We have tried to answer most questions. We are not like many other clubs in that we want all information and costs to be available to potential families immediately. We know it is a big commitment. Email jt@gtownbaseball.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Currently we have 11U AA baseball teams. We are also taking interest from families for 10U teams. It is always possible to create and develop other aged teams. If you want to have further discussion about other aged teams, please feel free send an email regarding an other aged team to Other Aged Team.
The main coach, manager if you will is JT Collier. The other coaches are highly skilled and experienced in youth baseball. It takes a lot of coaching to develop and we are ready to meet the challenge!
If you are interested in being a coach, please review all of the pertinent information below and complete a coach interest form by clicking on Coach Interest Form
It is really simple. First they must share the same passion for youth baseball development. Next they must have experience in coaching youth baseball. Then they must pass a background check, period! No coach is working with any of our youth players without passing a background check. We believe in the safety of our youth and will not budge in any way on the background check. Frankly if a potential coach is questioning having to do a background check it is a hard pass for us on that coach. Our morals, ethics, responsibilities to our youth and our insurance requires it. Total no brainer for us!
If you are interested in being a coach, please review all of the pertinent information below and complete a coach interest form by clicking on Coach Interest Form
Coaches, including JT Collier do NOT get paid, they do get reimbursed for expenses they incur for the club. Some clubs may tout how they pay "professional" coaches as a sales point to parents. That sales point begins with a falseness that being paid brings better coaching. We truly are not running a business for monetary profit, it is a business for youth baseball development profit.
If you are interested in being a coach, please review all of the pertinent information below and complete a coach interest form by clicking on Coach Interest Form
While it is extremely desirable coaches hold coaching certifications, it is also a strange coach training world we are in. It is often difficult to navigate the coaching certification world, and by that, we mean what is available and what a coach should have. Basically there is no straight across standard for youth baseball coaching. We require all coaches to pass a background check, period. We also require youth abuse prevention training annually, and CPR/AED//First Aid certification at a minimum. We strive to find coaches that have coaching certifications and encourage that they do pursue those while working with us. There is a measurable cost for coaches that desire to coach with us but our youth are the most important thing in the world.
JT Collier, holds several coaching certifications from the National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) and USA Baseball, which incorporates the abuse prevention courses and many others to obtain and maintain.. JT also holds CPR/AED and First Aid certifications. JT constantly strives to stay current by taking coaching clinics from organizations like USA Baseball, being a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association, and the National Federation of State High Schools. We encourage our coaches to do the same.
If you are interested in being a coach, please review all of the pertinent information below and complete a coach interest form by clicking on Coach Interest Form
Although G Town Baseball is formed as an Arizona Limited Liability Company, it is not driven to generate profits. It is driven to develop youth baseball players while covering the extensive cost of operating a baseball club. Examples of those costs are; team insurance, association memberships for the team (USSSA, PG, NCS, TCS etc.), field/facility rentals, and purchase/upkeep of baseball training equipment. Additional expenses are licenses to operate, and operational expenses such as supplies. Every penny collected goes back to providing what is needed for the teams. You can be assured we are trying to keep our dues at the same level as the majority of club teams, if not lower.
Coaches, including JT Collier do NOT get paid, they do get reimbursed for expenses they incur for the club. Some clubs may tout how they pay "professional" coaches as a sales point to parents. That sales point begins with a falseness that being paid brings better coaching.
We could go through the lengthy process to form and be recognized as a non-profit, however the benefits do not outweigh operating as a LLC. We could go on and on about formations, taxation, and other benefits, but benefits of being non-profit just do not outweigh operating as an LLC at this time.
Yes. We are required to be insured to play in leagues, tournaments and rent fields/facilities from the various entities. Frankly we would never be without insurance, our youth are the most important asset we have in the world.
Please reach us at jt@gtownbaseball.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.
We follow the USA Baseball American Development Model which recommends practices should be a minimum 2 to 1 ratio (2 practices to 1 game). Frankly, Unlike most Little League & REC teams, we aim to develop players with the most current and correct recommendations for youth baseball. That's not to say Little League/REC hasn't provided some level of development, it's to say we are ratcheting it up. Development is key, not chasing rings.
We are Gilbert, AZ based and strive to support our community. The vast majority of practices will be held in the central Gilbert area such as New McQueen Park, Freestone Park, Crossroads Park, and public schools. Scheduling for any team can be a challenge and occasionally we may need to expand to surrounding areas such as Chandler or Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, AZ. Most indoor facilities we utilize are not in the Gilbert town limits, however they are at the borders, D-Bat Mesa being one example. We are shooting to support our community while running the club and make it convenient for everyone involved.
For the most part winter season games are at Higley Traditional Academy in Gilbert, AZ. For spring and fall seasons we will be playing tournaments. We shoot to choose tournaments scheduled at Cactus Fields in Gilbert, AZ, Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, AZ, and others that may take place in Chandler, AZ or other fields in Mesa, AZ. Be aware there are some tournaments that take place are in Peoria, AZ, Glendale, AZ, and Fountain Hills, AZ which generally are part of tournaments that originate from Gilbert or Mesa events. If we play in league style seasons, it would be in Chandler, AZ and Gilbert, AZ. We do not do out of town travel, unless the majority of the team families can commit to those tournaments (info given well in advance to make decision).
Club dues cover field/facility rentals, equipment, insurance and association memberships to play in the leagues/tournaments. We strive to keep monthly dues lower than most other clubs. To meet that goal tournament fees are not included in monthly dues, however each committed family to a team is bound to any tournament fees for the season. Tournament fees are divided amongst all player families committed to the team. If a tournament costs $900, it would be $900/12 = $75 per family. If the club is in excess on monthly dues collected for a month, we apply the excess to a tournament fee thereby decreasing what is due by each family. We are not profit driven at all and fully understand the financial commitment of playing for a club team.
Additionally, most tournament events charge a fee for entry, which varies and is not included in club dues or the tournament fee. Any entry or parking fees are outside our control and have become pretty standard, although we don't like it. Coaches and players will get free entry for any tournament events from the tournament organizer.
League style is just like how you played at Little League or REC level. Several games a season with playoffs, but higher level competition. The difference is in fall league for club we would play in a USSSA sanctioned league style season. For winter season it is not a USSSA sanctioned league season. For spring season, we would more than likely play through East Valley Baseball, a longstanding and reputable organization that many clubs play in, or play in sanctioned tournaments from USSSA, PG, or NCS. Winter season games are on Saturdays with occasional double headers. Tournament games are generally Friday thru Sunday (Sunday dependent on making the championship brackets). Spring and Fall seasons games are a sprinkling of weeknights and Saturdays.
Tournaments would all be played in USSSA, PG, NCS or other national sanctioned organizations. Those tournaments are generally held over 3 days (Friday-Sunday) at various locations. The first couple of days are pool play. Outcomes from the first couple days determine the level of championship the team(s) would be competing at for the final day. Generally there is Gold level and Silver level. Of course, a team can be knocked out of championship play by day 2 based on game outcomes. Always plan to spend 3 days playing in a tournament.
Please reach us at jt@gtownbaseball.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Roughly 2.5 million kids play youth baseball and after 3 years, we have lost 50% of those kids (1.25 million gone). By the time they get to middle school we lose 50% of those kids from youth baseball (625,000 more gone). The number 1 cited reason kids leave baseball is it isn't fun anymore. While it is true as kids progress in age thru the sport it becomes more demanding, it still can be fun. Problem is most programs put fun on the back burner and make it all about work or focus too much on chasing $8 rings! We are not like that at all. Baseball has to be fun and kids can still develop skill and character in fun baseball programs. Success is in character and skill development, not $8 rings.
Little League and REC play face the issue of not being fun, changing neighborhood demographics, and players going to club play, but one of the other major issues is the competition is less or teams get mixed with kids who have drastically varying levels of playing experience and skill (which in the end drives kids out or to club play). I coached Little League & REC teams for many years and can absolutely confirm these facts. Every season I got players who had never played, or played very little. I love developing kids in the sport of baseball, problem is I rarely got the necessary practices and practice times to do so in Little League. Because of the vastly different skill/experience level of players, and really whole teams suffer in having fun and developing. Since beginning coaching club teams I can safely say many fixes are built into the system. One being tryouts which focus on recruiting high level players with like skills or ones that can be developed to the level needed. Another being we are able to provide the correct amount of practices and correct amount of practice length. One other huge one is having the current and necessary equipment to use for developing players or running practices. Many parents choose to find a club baseball team for their player which IMHO is the right move to keep them developing and playing. The caveat being it has to be fun!
For the most part if you are looking for college scholarships through baseball you should save your money to just pay for college. I highly encourage parents to seek out the huge numbers of reputable podcasts that discuss college or professional baseball recruiting. If you need some, just shoot a message, but trust me there are literally hundreds of episodes that discuss this and from a lot of different podcast hosts.
But let's just say your motivation is a scholarship. There are tons of them out there from all levels of college, other than the NCAA has changed it's athletic rules (5for5). The number one thing a college coach has to have in a player is academics. There are various levels of GPA requirements but make sure your player is academically exceeding. The number 2 thing is attitude, but not just the players, the family as well. Then they need to be what we call "freaks". Baseball freaks is common terminology for those players that are at the utmost levels of play.
Those seeking professional baseball draft, well it just got harder. New rules implemented that MLB draftees have to be in college, there are no more high schoolers being drafted (as of 2026).
So what to do? Have a great attitude, be academically elevated, keep developing skills and character. Oh and do not "specialize" in any position before at least high school. Learn them all, and be that kid that shows up to middle school or high school tryouts able to play pretty much any position. Parents who pigeon hole their kid to 1 or 2 positions are not doing them any favors. My kid will play any position needed, and does. Other thing to do is find a club program that has a growth mindset and will develop kids in multiple positions, especially 13U below. Get out of Little League and REC play, and become more challenged in club play. But have fun also!
Kids 13U and below, even 15U really, should not specialize in 1 position. Need evidence? Well there are literally 50+ podcasts from extremely reputable sources that discuss this. I encourage parents to seek them out and listen to a bunch of them. If you need help, shoot a message over.
Pitchers and catchers are very necessary in youth baseball, so many club teams will be looking for those kids that can play them. I always tell my players "there is no position on the field more important than the other". It is true because in baseball the ball will find everyone eventually. I do not develop kids to play 1 or 2 positions, they get developed to play many. I need the kid that when asked to play right field says "yes coach" and hustles out to do it. That is NOT a unique thing for youth baseball clubs, you will find that in middle school and high school. Kids should stay thirsty to play baseball no matter what position they are in, they are all important.
Keep this in mind. A youth baseball game is 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours long. The ball will literally be in play for about less than 5 minutes per game. Do you want your kid being out of the action because they only play 1 or 2 positions? Furthermore, very often when they get to middle school, high school, college and professional play they will NOT be playing the position they were recruited for.
Too many parents are living vicariously through their kids. Our time is well over. The best thing we can do as parents is provide and support them in their baseball journey. Want to run your kid out of youth sports then just be the parent who coaches from the stands or critiques everything they do, or even some of the things they don't do. Let the coaches do the coaching and you be the parent who supports.
Do NOT tie ANY money you are paying to what your kid is doing in baseball. Truth be told, I have crossed the line on this in the sense of ensuring my kid knows club is a higher level than Little League or REC and cost more. Holy smokes what a mistake! If you have the ability to pay increased costs for club baseball then do it but NEVER tie it to your kids performance or lack of. That truly crosses the line of living vicariously through our kids. Be supportive, and on the car ride home everyone takes off the baseball caps and is just a supportive family.
We want your kid to keep playing baseball!
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