This article will describe baseball equipment that your child should bring with them or wear, and the equipment that the league provides.

Personal equipment that each player is REQUIRED to bring:

• Glove:  Each player must bring their own glove.  It is worn on the hand that they do NOT throw with.  If your child writes with his/her right hand he will almost certainly throw with his right hand, so he will wear the glove on his left hand.  The glove should be made of leather, not vinyl or other man-made material because the leather can be broken in...man-made materials will never get any better with use.  The glove should be big enough to fit a baseball inside easily but not so big that your child can't control it or close it.   Additionally, here is a good article on "breaking in" and a new glove. 
  
• Baseball cleats (sneakers or cleats from any other sport can also be used as long as the cleats on the bottom of the shoe are plastic)
• Equipment bag (with hooks to fasten it to most dugout fences)
• Batting helmet
  

Personal equipment that each player MAY CHOOSE to bring:

• Batting helmet with mask (get one with a mask that is light enough and well balanced so it stays on straight)
• Heart-guard shirt (protects players from rare but dangerous injuries from getting hit by a thrown or hit ball; most important for pitchers)
• Bat (before you spend a small fortune on a bat ask for advice - Bat Information)

Personal equipment supplied by the league:  Each team is assigned an equipment bag that contains the following equipment:

• Bats (some bats are available to share)
• Catchers's gear
• Practice and Game baseballs