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The Junior Softball League is designed for 3rd and 4th-grade girls who wish to experience the complete game of fastpitch softball in a recreational setting. This is the first level of softball, where the girls start to learn and practice live pitching. The LZ house program focuses on fun and instruction as the primary focus and competitiveness secondary. To help prepare the girls for a future in softball, the league has the following development goals for this level.

Position Fundamentals

  • Softball Fundamentals for each position
  • Playing different positions allows players to experience and practice what they learned in real time.

Pitching 

  • Exposure to live pitching including windmill form and called balls/strikes

Batting Fundamentals

Base Running Fundamentals

Developing awareness of game situations

  • Game Situations
  • Stealing

Developing personal self-confidence

Team Environment

  • Learning how to be a good teammate
  • Having fun in a team environment!

The Junior levels play in a combined league with youth softball teams from Barrington, Cary, and Wauconda. The season starts in early April with a full month of practices and progressing to playing 12-15 game regular season games. Playoff games follow the regular season to determine a league champion. The final game for the season is a mixed-team All-Star game that includes the top-voted players from each team.

Teams are formed through a combination of friend requests and a draft. Friend requests are given top priority however the league cannot guarantee that all friend requests will be honored. Depending on interest, the league may also form a part-time travel team (Lake Zurich Storm), in which players must try out to be selected.  For more information, visit the LZ Storm Travel Page.

Players will be provided with the following:

  • Uniform: Jersey & Socks

Players must provide the following:

  • Pants
  • Cleats
  • Glove
  • Bat
Ari  Barnett

Ari Barnett

Junior League President

Important Dates

Registration Jan - March
Player's Team Notification Late March
Practice Begins April
Season Starts May
Season Ends June