{"id":25439,"date":"2018-02-08T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=25439"},"modified":"2018-02-08T00:33:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T06:33:15","slug":"clarksville-parks-and-recreation-now-accepting-registrations-for-youth-baseball-softball-leagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/02\/08\/clarksville-parks-and-recreation-now-accepting-registrations-for-youth-baseball-softball-leagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Parks and Recreation now accepting registrations for Youth Baseball, Softball Leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Co-ed programs offered for ages 3-14<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299103\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" width=\"240\" height=\"96\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Clarksville Parks and Recreation youth baseball and softball leagues registration is underway. Participants can register now through March 26th, 2018 at the Parks and Recreation office, 102 Public Square, or online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec\" >www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specific leagues include baseball (ages 9-14), softball (ages 7-10), coach pitch (ages 7-8), T-ball (ages 5-6) and Blastball!\u00ae (ages 3-4). All leagues are co-ed, and open to boys and girls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_363813\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Baseball.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363813\" class=\"wp-image-363813 size-medium\" title=\"Youth Baseball and Softball leagues registration going on now at Clarksville Parks and Recreation.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Baseball-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Youth Baseball and Softball leagues registration going on now at Clarksville Parks and Recreation.\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-363813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth Baseball and Softball leagues registration going on now at Clarksville Parks and Recreation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Blastball!\u00ae is a fun alternative to traditional T-ball and uses a \u201chonking\u201d base to entertain younger players, bringing excitement to learning baseball fundamentals. This league concentrates on developing a child\u2019s running, hitting, catching, fielding and throwing skills.<\/p>\n<p>First-time participants must present their birth certificates at the time of registration to verify each child\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p>The cost to play in any of the Youth Recreation Leagues is $40.00 per child and includes a team shirt, hat, and medal. Beginning May 1st, each team will practice at least once a week. Weekly games begin on June 4 and will be played at the Heritage Park Baseball Complex, 1241 Peachers Mill Road.<\/p>\n<p>Youth leagues rely heavily on the generosity of parents and volunteers to provide coaching support. No experience is required and training will be provided. If interested, please contact the Clarksville Parks and Recreation office.<\/p>\n<p>For details on youth baseball and softball leagues, please contact the Clarksville Parks and Recreation office at 931.645.7476 or visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec\" >www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department<\/h3>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department-Office.jpg\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-335165\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-335165\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Office\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department-Office-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Office\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a>The mission of the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is to provide a variety of positive recreational experiences to enhance life values for individuals, families, and our diverse culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of recreational facilities and activities for all ages, maintains more than 700 acres of parks and facilities, provides 22 park facilities that offer a variety of amenities, including playgrounds, picnic areas, walking trails and pavilions or picnic shelters and maintains three community centers with year-round programming for youth, adults and seniors, as well as four public swimming pools<\/p>\n<p>The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is located at 102 Public Square, Clarksville.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more call 931.645.7476.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-ed programs offered for ages 3-14 Clarksville, TN &#8211; Clarksville Parks and Recreation youth baseball and softball leagues registration is underway. Participants can register now through March 26th, 2018 at the Parks and Recreation office, 102 Public Square, or online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec\" >www.cityofclarksville.com\/parksrec<\/a> Specific leagues include baseball (ages 9-14), softball (ages 7-10), coach pitch (ages 7-8), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[6311,878,881,825,879,29724,4919,3714,6583,17586,6584],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6Cj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25440,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25439\/revisions\/25440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}