2025 WUSA Fall Ball Program Begins the week of September 1st and concludes the weekend of November 16th
The WUSA Fall Ball Program emphasizes player development. Many players will participate in the division in the fall that they will play in the more competitive spring season. As such, the league focuses on developing the player's softball skills (throwing, catching, hitting, baserunning), knowledge of the game, and corresponding rules unique to that division.
To meet our goals for the fall outlined above, our Fall Ball Program includes a mix of clinic-style practices supported by area HS and College coaches and players, individual team practices, and games. The fall program schedules games during the weekdays for the 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, and 12U divisions allowing individual teams time on the weekend for a voluntary practice at the discretion of the team manager. Our 14U division alternates between a clinic-based practices led by college coaches and players and games on Sundays from 6-8 PM.
All divisions except the 14U division participate in an end-of-season tournament the last week of the season as a prelude to the spring season.
The league offers professionally coached Pitcher and Catcher clinics on Sunday evenings for enrolled players. The program is progressive, so players are encouraged to attend as many clinics as possible to speed development. Two, 1-hr sessions are offered; 5-6PM and 6-7PM. Earlier sessions are aimed for less experienced players with the later session geared for more seasoned players. Note, even though girl-pitch is introduced at WUSA's 9U division of play, younger players are welcome to attend the earlier session and begin developing these skills.
The league supports professionally coached semi-individualized, position-player skill development sessions on Wednesday evenings. These sessions are an opportunity for fall ball players to get professional coach level instruction on throwing mechanics, catching skills, infielding and outfielding techniques as well as hitting development. The optional sessions are designed to help all levels of players from those needing foundational skills support, to players with advanced skills seeking to be challenged with new techniques.
**New for our 2025 Fall Ball Program** and in alignment with our Skills Development Focus for Fall Ball WUSA will host a Fall Ball Softball Skills Showoff event at the conclusion of the season. Fall Ball players and teams will have the opportunity to compete at different softball skills stations for fun prizes and WUSA discounts. Additional information about this event will be shared as the season progresses.
Age divisions for players: WUSA players are slotted into a respective division of play according to her birth date. Division birth dates are set up according to USA Softball rules which changed in 2023. WUSA has phased-in these changes to our recreational league starting with 2018 birth years. Reference the table below to find the division your daughter will be defaulted. Players are allowed to play one division lower with league approval. If intending to enroll in a lower-age level division, enroll in the defaulted division and indicate your intention in the notes section on the enrollment. The change will be made by our WUSA registrar. You may also email the WUSA Helpline to ensure the change to a lower division is made.