New Mexico ASA: Youth Program
 Tournaments and Classifications Changes

Due to the fact that the Rocky Mountain Region no longer has Regional Tournament, and teams will advance from the State Tournament direct to the National Event district tournament are being brought back.

DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS:

1. Will all be held, in each district, on the same weekend.
2. Based on the number of teams in each age group a % will advance to the State Tournament from each District.
3. The 3 pick-up players can be picked up from District to go to State
4. Any team that qualifies to advance and does not, those players CAN NOT BE PICK UP until AFTER STATE.  Reason:  They qualified to advance higher and to eliminate coaches decline to get three of their players on another team and leave the rest of the players behind.
5. District Tournaments will be for Class B teams, UNLESS there is sufficient numbers of Class A to hold a district tournament. District Tournaments will include t-ball and machine or coach pitch as well as 10U -18U.
6. T-ball and machine or coach pitch will not advance past District Tournament.
7. Class A will advance direct to State, if no district tournament is held.
8. If a district does not have enough teams, in each age group, to host a district tournament those teams MAY have to compete in another district tournament.

CLASSIFICATION:
 

9. Teams can classify themselves based on the following:
   1. Class B teams can only have a maximum of 3 players from outside their district, but within the State of NM.
   2. Class B teams CAN NOT have players from outside the State
   3. Class B teams MUST play in league play.
   4. Class B teams can not be considered a travel team attending tournaments every weekend.
   5. Class A teams CAN do all of the above

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

1. All Players AND COACHES OF SAID TEAM MUST be individually
Registered on Virtual Tournament Director:   www.fastpitchsoftball.net
2. At Championship Play IF a COACH can NOT show their VTD/ASA card
they will NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE DUGOUT OR ON THE FIELD.
This is for all Classes of ASA Play.
 
Teams both Class A and Class B have the option of taking “recreation”on VTD (Virtual Tournament Director) instead of the more expensive with players Photos.  That is each team’s individual call.  The cost WITHOUT A PHOTO is $12 per player and $14 per coach.  Every coach MUST GO THOUGH THE ASA/VTD background check.  Local BGC do not count.
 
4. The $12 per player ASA Registration fee provides you with free -0- deductible accident insurance and liability.

The players are covered by insurance in ASA and any other softball organization they may be participating in.  YOU only need this to be covered from January 1 to December 31, even if you switch teams in the fall.
 
5. Team MUST BE REGISTERED by June 1 to compete in Championship
Play.  Have all info put on VTD, invoice printed and mailed to the State Junior Olympic Commissioner by that date. Payable to NM ASA
 
6. Coach must provide proof of age ONLY for those required when registering on VTD.  If they were approved last year then you more than likely will not Have to show proof again this year.      
    
7. Once the invoice is printed and VTD request APPROVAL by the State Junior Olympic Commissioner you will have Fourteen )14 DAYS to submit Invoice with check or be denied.  Once denied you will have to go through the entire process again to be registered.
    
8.  The PLAYERS ID CARD is not the COACHES PROPERTY.  That card Belong to the PLAYER.  You may keep them in your possession until Championship Play is over, but then they should go to the player.

 
9.  Once a player is signed up on VTD to play they CAN NOT SWITCH TEAMS and play for someone else in CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY.  Once You walk on that field to play ball you are tied to that team. 
   THERE ARE NO RELEASES IN NM ASA SOFTBALL.
    
10.  NATIONAL QUALIFIER is CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY  and all players are Tied to that team at that moment.  NO PICKS ALLOWED FOR QUALIFIERS.

 
11. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS  as well as Invitational are listed at www.fastpitchsoftball.net 

 

  State Tournaments and National Qualifiers can be paid for through Pay Pal At the above site, but not Invitational or District Tournaments.                                 

ACE COACHES CLINIC:

1.      The Ace coaches clinic is now on line at www.asasoftball.com

2.      You can take the test to the clinic in your home, at your leisure, on line

And pay with a credit card.

3.      You will receive an ACE Coaches card showing you have been through the

Clinic and all the other perks that go with being an ACE Certified Coach.

4.      All info and what you need to do is at the ASA softball web site.