Woodstock Heat is the premier competitive full-time travel baseball organization in Woodstock, Illinois.
Our primary goal is to give players the opportunity to develop their skills by recruiting quality coaches and compete in leagues and tournaments that provide appropriate competition for each individual team and maintain a reasonable cost. Each age group will play regular season games in Northern Illinois and participate in various local and regional tournaments.
WHAT OUR PLAYERS RECEIVE: Indoor Practice from January-March, at least 5 tournaments, and league play in McHenry County Baseball League
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BASEBALL OFFERED?
| PROGRAM | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES |
| ACADEMY BASEBALL | Year round baseball. 5-8 tournaments in addition to league play. Paid instruction. Registration fee tends to exceed $1500 | GRB Rays
Phenoms
Tigers |
| COMMUNITY TRAVEL | Program tends to run January-July. 3-5 tournaments plus league play. Coaches tend to be parents. Registration fee between $500-$1000 | McHenry Cobras
Woodstock Heat
Northwest Outlaws
Poplar Grove Power |
| PART TIME TRAVEL | Kids play in both an "in-house" program and on a tournament based teams. Team will pick up exhibition games on Sundays. | |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
IS TRAVEL BASEBALL EXPENSIVE? In many organizations, yes. There are Academy based teams that pay coaches to manage their teams and provide off-season instruction. Woodstock Heat is available at a reasonable cost, and we allow each team's families to fully define the experience they receive. We work to recruit qualified volunteers to manage our teams and further offset registration fees through corporate sponsorships. Every opportunity is provided to ensure each child who makes a team is able to play on that team.
DO I HAVE TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES? No, all of our games are typically an hour or less away. We are fortunate that Northern Illinois plays host to many highly competitive tournaments. All of our home games are on fields in Woodstock
DOES MY CHILD REALLY NEED TO PLAY TRAVEL BASEBALL? That depends. If your child is very focused and wants to play high school or college baseball then we fully recommend travel baseball.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO PLAY ON A HEAT TEAM? Tryouts are held annually in July for the next season. Practices begin in January with games beginning in April. You will try out for the age that you will be on April 30th the following year.