HITTRAX TOURNAMENT
May 2nd, 2025
On Friday May 2nd from 9am-2pm we will be hosting our second HitTrax Tournament for players 8u to 14u. Our facility has 7 total cages, pitching machines, and HitTrax systems making it the second largest HitTrax facility in Texas! 2 of our machines are 40 feet from home plate, 2 are 46 feet from home plate, and 3 are 50 feet from home plate. Below is a little information on how the tournament will work.
FORMAT:
FORMAT:
9am-10am: Players will be broken up by age, go to the cage that represents their age, take batting practice, and drafted to a team. Teams will be selected to create evenly matched teams using the statistics we gather during batting practice. The number of players per team will be based off of how many kids sign up, but we will shoot for 8 total teams with 3-5 kids per team.
10am-11:30am: Each team will play two pool play games with a 30 minute time limit on each game. The games will be scheduled for 6 innings. HitTrax will know the age of the players, so even if a 10 year old is going against a 12 year old the games will be even. The system adjust based on the players ages.
11:30am-12pm: Lunch break, please pack a lunch and bring water jugs
12pm-2pm: We will do single elimination bracket play. If your team is eliminated you will still hit off the machines where we will more than likely do a home run derby for the players who are eliminated from the tournament. The teams who win, will all get
HITTRAX GAME MODE:
We have the most updated version of HitTrax that comes with game mode. The easiest way to explain game mode is if you have ever been to Top Golf. When you hit a pitched ball off the machine, it will show the result of the hit, distance of the hit, where the ball went on the field, the exit velo of the hit, it will show the defense field the ball, the base runners running, the pitch speed, the count, the score and inning of the game, etc. Basically once you hit the ball it becomes a video game like simulation on our 55 inch tv's behind the batting cages.
The skill level of the defense and the size of the field adjust to the age of the players. So to get a hit at the 8u level will be much easier than 14u.
RULES:
Each game will have a staff member serving as an umpire that can manually over-rule the HitTrax on certain calls. Staff will also be the only ones allowed to control turning the machines off and on.
SAFETY:
-Players must where a helmet in the cages at all times (bring your own helmet)
-No Swinging bats in the walk way behind the cage or even holding bats. The monitors for HitTrax behind the cage are $1500 and if your child breaks one with a bat, you will be responsible for buying a new one
-Players need to pay attention to the machine not the TV! Staff will turn the machine off after a ball is hit in play, but sometimes the machine throws an extra pitch if not powered off with the remote in time. If it is an issue, we may decide to hand feed the machines for the tournament instead of using the ball feeder.
