Youth Sports

In partnership with Fry's Food Stores, Avnet, Tide, and Phoenix Children¡¯s Hospital, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation launched the D-backs Give Back Youth Jersey Program in the spring of 2014 in response to the financial crisis that many Arizona little leagues were facing. Providing at-risk leagues with high quality jerseys and caps, the D-backs Give Back Youth Jersey Program has significantly offset diminishing resources and allowed participating leagues to reallocate funds toward equipment, registration fees and facility improvements. The program includes 115 leagues across Arizona with more than 50,000 participating youth baseball and softball players.

The D-backs Baseball Academy is the official year-round baseball and softball instruction division of the Arizona Diamondbacks. A variety of camps and clinics are offered throughout the calendar year, hosted at facilities such as Chase Field and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, as well as local parks throughout the Greater Phoenix area. The D-backs Baseball Academy has taught thousands of kids to "learn to play the D-backs way!"

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Super Star Car Wash host players ages 7-12 years old for an immersive Diamondbacks experience at Chase Field, offering on-field training, exclusive stadium access, customized gear, a pre-signed autographed item, four tickets to a Diamondbacks regular-season home game, and the opportunity to interact with a Diamondbacks celebrity coach.

As a part of the D-backs Girls Play Ball Program, participants will receive a baseball cap, glove, t-shirt, a participation award or certificate, invitation to a celebration and opportunity to win prizes.

Since 2000, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation has built or refurbished 44 youth baseball and softball fields across Arizona as part of the Mike Kennedy "Diamonds Back" Field Building Program representing a charitable investment of more than $10 million. In partnership with APS and a charitable gift from individual players, the program has allowed children from across the state to play baseball and softball at quality facilities. The fields generally feature new lights, an electronic scoreboard, new fencing and backstops, new irrigation and new grass and dirt.

The D-backs Give Back PLAY BALL fund supports the outstanding efforts of Arizona's dedicated coaches and mentors to expand the game of baseball and softball and inspire Arizona's kids to PLAY BALL. Each month during the Major League Baseball season, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation will award up to ten $1,000 grants to Arizona based youth sports teams. Any Arizona youth team, league or organization can apply for funds to support player equipment, training for youth players or coaches, assistance with fees and expenses or facility improvements.

The annual Inter-tribal Youth Baseball & Softball Tournament presented by Talking Stick Resort and supported by Resolution Copper and Nike draws over 1,000 Native American athletes from across the United States.

D-backs Nike RBI is a free youth outreach program for children ages five through 12 in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs across Metro Phoenix.