Choose Your Path To Championship Day
The LIVE AB Carolina Festival™ — pick your competition path, chase leaderboard points, earn your way to the Crown Cut, and compete for a shot at Championship Day.
Submit your player's registration request for the LIVE AB Carolina Festival™. Spots are reviewed by division, competition balance, and event capacity. Your player is confirmed only after receiving a spot offer and completing waiver and payment.
Registration is reviewed. Spots are offered.
- 1Submit your registration request.
- 2LIVE AB reviews division capacity, competition balance, and player fit.
- 3Selected players receive a spot offer.
- 4Complete waiver and payment to confirm.
- 5Final event details publish through Player HQ.
Submitting this form does not guarantee a confirmed spot. LIVE AB reviews registrations by division, event capacity, and competition balance. Your player is confirmed only after receiving a spot offer and completing waiver and payment. Selected players will receive waiver and payment instructions after review.
Built For Competitive Baseball Families
LIVE AB gives players the one thing they rarely get enough of: organized, game-speed reps against real players — with official scoring, clear rules, age-based divisions, and a real path to recognition. Parents get a structured event, clear communication, workload protection, and a better way to see how their player competes.
Real Reps. Real Scoring. Real Recognition.
Every player competes in a structured live-reps environment with official scoring, age-based divisions, leaderboards, and a clear path to Championship Day. This is not batting practice. This is live competition with something to chase.
How The Path Works
What Your Player Leaves With
Pick your competitions. Chase real hardware.
Your $50 Festival Player Pass includes one primary competition track: Hitting or Pitching. Catcher Showcase is an optional add-on. Add side competitions à la carte, or go All Access for $125 total.
Festival Player Pass
Required event entry. Includes one primary competition track: Hitting or Pitching.
- Official score & leaderboard placement
- Division recognition
- Advancement eligibility (based on selected track)
Includes shirt, gift bag, badge/credential, Player HQ access, one primary track.
Hitting Track
Compete in official LIVE AB hitting rounds. 3 guaranteed LIVE ABs. Top 12 earn the Crown Cut AB. Top 8 advance to Championship Day.
- Division Hitting Champion ring/trophy
- Championship Day qualification
- Overall LIVE AB Hitting Championship Belt
- LIVE AB Crown
Pitcher Track
Pitchers are competitors, not helpers. Compete in official LIVE AB matchups.
- Division Pitching Champion ring/trophy
- Overall LIVE AB Pitching Championship Belt
- Fastest Pitch / Accuracy honors (if selected)
Catcher Showcase
Optional skill competition for catchers — pop time, throw accuracy, blocking, receiving, transfer & footwork. Not a primary track.
- Division Catcher MVP ring/trophy
- Pop Time Champion
- Blocking Champion
- Receiving Champion
- Catcher Crew recognition
Free or credited if accepted to Catcher Crew and assignment is completed.
Catcher Crew Application
Catchers help power the LIVE AB format. Apply for Catcher Crew consideration if your player has full gear and is comfortable catching live pitching.
- Free Catcher Showcase entry or $15 event credit (if accepted & assignment completed)
- Catcher MVP eligibility
- Special recognition
Staff-reviewed. Not automatic. LIVE AB reviews experience, gear, division needs, and schedule before confirming assignments.
Home Run Derby
Age-adjusted power competition using movable fence distances or power zones.
- Division HR Derby Champion medal/trophy
- Overall derby leaderboard recognition
- Social/media spotlight
Fastest Pitch Challenge
Radar-gun velocity challenge.
- Division Fastest Pitch Champion medal/trophy
- Overall velocity leaderboard recognition
Accuracy Challenge
Target-based throwing accuracy competition.
- Division Accuracy Champion medal/trophy
- Overall accuracy leaderboard recognition
All Access Competitor
Hitting Track, Pitcher Track, Home Run Derby, Fastest Pitch, Accuracy Challenge, and Catcher Showcase (if eligible) — bundled.
- Multiple division awards
- Multiple leaderboard placements
- Championship Day qualification
- Overall belt opportunities
Catcher Crew assignment is not automatically included with All Access — Catcher Crew is staff-reviewed based on gear, experience, and division needs.
Age-based divisions · 8 total
Assigned by requested age & reviewWin The Division. Make Championship Day. Chase The Belt.
Submitting a registration request starts the review. Selected players receive waiver and payment instructions. A player is confirmed only after waiver and payment are completed.
Preliminary registration, then review.
- Submit preliminary registration.
- LIVE AB reviews division fit, competition choices, and role balance.
- Divisions are built to protect pitcher arms, catcher workload, safety, and event flow.
- Accepted players receive payment or confirmation instructions.
- Final confirmed players receive Player HQ, schedule, and field assignment updates.
First submitted. First reviewed. Final placement depends on division balance.
Built To Run Clean
Every LIVE AB division is built around the right mix of hitters, pitchers, and catchers. That protects pitcher arms, keeps the event moving, avoids overloaded catchers, and helps every player get a better experience.
First submitted. First reviewed. Final placement depends on division balance. Preliminary registration helps LIVE AB build the best version of each division.
Division targets — players · pitchers · catchers
Each division targets 32 total players with 12 pitcher-qualified and 6–8 catcher-capable spots. Divisions are confirmed when role balance is met.