Free Softball Registration Form Template

Every question costs a parent a few seconds and a coach a few more to read, so each one has to change something you do. These are the ones that do.

• Bats and throws. It decides lineup cards and glove sizes, and it decides where a player can realistically stand: a left-handed thrower is rarely placed at second, shortstop, third or catcher. You want that known before the team is picked, not discovered in the first scrimmage.
• Slap hitting. A left-handed slapper starts moving toward first base as the ball is hit, and a team with two or three of them plans its lineup and its infield differently. A yes, a "learning" or a no is enough to start that conversation.
• Primary and other positions. Gives you a starting point for practice groups. It is information, not a promise, and the form says so.
• Pitching experience. Windmill pitching takes years to build and a new pitcher should not be discovered in the third inning. Pitching limits are counted differently from league to league, so knowing who has pitched and how much lets you plan the first bullpens and explain your league's limits to the families who need them explained.
• Catching experience. Catching has the most equipment and the most to learn, and in fastpitch the catcher is behind the plate for every pitch. Nobody should be the default catcher because they stood closest. The answer tells you who to start with and who needs coaching first.
• Arm, shoulder, elbow or back injury. A yes or no, with the details left to your medical consent and emergency contact form. It is the one health question that bears directly on how you use a pitcher or catcher in the first weeks, and the windmill asks a lot of the back as well as the arm.
• Division and playing up. Age divisions are set by date of birth against your league's cutoff date, which differs between organizations, so the form asks for the birth date and the division requested and leaves the arithmetic to you. Playing up usually needs league approval, which is why it has its own line.
• Jersey number choices. Three choices, because the first is always taken. It saves a negotiation at the first practice.
• Sizes and equipment owned. Collected now, the uniform order goes in once rather than twice, and you know how many helmets, face masks and bats to bring.

1. Print one per player and keep a few spares. Sign-up day always has a family with three players and one pen.
2. Put a medical consent and emergency contact form and a liability waiver in the same folder, so a family leaves with nothing outstanding.
3. Sort the completed forms by division, not alphabetically. The next job is forming teams, and you will want the tens and twelves together.
4. Copy the sizes onto one sheet for the uniform order, and the equipment-owned boxes onto another for the equipment manager.
5. Keep the forms in a locked drawer, and follow your league's rules on how long to hold them before they are shredded.

When teams exist, the softball equipment checkout form is the next paper in the pile, and the softball code of conduct is the one to hand out at the first practice.