FAQS
Frequently Asked Questions
- Fundraising Fees and Volunteer Commitment
FUNDRAISING
New to 2026 season** there is no longer a fundraising commitment per player. The association will still hold a raffle each year & encourage all families to participate and/or share the links, but the mandatory $100 fundraising commitment has been removed.
VOLUNTEER
Each player is required to commit to a minimum of 4 hours of association volunteer time. Association volunteer hours can be achieved at the Tournament, Slo-Pitch Nationals Weekends, or if you have a U16+ child, they can volunteer to help assistant coach Timbits, U9, or U11. If volunteer commitment is not met, a $200 fee will be added to your RAMP account, payment of which will be required prior to any future registration.
Volunteer Commitment will not be required if
o A parent signs up to be on the board or
o A parent is a coach or manager of a team
NOTE: Financial assistance from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program or is available. Ask us about it.
- Uniform Deposit
Leduc Minor Softball will provide your child with a uniform (jersey). A $50 uniform fee will be applied to your account if your child does not return their uniform at the end of the season. This fee will be required to be paid prior to any future registration.
There is no uniform deposit for the Timbit players and they get to keep their jerseys.
- Additional Training
We will be posting on our website any additional training camps and clinics that we will be hosting. Sign up for some events will be limited and will be on a first come first served basis.
For information on additional training camps and clinics for players, coaching certification courses and umpire clinics, visit the Softball Alberta website at www.softballalberta.ca
Coaches will schedule practices with the team before and throughout the season. Players are expected to attend these practices.
- 747s teams
Please review the 747s pages for all information regarding the 747s program
- Additional Information
- Indoor practices will start in mid-April and will move outside as soon as weather permits.
- All players must have the following: glove, helmet (with cage and chinstrap), infield mask, outdoor runners or cleats (no metal), catchers also are required to wear a groin protector
- water bottle, sun screen and bug spray are recommended
- Players can use their own bats as long as they meet the requirements from Softball Canada, but team bats will be provided (https://softball.ca/programs/umpires/approved-bats)
- An equipment or “bat” bag is a handy thing for players to carry their equipment in but it is not mandatory.
- The Timbits program will be taking place in Leduc and will operate evenings, Timbits required their own helmet
- The U11, U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams will be playing in http://gemsa.ca/, an Edmonton league, against teams from within and around Edmonton. Travel to those diamonds will be required.
- There will be a league tournament for each age group at the end of the season, please note the weekend of June 21-23, 2024, there will be games that whole weekend
- Teams may go to additional tournaments including the provincial tournament. The coaches will discuss this with the players during the season. Leduc hosts a U11-U19 tournament the weekend of 24-26th, all teams will be registered.
- Player Transfer Policy: Leduc Minor Softball will review player transfer requests after March 15 each season. The LMSA policy in the Links tab, and the Softball Alberta Policy can be found here: https://www.softballalberta.ca/forms/transfers/
ALL players, U15 and under who wish to register on a team outside their own local association for the softball season must apply each year for a Player Transfer. This Player Transfer will be accepted by Softball Alberta subject to the release of the player from their home association only.
For players looking to play in Leduc who are from outside out catchment area, we will always encourage you to have open dialogue with your home organization first and foremost. We do welcome all players who are looking to be part of the Jets family if we have the space. We do acknowledge that organization do have a variety of transfer policies, but will support the conversation with open dialogue and discussion.
You can contact us anytime at President@leducsoftball.ca
