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Every membership and certification fee goes directly into building standards, transparency, and accountability for youth baseball and softball.
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What you get
The benefits families, programs, and coaches use most. Pick a sport above to see the examples that match your season.
Families
Family Basic is free
- Verify certification before you pay a deposit
- Fee, refund, and playing time disclosures in writing
- File a complaint through the ATBATS portal
Programs
From $299/year
- Public certification badge families can check
- Tryout and not-selected letter standards
- Open Books transparency reporting at the Elite tier
Coaches & umpires
One-time certification
- Ethics and accountability modules
- Player development and arm care standards
- Public verification badge on your profile
Program Certification
Annual CLEATS certification for a single travel baseball or softball program.
CLEATS Program Certification — Foundation
$299/year
Less than one family’s registration fee — for verified accountability across your entire program
Baseline CLEATS certification for a travel baseball or softball program: legal entity and insurance verification, coach background check acknowledgment, and a public Foundation badge.
- Legal entity and insurance verification
- Public CLEATS Foundation badge
- Find a Program listing
CLEATS Program Certification — Standard
$499/year
0.3% of average program annual revenue — for the standard that protects you and your families
The full ATBATS family-protection standard for baseball and softball programs: document review, refund and fee disclosure requirements, tryout letters (including softball tryout evaluation standards), and complaint portal participation.
- Everything in Foundation
- Refund policy and fee disclosure review
- Tryout Management for baseball and softball with required not-selected letters
CLEATS Program Certification — Elite
$899/year
The highest recognition in youth travel baseball and softball
Top-tier CLEATS standing for baseball and softball programs, with Open Books financial transparency reporting, a published program overhead rating, and an annual compliance review.
- Everything in Standard
- Open Books financial transparency
- Published program overhead rating
Family Memberships
Two tiers — start free, upgrade when you want the full player file.
Family Basic
Free
No card required — create an account and you’re in.
Everything a baseball or softball family needs to research programs and be heard, at no cost.
- Public certified program directory access
- Complaint portal access
- Tryout calendar
Family Premium
$79/year
Everything in Family Basic plus the full player development file, recruiting hub, arm health and wellness tracking (baseball pitch counts and windmill pitching workload for softball), medical locker, and priority complaint handling.
- Full player development file
- Recruiting hub with offer acceptance
- Pitch count, windmill workload, and arm health tracker
- Medical locker
- Activity and wellness tracker
- Communication hub
- Priority complaint case handling
Individual Certification
Certification for an individual baseball or softball coach, umpire, or content creator.
CLEATS Coach Certification
$49 one time
One-time certification for an individual baseball or softball coach, including the ethics and accountability modules, sport-specific development and arm care standards, plus a public verification badge.
- Full CLEATS coach curriculum for baseball and softball
- Public verification badge
- Valid for one season
Regional Hub Certification
Certify your entire multi-team baseball and softball organization under one umbrella. Coming soon for organizations with 5 or more teams.
Regional Hub — Foundation
$1,299/year
Certify your entire multi-team baseball and softball organization under one umbrella. Coming soon for organizations with 5 or more teams.
Regional Hub — Standard
$1,999/year
Certify your entire multi-team baseball and softball organization under one umbrella. Coming soon for organizations with 5 or more teams.
Regional Hub — Elite
$2,999/year
Certify your entire multi-team baseball and softball organization under one umbrella. Coming soon for organizations with 5 or more teams.
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