The WWBA is PG’s wood bat division. The BCS is PG’s metal bat division.
No, PG does not have coaches check-in/meeting prior to tournament. They will receive their coaches packet at their first game.
PG does not have any player check-in for tournaments.
PG doesn’t require any proof of age unless a team protests a game due to an illegal player.
Games of all tournaments will begin with 9AM games on the first date listed on a tournament unless otherwise noted.
The team contact will receive an emailed link to click on to update the roster online.
Each tournament will have a different format, depending on how many teams and how many games will be played. It will be noted on the specific tournament page prior to the event.
The WWBA World Championship, which is held annually in Jupiter, FL in late October is a strict invite-only event. It is our oldest and most prestigious event we run. It is limited to 85 teams, with well over 200 wanting in. There are 7 spots for Qualifier winners. The only way to get a new team into this event that doesn’t win a Qualifier is if a team drops out, which doesn’t happen very often.
For the 16u & 17u WWBA, the orders of invitations go as follows:
1. Teams that want to return to the 17u WWBA that participated in the event last year.
2. Teams that finished well in last year's 16u WWBA.
3. New teams that have requested invitations online.
Perfect Game does not enter this data, please see your coach first to correct it. If that does not work, send an email including your player name, graduation year, city, state, player ID, the email you use to login, and corrections needed to one of the Tournament Management Assistants listed on the contact page.
Sign into your account on www.perfectgame.org, If you do not have an account, please create one by clicking "Create Account" in the upper right corner. Click My Account. On the "My Account" page, click the red Associate Player to your account button, or click here. Fill out the form. Once the association request is approved, you will receive an email notifying you that it has been approved. Sign into your account on the Perfect Game website and there will be a red notification box with two links to sign the releases. If your player does not appear in a search, it is because your player has not yet attended a Perfect Game event, their coach has not rostered them for an event, or they have not been approved on a roster yet. If you have questions related to signing the Participant & Media releases, please contact ellie@perfectgame.org.
For any Perfect Game nationally run tournaments (red flag tournaments), it is mandatory to stay in a hotel provided by the PG partnered housing company. Any PG Affiliate run events, it is up to the directors of those tournaments to decide on housing. All housing contact information, with links, can also be found on each events specific page.
IOWA:
For all Perfect Game events in Iowa, players and their families are required to book their housing through Cedar Rapids Tourism Office at h.deeter@tourismcedarrapids.com. Please contact them if you have any questions.