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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 — baseball
The benefits baseball families, programs, and coaches use most. Full details are in the tiers below.
Baseball families
Family Basic is free
- Certified baseball programs near you — filter the directory by sport
- Pitch count, innings, and rest days tracked at Family Premium
- Written fee, refund, and playing time terms before you commit
Baseball programs
From $299/year
- Baseball listing families can verify before tryouts
- Pitch count and innings-limit policy review
- Overhead rating benchmarked against comparable baseball programs
Baseball coaches & umpires
One-time certification
- Pitching workload and arm care module
- Tryout evaluation and not-selected letter standards
- Public badge showing your certification is current
Program Certification
Annual CLEATS certification for a single travel baseball 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 program: legal entity and insurance verification, coach background check acknowledgment, and a public Foundation badge on your baseball directory listing.
- Legal entity and insurance verification
- Public CLEATS Foundation badge
- Find a Program listing
- Baseball program listing families can verify before tryouts
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 programs: document review, refund and fee disclosure requirements, tryout not-selected letters, and complaint portal participation.
- Everything in Foundation
- Refund policy and fee disclosure review
- Tryout Management for baseball and softball with required not-selected letters
- Baseball tryout evaluation standards and required not-selected letters
- Pitch count and innings-limit policy review
CLEATS Program Certification — Elite
$899/year
The highest recognition in youth travel baseball and softball
Top-tier CLEATS standing for baseball 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
- Overhead rating benchmarked against comparable baseball programs
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 family needs to research programs and be heard, at no cost.
- Public certified program directory access
- Complaint portal access
- Tryout calendar
- Filter the directory to certified baseball programs near you
Family Premium
$79/year
Everything in Family Basic plus the full player development file, recruiting hub, pitch count and arm health tracking, 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
- Pitch count and innings tracking with rest-day guidance
Individual Certification
Certification for an individual baseball coach, umpire, or content creator.
CLEATS Coach Certification
$49 one time
One-time certification for an individual baseball coach, including the ethics and accountability modules, baseball 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
- Baseball pitching workload and arm care module
Regional Hub Certification
Certify your entire multi-team baseball 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 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 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 organization under one umbrella. Coming soon for organizations with 5 or more teams.
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