Choose your location

Myrtle Beach
Week 1: June 27-July 3, 2025
12U, 14U, 16U, 18U
Reno-Tahoe
Week 1: June 20-26, 2025
12U, 14U, 16U, 18U
Chicagoland
Week 1: June 20-26, 2025
12U, 14U, 16U, 18U

4 reasons to attend the Youth softball nationals

1
AMAZING LOCATIONS
Set at some of the best family-friendly vacation destinations throughout the US and played at some of the greatest venues in all of youth softball, The Nationals is an extraordinary experience that should be on your team’s schedule year after year!
2
Team Bonding
Experiencing new destinations together, staying at amazing hotels and resorts, and exploring the hidden gems in each city will bring your team closer off the field and help them win championship titles on the field.
3
LEVEL PLAY
Play against teams that are similar in skill level increasing opportunities for balanced and fair competition! The pool play portion of the Nationals, where the bulk of your games are played. When seeding for the elimination rounds, your team's strength of schedule and results are equally considered.
 
 
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THE EXPERIENCE
The Nationals is an unforgettable, family friendly, week-long softball vacation that features free admission to water parks, theme parks and a myriad of entertainment options. Between the stellar competition, Nationals Mixer, team showcase, and pin trading, this 6-10 game guarantee tournament with teams coming from far and wide, is the ULTIMATE Softball Vacation for any age group (12U, 14U, 16U, 18U).

USA Softball's Age Guideline

New to 2025 we will be moving to USA Softball's Age Guideline

Match month (top line) and box with year of birth. The player's age and division is indicated on the right.

Note: This age chart is for USA Softball, and only for the 2025 season.

TeamRaise is the Youth Softball Nationals’ Official Fundraising Platform, designed to help your team cover entry fees, lodging, travel, food expenses, and more! By participating in the fundraiser and reaching your team’s goals, you’ll also enter a raffle where the winning participant will receive a FREE TV!

SquadLocker is your newest fundraising tool AND custom team storefront. It’s so easy! Send us your team name, logo and colors using the form below! Select your team’s merchandise and add 5%, 10%, or 15% to the cost of the items in your store to help pay for your ULTIMATE Softball Vacation.

The Nationals Team Showcase is an interactive opportunity for players and coaches to battle against their peers through different skills competitions during opening ceremonies and beyond! Once the showcase is completed, the results are tallied and the Nationals Team Showcase Champions are crowned at closing ceremonies.
When the sun goes down and we call a timeout in competition, it’s time to party at the Nationals! The Monday night Mixer is free, family-friendly entertainment featuring YOUR team, music, pin trading, activities, food and beverage and of course, FUN!! All players, coaches and families (siblings, too) are encouraged to have a ball at this can’t miss event. The more, the merrier!
What better way to remember your time at The Nationals than to collect pins from all participating teams? Grab your Nationals pin towel, download a complete checklist from our website to track your trading and collect everyone’s pin to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win tickets to the College World Series!

It’s the moment you have been waiting all week for – Championship Thursday! Teams will face-off to survive elimination and advance to each succeeding round of the tournament. The top two teams will duel at the diamond for the hard earned title as the Youth Softball Nationals Champions! Does your team have what it takes?

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All Tournament Team selections from each team with All-American invites! Every team will have players selected!

The Softball Nationals experience

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