About ATBATS
The non-profit national governing body bringing accountability, transparency, and professional standards to travel baseball and softball.
"Equipping the travel sports community to reform the game — so every player reaches their full potential."
ATBATS provides the knowledge, tools, standards, and transparency that players, coaches, parents, and organizations need to make travel baseball and softball what it was always supposed to be — a development experience that puts every player first, protects every family, and elevates the entire sport.
"I paid thousands of dollars for my son to get one plate appearance in eight games — while the coach's own kid played every game. There was no accountability, no transparency, and nowhere to turn. So I built ATBATS."
What started as one family's experience became the foundation for a national advocacy organization — one that fights for reform not just on the platform, but in the halls of every state legislature and in Washington.
ATBATS was founded on a simple belief: every kid who laces up their cleats deserves to play. We're building the accountability infrastructure that travel baseball and softball has always needed — and never had. Through the CLEATS certification program, we're making sure every program, every team, every coach, and every umpire meets the standard every family deserves.
The Complete Platform for Travel Sports.
From certification to compliance, player files to parent reviews, tournament ratings to team availability — ATBATS is the operating infrastructure travel baseball and softball has never had.
Program Certification
Team Certification
Coach Certification
Umpire Certification
Tournament Directory
Tournament Ratings
Tournament Intel
Team Availability Board
Insurance Marketplace
Business Formation
Coach Background Checks
Document & Waiver Templates
Best Practices Library
Coaching Aids & Practice Tools
Portable Player Files
Parent Review Platform
Complaint Documentation & Referral
Compliance Calendar
Coach Community
GameChanger Integration
Financial Transparency Dashboard
Program Overhead Rating
Coach Leadership Education
CLEATS Content Creator Certification
ATBATS Content Library
ATBATS Instruction Standards
Virtual Clinic Marketplace
In-Person Clinic Booking
Recruiting Consulting Marketplace
ATBATS Product Ratings
Cost / Value Calculator
Product Lifespan Database
Independence Promise
CLEATS Certified Tournament
Verified tournaments that meet the ATBATS standard for organization, safety, and family value.
ATBATS Local Business Partner
Connecting traveling tournament families with vetted local businesses in every tournament community.
Local Business Guide
Curated hotels, restaurants, activities, and retailers near every ATBATS certified tournament venue.
ATBATS Youth Sports Consumer Protection Partnership
Formal consumer protection referral network backing every ATBATS certified program and family.
Complaint Documentation & Referral
Structured complaint submission with formal referral to Partnership consumer protection authorities where warranted.
Legislative Advocacy
Working with state and federal elected officials to establish the first consumer protection framework specifically designed for youth travel sports families.
Annual Youth Sports Accountability Report
Aggregate data on consumer protection failures, certification outcomes, and complaint patterns submitted annually to elected officials as the evidence base for legislative reform.
A generation of players who love the game because the game treated them right.
That is what ATBATS is building. Join us.
Be Part of Building This.
Join the founding ATBATS community and help shape the future of youth baseball and softball.