What is the commitment level like in travel baseball/softball?
The Gulf Coast Knights will be practicing 2-3 times a week consistently. Pre planned practice schedules for months out are always provided.

How many tournaments do we play in a month and typically where?
We will be pre registering in tournaments for the whole season in advance. There should be at least 2 tournaments a month and mostly played from Naples to Tampa/Clearwater Florida Area. When our teams progress, we will hope to register in some elite type of tournaments that will showcase some of the greatest talent that Florida has to offer.

What are the costs associated with Knights travel baseball?
There will be an initial signup fee each year before the fall season begins. This fee will cover uniforms and gear for your child. Each tournament that we play in has an initial "TEAM" registration fee ranging from $300.00 - $500.00...there are also umpire fees due at each game of $50.00-$60.00. With some help from the parents and players....we will collectively organize fundraisers to pay for many of these fees.

DISCLAIMER ***If fundraising is not done...these fees are added all up and split evenly amongst the total amount of players brought to the tournament.

*An on going out of pocket expense is gate entry fees for all adults, each tournament weekend. Fees are $6 per adult, per day due to the Knights prior to the tournament weekend. (The Knights pay a gate fee of $225 per team when registering for a tournament)

Playing Time?
This is the extremely difficult topic around all of sports these days. Travel Baseball is treated like a business and is coached to win each and every game. There is absolutely NO guarantee on playing time. Our philosophy is that we believe in each player we draft and it is mutual that with good coaching and hard work from the player...they should NEVER have to worry about playing time.

How many games do you play a weekend?
Travel baseball is played of the course of Saturday and Sunday. Saturdays games are played to seed you team for the Sunday single elimination day. On a really BAD tournament where we don't win our first game on Sunday...we will play the 3 guaranteed games the tournament offers.

Are the travel expenses included in the fees?
No. All travel expenses are paid for by the player. The team most certainly can plan in advance to get group buys on hotels and/or fundraise to have expenses paid for.