A: Teams will start up after Labor Day September and will end in June or early July. 12U Cooperstown team would end its season after Cooperstown (which could be in June, July or August)

A: Typically teams will have two “team” practices per week consisting of either a field (1 or 2), batting or Pitcher/Strength & Conditioning. There will be an additional Open Developmental Workouts and Practices available during week for Fielding, Batting Cages, Strength & Conditioning, Pitching, Catching and other Team and Open Workouts via all an A La Carte Menu to take advantage of as much or as little as a family/players wants too. 2022-23 Top Level 9U-14U teams will most likely play in a Fall League Double Header every other Sunday. We have typically entered our teams in the West Hills Perfect Game Sunday League or USSSA Camarillo League. During off weekends from the League, teams will either have a friendly and/or be entered into a Tournament (avg 1-2 times per month). Out of Town Tournaments will be offered to the teams include Vegas in November, Arizona in February and Omaha in June.

A: Players who are invited to a committed roster spots will receive a “Priority Invite” to Tournaments and Games. If a player is not performing, missing team events or in the judgement of the coach another player has earned a Priority Invite, the coach has full discretion to switch a player from committed to alternate. All players must earn their invite and playing time throughout the entire year.

A: No, Top Level doesn’t have families sign year long contracts, because Top Level believes that if it is the wrong fit for a player and family, it doesn’t want a family to be financially bound to a team that is not working for them. Top Level will always support a player that chooses to leave because another program will work better for them. All Top Level asks is for a 30 day advanced notice and all team fees being covered.

A: Players who don’t receive an invite to a Top Level team will also be notified if they’ve been invited to the Developmental Open Workouts. There will be many instances where players are not invited to the team but are invited to the Open Workouts, where the team coaches will be and where they work hard and the coach begins inviting them to the team as they improve.

A: There are many players that aren’t on a Top Level team that participate in our Open Workouts.

A: Top Level uses one of the following locations:

Field Practices: Clover Field, PenMar, WLA Little League, Memorial & Marine Field (Santa Monica)

Pitcher / Strength & Conditioning Programs: St. Monica’s High School

Batting Cages: LMU College in Playa Del Rey (Off Lincoln Blvd)

Scrimmage Games: Clover, WLA Little League Memorial, Marine Field & Santa Monica High School

A: Locations of League and Tournaments:

Fall & Spring League Sunday Double Headers: We typically enter our teams in the USSSA Travel Ball Sunday League in West Hills, Camarillo, Simi Valley or Santa Clarita. Teams will play in 8 Fall Games and 10 to 12 Spring League Games.

Tournaments: Typically teams play in 1 - 2 Tournaments per Month (Sept - June). Local Tournaments are located as close as PenMar to as far as Camarillo in the West, Santa Clarita in the North, Jurupa Valley Big League Dreams Park in the East, to Great Park in Irvine in the South. Teams may play 3 Out of State Tournaments per year, including Las Vegas (either Veteran’s Day Weekend or President’s Day Weekend), Arizona during MLB Spring Training in March and Omaha during the College World Series in June. The 12U team will do Cooperstown in the Summer and most likely not the Omaha Tournament that year. Teams, like this past year’s 14U-Elite who won a Super NIT and qualified for the Florida Elite World Series in July (Winning a Super NIT and qualifying for the Florida World Series is incredibly difficult and not something teams can expect).