The national AAU baseball program began in 1983 to promote
youth baseball at its highest level of play and to organize
district, regional, and national tournament programs. Teams in
each district play a regular season as their schedules are
established by a cooperative effort among the managers across
each district. District tournaments are played to determine
eligible district teams to advance to regional and national
championship competition. Additionally, there are Division 1 and
Division 2 tournaments organized throughout the United States
open and available to all AAU baseball programs. These
tournaments permit all teams to participate in post-season
tournament play. All of the tournament play is well played and
affords an opportunity for sportsmanship and competition at the
highest levels for youth baseball programs.
Goals, Values, and Objectives
Baseball is considered the greatest game invented by Americans.
It may be played at all age levels and can be enjoyed by the
novice player as well as the most experienced veteran. The
Firebirds Baseball program intends to teach the game of baseball
to each player to reach his highest ability level and encourage
growth and improvement in baseball skills and strategy and
impart an appreciation for the game. We also demand that each
player should be a sportsman, who will play hard, but treat each
opposing player with appreciation, respect, and dignity. We will
stress the importance of academic achievement to every player in
our program and send a clear message to our participants for
success on the athletic field.