommendations from qualified applicants for final approval to FMYSA V.P. of Baseball for approval.

Tryout Dates & Times

Information will be posted on Facebook and Instagram.

Additional Information

Under no circumstance can All Star activities interfere with any FMYSA recreational game, Town Championship Tournament games or other scheduled FMYSA events.

Only players who played recreational baseball with FMYSA in the previous season are eligible to play all-star baseball representing FMYSA. If a substitute/guest player is needed, that player can be used from the pool of available players from FMYSA's previous season at the discretion of the head coach.

All-Star Teams are seasonal only. The All-Star Season is typically late May through June.

First and foremost, All-Star Teams are Seasonal in nature. Teams are formed in mid to late April, practices start in May (After the Rec Season), and the All-Star Tournament Season runs late May through June, sometimes spilling into early July, but not always. All-Star teams are chosen prior to completion of the regular season and Town Championship Tournament. No all-star activities can interfere with any regular season activities including the Town Championship Tournament.

Every year, representatives from the area baseball associations meet to create an all-star tournament schedule so that tournaments being hosted by the various associations do not conflict. Once this schedule is finalized, the FMYSA VP of Recreational Baseball will send out an email to all-star coaches with the dates of the various tournaments. If you did not get this email you can request the information from the VP of Recreational Baseball at vp.bb@fmysa.com.

Tournaments will normally begin the last week in May and typically go through the end of June.

The tournaments that are normally held in this area are typically:

Colleyville

Grapevine

Flower Mound & Coppell

Highland Village/Corinth/Trophy Club/Roanoke combined

Southlake

It is best not to wait too late to register & pay for these tournaments. When the division fills up they will not accept additional registrations and if you wait too long you could miss the opportunity to play in that tournament. (PAYMENT MEANS CONFIRMATION, REGISTRATION MEANS VERY LITTLE, if you want to secure your spot register and PAY.)

To register for these tournaments, you will need to find the hosting association's registration page. In this area, google is your friend. Most times, you can find information about the all-star tournaments from the association's main web site. For your reference, as of the time of this writing, area association's pages can be found at:

Last year all associations used one Registration Platform, and it made life a lot easier for the coaches!

FMYSA:

https://fmysa.com/ click the tournaments tab and click on the All-Star menu item.

Highland Village:

http://hvabsa.com 

Grapevine (GBSA):

http://www.gbsa.org/: Select the All-Star tournament tab

Coppell:

https://coppellbaseball.org/index.php/recreation/tournaments: Tournament schedule

http://tournaments.coppellbaseball.org/: Tournament registration

Colleyville:

http://www.colleyvillebaseball.org/tournaments_home: Tournament info and registration.

Tips for All-Star Tournament Play

In All-Star tournament play, seeding doesn't mean much other than the #1 seed may get a first round bye depending on the number of teams in the bracket. It is not uncommon for coaches to keep their ace pitchers out of the game until bracket play. Most times the #1 seed does not win the tournament and unless there is a first round bye, most times there is no benefit in expending your best pitchers to try to get a higher seed. Sometimes, the higher the seed the better the schedule in bracket play (e.g. the lowest seed may get the 9am slot on Sunday). There can be a bit of gamesmanship going on to get the seed with the bracket schedule you would like. Many times a coach would like to get weaker players game time on the mound or in the infield in these pool games and reserve their best batting lineups and defensive positions for bracket play. This is a great way to ensure all players get good playing time while still maximizing your chances to win in bracket play.

Make sure you closely read the rules for each tournament. All tournaments will have some different rules based on the priorities of the association or to try to make an individual tournament unique.

It is a good idea to decide in which tournaments you will play very early and get parents to pay for the entire season. Otherwise, you must pay for them when you register and if you don't get payment from parents you could find yourself involuntarily funding scholarships to play.

Posted May 2, 2018

All Star Tournament Teams participate in a more competitive environment than regular FMYSA recreational league play. These teams begin play after the conclusion of the FMYSA season and generally participate in tournaments in neighboring communities and potentially state and national events. The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to provide more information about the "All Star Tournament Team" process to the parents of all FMYSA participants so you can decide if your child should be considered for the All Star Experience.

The All-Star Season

First and foremost, all-star teams are chosen prior to completion of the regular season and Town Championship Tournament. No all-star activities can interfere with any regular season activities including the tournament.

The tournaments that are normally held in this area are normally: Flower Mound and Coppell combined (FMYSA/CBA), Colleyville, Southlake, Grapevine, and Trophy Club/Roanoke (TCR).

The All-Star Tournament Season typically runs late May through June. 

The head coach will determine in which tournaments the team will participate.

Financial Obligation

The All-Star season is self-funded by the team. Players are responsible for purchasing their own uniforms as well as paying for any tournaments in which the team plays. The cost for the tournament is determined by the hosting association and at the time of this writing are normally $400-$600. Most associations will provide a discount or teams within their own association. FMYSA has a dedicated All-Star Team uniform provider and the Coaches will be provided with this information upon team formation.

With a 12 player roster playing 5 tournaments and uniforms, a family can expect to pay around $275 to participate. This could be higher if you choose to purchase additional uniform equipment (like a helmet, etc.) and could be lower if the team chooses to participate in fewer tournaments (or fewer tournaments are available).

Coaches may choose to participate in other tournaments outside the area which could also affect the cost.

Practices

All-Star practices normally begin the week after the Town Championship game and will continue through the all-star season. FMYSA will assign practice fields as teams are formed.

Tips for Getting Through Tournament Season

All-Star games are played in the middle of the summer and can be extremely hot. It is a good idea to bring a canopy with coolers and healthy snacks for between game times so the kids can get out of the heat, rest, and tank up on some carbs. Fresh fruit is a great between-game snack, but not high sugar content snacks which can cause a crash after a rapid energy boost. More information about diet before and during sports competitions can be found at https://www.cwu.edu/sports-nutrition/eating-competition. In addition to eating, it takes about 30 minutes for water you drink to be available to your body. It is a good idea on very hot days to start sipping water 30 - 60 minutes before your game starts so that you are tanked up for the start of the game then continuing to sip throughout competition. If you wait until you get thirsty you are already behind and if you drink too much to start you will have to leave the game to visit the facilities.

All-Star games are a higher level of play than standard recreational baseball. Players, parents and coaches may be more intense that you are used to. It is best not to engage these individuals unless they are causing a danger because most will not back down and things are likely to escalate. The umpire has the option to eject a fan for unruly behavior. In some tournaments, the umpire can eject the head coach for not controlling their players' fans as well as the fan and, if it is deemed necessary, the player. It is best to let the umpires deal with it. If you are a coach, you can call a timeout and call a meeting of the umpires to ask them to deal with the situation. If the fan continues to refuse to comply the tournament director can call the police and have the fan removed from the premises. If you engage that individual you can also be subject to this penalty. Most of the time, it is best to just let the umpires handle it: "Keep Calm and Baseball On".