Activation i.e., Pre-registration


BEGINNING MID-NOVEMBER .......
In mid-November of each year, the website is initialized for the upcoming season. This is the starting point for the new annual cycle. At this point, the League can begin "activating" new teams and re-activate returning teams, for the upcoming season. Team activations are shown on the website as they happen, classified by team age and power rating Inside The League > Teams.

Activation is akin to pre-registration. It is a declaration that you intend to be active in the league i.e., register one or more teams for the upcoming season. Any information provided is considered tentative and can be changed without penalty up until the close of registration.

When a returning club or team is re-activated, passwords for all of its authorized users from the previous year are re-activated as well i.e., everyone's passwords from the previous year work again, giving them access to password protected content again. This also allows teams to update their information from the prior year e.g., update/initialize their rosters, and update their team directory i.e., coaches and team contact persons.

When a club/team is activated, each club/team participant e.g., club owner/rep, team manager, coach, contact person and player, is given his own private, secure online "ENYTB office" Everything needed to participate in the League is available to each participant in his virtual ENYTB office space, including a personalized real-time view of all League activity. The same is true for new members except not all its authorized users are added at once. Coaches/team contact persons and players are added later by the club/team. See Help > Access for a thorough description of this process.

Each team's virtual office includes a team registration page, customized to the team's age and its level of play, listing everything offered by ENYTB that the team is eligible to register for, along with its associated fee (see Registration > Options/Fees).

NOTE: Mandatory registration items have a permanent check in their associated check-box. Programs with an empty check-box are optional. All sanctioning and tournament eligibility choices are optional. Teams that elect to double-register their team i.e., participate at two age levels with the same team, are shown their options at the next age level after entering a chec-mark in the DR check-box.

Once a team has made its registration selections, an itemized invoice is created. It records the team's actual registration choices, the total amount due, payment(s), credits etc. and balance due (see Registration > Options/Fees > Invoice). In addition, a "consolidated" invoice is created for each club, summarizing the invoices and payments for each team the club registered, as well as any applicable club fees or discounts (see Main > Owner Home > Team Info > Registration).

To unlock the door to your private ENYTB office, each participant needs a "key" i.e., a personal log-in. Passwords are established during activation for club owners/reps and team managers. They are established for coaches and players as they are added to the team by their team manager or club owner/rep. For more information on activation, see Help > Access.

The goal is to have all returning clubs/teams activated before the Annual Kick-Off meeting in late January. Roster protection ends in mid-Jan for teams that have not yet activated. They still have til April 1 to activate/register but their players from the prior year are free agents until they do.

By about the same time as the Kick-Off meeting, the sanctioning bodies announce their tournament calendar, which is posted on the website as it becomes available. Each sanctioning body has its own timetable for releasing such information. NABF information is available as early as November. AABC and PONY information usually isn't complete until mid to late January. Sanctioned tournament information is used by teams to make their registration choices. All teams are required to make their registration choices on the website no later than April 1st.

Help

  • How Do League Participants Retrieve Their Own Password?

    Lost Password?

    enytb.com allows users to retrieve their own password at any time.

    To retrieve your own password:

    Go to the very top of the home page and click on the [Login] button. In the spawned modal, click [Lost Password?]

    Enter your ENYTB registered email address;

    Click the applicable user ID (if there is more than one).

    The system will instantly email your password to your registered email address.

    NOTE: If you get a message stating that you aren't a registered user, the system is telling you that it does not recognize the email address you have entered i.e., it is not of a valid email address/password pairing. This would happen if you have multiple email address and are entering a different email address from what you are registered under in the system. It could also mean you have typed in your email address incorrectly or that it was originally entered incorrectly to the system. If you believe it to be the latter, please contact your league navigator for assistance. If you don't know who your league navigator is, contact Ed Frye at 518-356-9089.

Custom Scheduling

ENYTB puts you in the driver’s seat in determining when and how much you team plays as well as who you play.
  • Have your schedule include the exact number of games you want week-by-week as well as in total;
  • Have your HOME games scheduled only on the dates/times your home field and team are both available;
  • Have your AWAY games scheduled only on the dates/times your team is available;
  • Automatically eliminate opponents outside your team’s competitive range; and,
  • Top priority given to scheduling games with specific opponents that you designate as most preferred. You can also block specific opponents you prefer not playing.

Schedule Reliability

Schedule reliability is the hallmark of every great league!
  • Teams are required to play all games as scheduled;
  • 100% enforcement via ENYTB website;
  • More than 90% of all ENYTB scheduled games are played as scheduled, excluding cancellations due to bad weather;
  • Games that aren’t played as scheduled (forfeits) can be made up at a later time by mutual agreement to avoid fine;
  • Fines are imposed for un-played or un-scored games;
  • ENYTB guarantees reimbursement for unavoidable out-of-pocket game expenses due to late cancellations.

Tournament Opportunities

Multiple tournaments for all ages!
  • Local tournaments hosted on premium fields, including Joe Bruno Stadium, home to the Tri-City ValleyCats, minor league affiliate of the Houston Astros.
  • Exclusive local tournaments for Members Only: Super 8, Summer Blast, Madness!, and ValleyCats Fall Classic. Each with a 2 game guarantee. Sign up available on team order form.
  • OPEN tournament: Last Man Standing. 3 game guarantee. Last weekend of July. All teams in the Capital District and beyond are welcome to join in this summer finale! Members sign up on team order form. Non-members sign up on-line through tournament menu.
  • Sanctioned National Championship Tournament Series are available to members at all ages via ENYTB affiliates: NABF; PONY; and, AABC. Sign-up available on team order form.

Nine ENYTB Teams Have Won Sanctioned National Championships. Can your team be the 10th?

Interested in Joining?

  • New members are always welcome - ENYTB continues to grow, having reached 225 teams in 2019
  • New teams are allowed to roster up to four players one year older than their team age (pre-2019 teams are grandfathered at five such players); and,
  • New teams are allowed a maximum of four players from active ENYTB teams, provided no more than three of those players are from the same team.
  • Players looking for a travel team to play for can go to Teams Looking for Players or go to Teams Hosting Tryouts.

For more information re: ENYTB membership you may contact ENYTB Executive Director, Andy Frye at (518) 545-0747 or by email at andy@enytb.com.

Interested in Joining?

  • New members are always welcome - ENYTB continues to grow, having reached 225 teams in 2019
  • New teams are allowed to roster up to four players one year older than their team age (pre-2019 teams are grandfathered at five such players); and,
  • New teams are allowed a maximum of four players from active ENYTB teams, provided no more than three of those players are from the same team.

For more information re: ENYTB membership you may contact ENYTB Executive Director, Andy Frye at (518) 545-0747 or by email at andy@enytb.com.