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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Baseball Association

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Baseball Association

Updated 01/23/2025
Practice FAQ

RECAP FOR PRACTICES: SPRING 2025

CARROLLTON

  • Free Week Dates: February 15th - 21st, 2025
  • Free Week Fields: McInnish fields 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 & 15
  • Regular Practices: None available

FARMERS BRANCH:

  • Free Week Dates: February 22nd - March 7th, 2025
  • Free Week Fields: OG 1, OG 2, Jaycee, Pepper North, Pepper South & RDL
  • Regular Practice Start: March  10th, 2025
  • Regular Practice Fields: Farmers Branch Park

WHAT DOES THE TERM "REGULAR PRACTICE" MEAN?

CFBBA generates a sign up link for teams to use to get a practice slot.  This sign up link will open 2 weeks at a time, throughout the season.  Historically, teams would sign up for the practice slot for the entre season.  We moved over to a rolling sing u link to give more teams a chance to practice.  This practice link is emailed to all teams the morning after the last coaches meeting.

WHAT DOES THE TERM "FREE WEEK" MEAN?

Free week is a list of specific dates (before the season starts) when the city allows your team to practice on a game field at NO COST.  When you sign up for a free week slot, it is a ONE-time practice. Therefore you will need to get multiple slots for multiple practices (see instructions on specific link).

Both cities will rent you the fields for practices & scrimmages throughout the season for an additional cost, paid to the city.  Rental fees are listed below on this page.

Both practice options will be on a separate Sign-Up Genius link.

HOW DO I GET A PRACTICE SLOT?

The next morning after the coaches meetings the registration coordinator will email ALL head coaches and team administrators a list of Sign Up Genius links broken down by city and practice type (regular or free week), a total of three links.

We send the email the next day to give everyone a fair chance to get the slots they want. Once the email is sent, please have a few top selections and back up selections. Poll your parents and know what days they prefer for practice days BEFORE the links go out. Once they are live selections will go fast.

The first time the links go out you will be limited on how many practice slots you can have for regular practice (recurring slots) and free week (one-time slots). This is to allow all coaches a chance to get a slot.

Once everyone has had an opportunity to select at least one slot, I will resend the links and you can take as many slots as you like.

All links will disable at 11:59PM seven  days after receipt (same deadline as blackouts). These are hard deadlines as CFBBA needs to provide the practice schedule to both cities to coordinate lights and field prep.

The 3 links in the email will be:

  • FREE WEEK in Farmers Branch
  • FREE WEEK in Carrollton
  • REGULAR practices in Farmers Branch


Knowing what you want in advance is key. It’s first come first serve and they go FAST!

MANDATORY COACHES MEETINGS

  • Wed 2/5/25 for 7/8 divisions & younger
  • Thu 2/6/25 for 9/10 divisions & older


Both meetings will be at the Farmers Branch Recreation Center @ 6:30pm.

Each team must send a representative! This can the coach, assistant coach, team manager, or parent.

Address: 14050 Heartside Pl, Farmers Branch, TX 75234
At the meeting we will go over this process and answer any questions you have for practice fields.

Remember, we are ONE league (CFBBA) but play in TWO separate cities. Therefore, the parks we practice at are all different in having lights or not, back stop or not, all grass or a real baseball field, time, and days of the week for availability.

Private Field Rental

CONTACT AND PAY EACH CITY FOR PRIVATE FIELD RENTALS!

FARMERS BRANCH FIELD RENTAL INFO

  • $250 per field / per day (FB residents)
  • $300 per field / per day (non-residents)

Field rentals are only available by the day, not the hour.

Please call 972-919-8765 for additional questions or field availability.

CARROLLTON FIELD RENTAL INFO

Field costs for CFBBA coaches:

  • Standard: $20/hr (resident or non-resident does not apply)
  • Lights: additional $15/hr
CFBBA pays an annual membership to the City of Carrollton so ALL coaches can use the discounted price of $20 per hour.  This discount applies to non-residents of Carrollton as well. 

Use this link to reserve a field, then Carrollton will send you an invoice: https://www.teamsideline.com/sites/carrollton/form/1106/Field-Rental-Request

As of Spring 2025: field reservations for Sunday - Wednesday can be done at any time, no need to wait for a specific date, like previous seasons.   If you want a field reservation for Thursday - Saturday, please know the City of Carrollton will hold on to your request, till after CFBBA has given them our initial game schedule.  Then they will process your request in order they were placed. 

WHAT FIELD SHOULD I SELECT FOR MY AGE DIVISION’S PRACTICE?

Please select the appropriate field in the drop-down as first choice. To save time, in the comments, list other field options that could also work for your team. 

Please do NOT just select any or the first field that is marked youth baseball in the drop down. 

The city assumes that you know which field you need and will not be checking this for you.

These are your game fields when you play at McInnish, per division.

 For example 46/60:
  • 46’ from the mound to the plate
  • 60’ between each base (home to first, etc)
AGE GROUPS
  • Ages 5/6 Modified – 46/60 – Fields 12 & 15
  • Ages 7/8 Coach Pitch – 46/60 – Fields 12 & 15
  • Ages 9/10 Kid Pitch – 46/65 – Fields 13 & 14
  • Ages 9/10 Machine Pitch – 46/65 – Fields 13 & 14
  • Ages 11/12 – 50/70 – Fields 8 & 9
  • Ages 13/14 – 54/80 – Fields 6 & 7 (field 7 has a turf mound, no metal cleats please)

These are also some fields that can work, should you find that all normal game fields are booked.

  • Thomas 1 – 50/70 – Ages 11/12
  • Thomas 2 – 46/65 – Ages 9/10
  • Mac 10 – 60/90 – High school (but okay for 13/14 in a pinch)
  • Mac 11 – 60/90 – High school (but okay for 13/14 in a pinch)
  • Josey Ranch Softball fields 1-4, 46/60 (these have no mounds and are all dirt. They can work for modified and coach pitch teams, in a pinch)
 

HOW ARE FIELD RESERVATIONS PRIORITIZED?

Field Reservations are first come, first served by timestamp of the submitted form.

CAN I EMAIL OR CALL INSTEAD OF USING THE FORM?

No, you have to submit your request online. Use this link: https://www.teamsideline.com/sites/carrollton/form/1106/Field-Rental-Request

HOW WILL I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FIELD, AND WHEN DO I NEED TO PAY?

Once your field is reserved, you’ll receive an invoice from RecTrak, along with the gate code(s) associated with your field rental. There are instructions in that email with regard to how to pay. If you haven’t received that email, you don’t have a field, or it might be in your spam/junk folder. 

You MUST pay for your rental within 48 hours of that receipt, or your fields will be released back into the pool of fields to be rented by others.

WHAT IS THE EXPECTED TURNAROUND TIME FOR RESERVING A FIELD WHEN I SUBMIT A FORM?

Fields reservations are considered during normal business hours, Monday through Thursday 8am – 4pm. While they will do their best to address requests as soon as they are sent, they ask for a 48 hour window. Any requests submitted Friday through Sunday will be addressed the following Monday.

WHAT IF IT RAINS, DO WE GET OUR MONEY BACK?

If the city closes the fields, you are eligible for a credit to your account, or a refund; however, you are responsible for contacting the city within 7 days.

WHAT IF OUR TEAM REALIZES THAT WE CAN’T PRACTICE ON A DATE?

You must contact the city within 48 hours to be eligible for a refund or account credit.

WHAT IF I NEED TO RESERVE A FIELD FOR MORE THAN ONE DATE, DO I SUBMIT THAT MANY FORMS?

No, please don’t submit multiple forms. Simply enter the information for the first date on the form. In the comments, enter the additional dates. HOWEVER, if you are renting for multiple teams, please use one form per team.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

Practice Coordinator

[email protected]

Contact

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Baseball Association
PO Box 815162 
Dallas, Texas 75381

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