Mandatory Equipment
Baseball is a simple game and the only thing your child needs to play and Practice is a Baseball Glove and a filled Water bottle or Sports Drink.    Bats, Helmets and Balls are all provided by the league.   Please have your Child dress appropriately for practice in baseball or sweat pants, no tank tops please.

Recommended Equipment
Cleated Shoes: are recommended as the Fields can sometimes get sloppy, sneakers are OK as well.
Batting Helmet: Four Helmets are supplied by the league but we recommend each player purchase his own helmet for sanitary and sizing reasons.
Protective Cup: An Athletic cup and supporter is Mandatory for all players who wish to play Catcher.
 

On Sept. 1, 2010, Little League placed a moratorium on composite-barreled baseball bats with a barrel diameter of 2 5/8 inches. That moratorium was extended to 2 1/4 inch composite-barreled baseball bats on Dec. 30, 2010. Both moratoriums remain in place, but some specific models of composite-barreled baseball bats have received a waiver of the moratorium after a testing/approval process.

How to Identify Composite Bats:
Most bats will indicate whether it is composite or metal/alloy.  Look closely at the barrel for its designation and composition. For any others, you would need to check the manufacturer website or call them to see if the specific model has a composite barrel.

This moratorium as applied by Little League International, disallows the use of all baseball bats constructed with composite material in its barrel unless a specific model shows in laboratory testing that it will not exceed the standard that is printed on the bat, after the bat is broken in.

Wooden and aluminum metal/alloy bats are not subject to the moratorium. Bats that have only a metal or alloy barrel (and no other material, unless it is in the end cap of the bat), and if it meets the other standards (length, diameter, etc. for the respective division in which it is used) are not subject to the moratorium, regardless of the composition of the handle or the transition to the barrel.

For the most up to date information regarding the use of composite bats
including a list of approved bats, please visit:  www.littleleague.org