Cost Comparison

The “total” cost of the Lightning program is approximately $2,000 – $3,500 per player for our full season teams. The actual cost depends on the number of players on the team, the specific age level team, the number of local tournaments and the location of the National tournament.

All of our teams run on a “cost basis” and all of the team funds are managed by a parent “team administrator.” None of the Lightning coaches collects or disburses funds.

At first look this seems expensive when compared to other programs that advertise a cost of $700-$800 dollars but the cost is not a true and accurate comparison. Lightning Baseball offers significantly more than other programs so when you compare what you get Lightning Baseball is a much better value. Here is a side-by-side comparison of what Lightning Baseball offers vs. a local team.

Lightning Baseball

Local Team

Fall Program    $250 – $750 (varies per team)

  • 2 day hitting clinic
  • 4 day pitching clinic
  • 8 program winter workouts
  • equipment and clothing discounts
  • professional coaches and instructors
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Regular Season   $700 – $900 (varies per team)

  • Fields, umpires, balls, equipment etc
  • 2 sets of uniforms
  • equipment and clothing discounts
  • weekly indoor workouts
  • weekly outdoor practices
  • 40-50 games
  • banquet
  • professional coaches and instructors
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National Tournament    $400 – $1,250 (varies per team)

  • airfare players and coaches (14u-16u)
  • hotel rooms players and coaches (14u-16u)
  • meals players and coaches (14u-16u)
  • transportation plus gas (14u-16u)
  • tournament entrance fees
  • registration fees
  • Professional coaches
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Sponsorship    (varies each season)

  • Equipment bag
  • Batting helmet
  • T-shirt  & Hats
  • Batting Gloves
  • Discounted equipment
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At an approximate cost of $2,000 – $3,500 (actual budgets will be provided when the teams and tournament locations are finalized). Other teams don’t offer programs like ours and if they qualify for a national tournament then their players will need to come up with money to cover the cost of the trip. We strongly believe that our fall and winter programs are necessary in order to prepare our teams and players to compete at the national level and are therefore a required part of our program with optional attendance. We also know we are going to National Championship Tournament so we are budgeting for that trip from the very beginning and allow the payments to be spread out over a longer period.