YOUTH PROGRAM
Spirit League offers a year-round youth & adult sports program for athletes with developmental disabilities. Our youth program includes Basketball, Baseball, and Soccer for athletes ages 6-22.
Baseball
The 2024 Baseball Season has concluded. Looking forward to another great season in 2025! Dates TBD
Baseball is an incredible team sport to practice critical life skills, including verbal directions, positions on the field (aka their job description), and waiting (skills adults practice daily).
Our baseball curriculum focuses on the three fundamental skills of throwing, fielding, and batting. From week one, athletes will be taught the correct position for throwing and fielding. As the season progresses, those skills will advance, including fielding ground balls (stationary and moving) and catching fly balls with proper glove positioning. Depending on the age division, teams will practice batting with a coach pitching, hit sticks, and tees. Proper hand positioning while batting, in addition to body stance, will be taught.
2024 SCHEDULE
Games will be played on Saturdays, January 27 – March 30. Online registration will be from November 1 – 30, 2023.
- Division 3 (6 – 9 years): 9:00 – 10:00 am
- Division 2 (9 – 13 years): 9:00 – 10:30 am
- Division 1 (13 – 22 years): 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Division ages vary to accommodate individual athlete abilities. Times may vary based on enrollment.
Uniform
Spirit League will provide a personalized jersey for each athlete. Parents should provide white baseball pants (long or standard), black cloth belt, tall black athletic socks, tennis shoes or plastic cleats, glove and team baseball cap (team will be assigned following end of registration).
REGISTRATION
The $245 registration fee includes a personalized jersey, individual and team photos, season medal, use of field equipment, field rental, coach gift, insurance, and instruction by staff and coaches.
Location
Oso Viejo Fields (next to Newhart Middle
School)
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
MAP & DIRECTIONS
PLEASE NOTE: For our young athletes in Division 3, we ask that an adult is on the field during the skill development portion of the session.
Baseball TIP VIDEOS
Basketball
The 2024 Basketball Season has concluded. Looking forward to another great season in 2025! Dates TBD
Basketball is Spirit League’s most popular sport. Parents report that the skills learned on the Spirit League court readily transfer to the school playground and P.E. Athletes will be assigned a team and report to the same practice court each week.
The first part of each session will focus on teaching three fundamental skills of dribbling, shooting and passing and working with other team athletes. As the season progresses, these skills will be expanded to include different forms of passing, guarding and shooting techniques. The second part of the session will include a game with another League team within the same age division. Depending on the division, athletes will have the opportunity to play at various court positions.
2024 SCHEDULE
2024 Games: Games will be played on Saturdays, April 20 – June 22. Online registration will be from February 1 – 29.
Division 3 (6-9 years):
8:30 am – 9:30 am*
Division 2 (9-13 years):
9:45 am – 11:15 am*
Division 1 (13-22 years):
11:30 am – 1:00 pm*
* Posted times are subject to change based on enrollment.
Uniform
Spirit League will provide a personalized jersey for each athlete.
Parents should provide black athletic shorts, tall black athletic socks, and tennis shoes or high tops.
REGISTRATION
Fee: The $285 registration fee includes a personalized jersey, individual and team photos, season medal, use of court equipment, court rental, coach gift, insurance, and instruction by staff and coaches.
Location
Newhart Middle School Basketball Courts (behind school)
25001 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, CA. 92692
Map & Directions
BASKETBALL TIP VIDEOS
SOCCER
*Registration Closed. Please email info@spiritleague.org to inquire about open spots.*
Soccer is a popular sport in Orange County and often played at school during recess and/or P.E. Parents report that the skills learned and confidence gained on the Spirit League field readily transfer to the school environment.
Athletes will be assigned a team and report to the same practice field each week. The first part of each session will focus on the three fundamental soccer skills of ball handling, passing and shooting. As the season progresses, these skills will be expanded to include goaltending, field positioning and additional passing techniques. The second part of the session will include a game with another League team within the same age division. As the season progresses, the time reserved for skill development will get shorter while the game time will get longer.
2024 SCHEDULE
Games will be played on Saturdays, September 7 – November 16 ( no games October 19) . Online registration will be from June 1 – July 15.
- Division 3 (6-9 years): 8:30 to 9:30 am
- Division 2 (9-13 years): 9:00 to 10:30
- Division 1 (13-22 years): 10:45 am to 12:15 pm.
*Play times and location are subject to change.
Uniform
Spirit League will provide a personalized jersey for each athlete.
Parents should provide black athletic shorts, tall black athletic socks, and tennis shoes or plastic cleats. Shin guards must be worn to participate.
REGISTRATION
The $285 registration fee includes a personalized jersey, individual and team photos, season medal, use of field equipment, field rental, coach gift, insurance, and instruction by staff and coaches.
Online registration will be open from June 1 – July 15, 2024
Location
Oso Fields (next to Newhart Middle
School)
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
MAP & DIRECTIONS