TEAMS

There are four main areas that make Ninth Inning who we are: coaching, community, facilities, and success.

• All coaches are paid professional coaches. Decisions remain objective and unbiased, which leads to a more productive and healthy learning environment for everyone involved.
• We consider everyone who walks in the door part of our baseball family! Learning the game of baseball becomes more fun and players show more passion for the game when everyone feels like they are in it together. Mixed practices and our additional programs help foster this concept.
• We have a best-in-class indoor facility where all of our athletes train. Having a six-cage facility at our disposal means no more rain outs!
• Over the course of the past 13 years, Ninth Inning has built a positive reputation among the baseball community and has lead a countless number of athletes to the next level through our player development process.

Please contact our staff at kennesaw@ninthinningbaseball.com to set up your make up tryout. We prefer to get make up tryouts done prior to the regularly scheduled tryout. All make up tryouts will be held at our indoor facility.

• Professional instruction. Ninth Inning coaches understand that our main goal is player development. It is our ultimate goal to make your athlete a better ball player. We will always put player growth above wins and losses.
• Team/coaching policies implemented to ensure continuity across all of our teams at all age groups.
• Unlimited free access to our indoor facility for them to work on their skill set as often as they want.
• 2-3 practices per week throughout the season. We practice throughout the year with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks.
• Individualized performance plans and development tools using our Curve app. Player, parents, and coaches will be able to share videos, drills, mechanical changes, and much more through the app, helping us stay in constant communication with our players to aid in development.
• Ninth Inning families will have access to My Deals, an app that provides travel ball families savings items and services you use every day!
• Driveline-based swing speed hitting program for all Blue Jays players in the fall.
• Arm Care Throwing Program will be implemented during practices with other position specific work done during combined work.
• Hitting and pitching metrics tracked throughout the year.
• Discounts on items purchased through the Wilson Team Shop all season long.
• The monthly team fees also cover tournament costs, insurance policies, umpires, field rental, facility upkeep, cage time, program resources, team equipment, and coaches’ salaries.

• The yearly team fees cover all of the above and are split into ten equal monthly installments starting in August. They are as follows:
  • 8u-10u: $333 per month
  • 11u-13u: $375 per month
  • 14u-17u: $400 per month
  • PO Pricing (Pitchers-only): $150 per month

Depending on the age group, we will play 3-4 tournaments in the fall and 8-10 tournaments in the spring/summer. Each team will have 2-3 practices per week throughout the entire season with the exception of 15U/16U who will slow down during January-April for their High School season (High school aged teams will have a back-loaded summer schedule to accommodate the school baseball schedule).

All teams will start practices the last week of August. The fall season will run until late December and pick back up in early January. 8u-13u tournaments will be from early March through mid June, 14u tournaments will be late March/early April through late June, and 15u/16u tournaments run from May until end of July.

Most outdoor practices will be held at Lakepoint or Kennesaw Mountain HS, as well as a few local Cobb County Parks. All indoor practices are held at our facility in Kennesaw.

Most tournaments are held within an hour’s drive of our Kennesaw facility. A majority of our teams will participate in tournaments held by PBR, Perfect Game, and Training Legends. Many of the AAA/Major level tournaments are in the local Marietta/East Cobb/Emerson area. The only planned destination tournament is the 12U Cooperstown trip at the end of the season. If teams in other age groups are interested in adding a destination event to end the year, we will certainly help set that up.

Absolutely! In fact, we encourage it. We believe in the overall development of the all around athlete so participating in other sports will help foster this growth. We only ask that when spring/summer season arrives, you make baseball at Ninth Inning your priority.

Our uniforms are provided by our sponsor Wilson. Fittings and orders will take place in August and are the responsibility of each family. They are a separate cost as each player will require different gear and apparel based on their preference and needs. Ninth Inning families will also receive discounts when purchasing items throughout the year with Wilson, Evoshield, DeMarini, and Louisville Slugger.