WELCOME TO THE HOME OF ALAMEDA YOUTH FASTPITCH SOFTBALL!
Registration for the Spring 2025 Recreational Season is now open!
Our recreational league season will run from February through mid-May. Athletes will participate in 2 practices per week starting in February plus Saturday games starting in early March.
Important Dates:
- Registration open thru January 10, then subject to waitlist
- Player Evaluations will take place in mid-January
- Teams formed by end of January
- Practices begin the first week of February
- Games begin in early March and continue through mid-May
- Season wraps up with playoffs and championship games the weekend of 5/17
Financial Hardship Assistance: AGSA is proud to offer reduced fee programs for families in need. We strive to allow any interested athlete the chance to play softball in Alameda. To apply for a reduced fee, please fill out this form prior to registering for the Spring Season.
NEW! AGSA Rising Program
We are excited to offer AGSA players more experience options than ever before this Spring softball season! The love of softball is growing in Alameda and offerings are expanding to meet the interest of our league’s community. In addition to our traditional Recreational League and competitive tournament teams (BLAZE), we have formed a partnership with Livermore Girls Softball Association, Pleasanton Girls Softball League, and Castro Valley Girls Softball League to provide a more competitive Interleague softball option than we’ve had in prior years. This Interleague participation will include Spring Blaze teams and new “Rising” teams. Details on the Rising program and Interleague play below. Learn more about BLAZE here.
The Rising Program serves as a bridge between our recreational and travel programs. It’s an opportunity for players interested in taking the next step to get a lighter version of competitive travel softball in the Spring, further hone their skills and get extra game time while also playing in the Spring Recreational League.
What is the Rising Program?
- Tryout based team that is a supplement to the traditional Spring Rec Season and runs in parallel
- Additional ~10 Sunday practices and game days between February-early May
- Players must also play in the AGSA Rec Season on their recreational teams
- Four Sunday game days against teams from Livermore, Castro Valley and Pleasanton - likely double headers
- Games hosted in other cities and Alameda
- Additional registration fee required to cover uniforms, fields, umpires
- Not a BLAZE team - any Rising players must attend a tryout for the BLAZE teams at the end of Spring season if they are interested in playing competitive tournament softball in the summer
PLEASE READ IMPORTANT NOTE: Playing on a Rising team for the spring season does not guarantee any player a roster spot to play on a Summer BLAZE team. All decisions on roster spots for both teams will be made independently by respective coaches.
How to sign up and try out: Athletes interested in participating in the Rising Program must register and play in the Spring Recreational Season and sign up for the tryout. Players who make the team will be required to submit an additional registration fee ($130) to cover Rising team uniforms, umpires, field time and instructors/coaches.
- Step 1: Register for the AGSA Spring Recreational Season
- Step 2: Register for the Rising Team Tryout
- Step 3: Tryout on December 14 at Challenger Field in Alameda (additional make-up date TBD)
- Step 4: Rising teams will be announced in January.
While participation in the AGSA Spring Recreational Season is guaranteed, the Rising team is tryout based and spots are offered to selected players. Unfortunately not everyone who tries out may make the team.
Rising Program - Interleague Opponents
Our 10U and 12U Spring Rising teams will participate in non-tournament league play against competitive interleague teams from Livermore, Pleasanton and Castro Valley. These games will take place on four Sundays during the Spring season, in either Alameda or one of the other three host cities. Games will take place over the course of the recreational season.
Register today!
Alameda Girls Softball Association is the only youth sports organization in Alameda focused entirely on girls' sports! We provide both Fall and Spring recreational softball seasons focused on skill development and fun competition for girls ages 4 to 14. While most girls who play in AGSA live in Alameda, this is not a requirement to register and play.
Youth sports have consistently proven to provide long-lasting benefit to children. Girls who play youth sports benefit from improved confidence, mental health, physical fitness and academic performance. These benefits have been shown to last into adolescence and adulthood.
Whether your child is an experienced ball player or has never touched a softball bat, this is the right place for her -- our core aims are skill development and FUN!
Our recreational softball program offers Fall and Spring seasons across several different age groups. All age levels focus on age-appropriate skill development with a focus on equal participation and involvement at many different positions. Everyone bats and innings in the field are distributed equally.
- 6 and under (T-ball/6U): Introduction to softball! Girls learn fundamental softball skills and how to work in a team with new friends. Batters will hit off batting tees and face soft toss coach pitching.
- 8 and under (8U): Introduction to competition and kid pitching! Girls learn the competitive rules of softball -- What is an out? What is a run? -- while developing more advanced fastpitch softball skills. Batters face pitching from their peers as well as occasional coach pitch. This is a time of tremendous growth!
- 10 and under (10U): Functional fastpitch softball! Girls develop advanced softball skills and knowledge while rules advance to allow the full suite of competition -- steals, overthrows, dropped third strikes and more! Many girls at this age choose to dive deeper into competitive softball by joining one of our Blaze Fastpitch Travel Teams
- 12 and under/14 and under (12U/14U) - Middle school softball! Traditionally the 12U and 14U divisions are combined for a "Middle School" division aimed at introducing new players to the game and continuing skill development for those who prefer not to commit to travel softball.
CODE OF CONDUCT
It is important to remind everyone, parents and coaches, that we have all signed the Code of Conduct related to behavior on the fields including towards our umpires. Parents may not sit behind the home plate/backstop area and should not interact with, question, try to influence or talk to an umpire during the game. The extended area behind home plate must remain clear. Please help by self-regulating this rule. Coaches may ask parents to adjust their seating as a result. Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
We are a youth sports non-profit
501 (c)(3) EIN 75-3121072
