The summer after the season

Every year, the best of every Little Miss Kickball league meet for three days of double-elimination tournament ball. Here is what it is, who can try out, and what it asks of a family — so you can decide with your eyes open.

2027 dates aren't announced yet

Little Miss Kickball International sets the tournament calendar and the host league each year. The moment corporate releases the {year} sheet, the dates and the tryout sign-up land on this page — and every registered family gets an email.

What the All-Star tournament is

The All-Star tournament is Little Miss Kickball International's championship weekend. Every league in the organization sends teams, a different league hosts each year, and the format is double elimination across three days — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Teams come from the upper divisions only, and players are selected on two things together: how they played through the season, and how they do at tryouts.

Junior

Ages 9–11

Senior

Ages 12–14

Teenage

Ages 15–18

Pee Wee players don't field an All-Star team — their tournament comes when they move up.

Tryouts

A player must try out to be eligible for an All-Star team. There is no fee to try out.

Sign up ahead of time, and check in at the registration table before tryouts begin — there is paperwork, and it can be done in advance or that morning.
First time trying out: bring a legible copy of her birth certificate for the league to keep.
Come dressed to play. Tryouts are a day of kickball, not an audition in a hallway.

We encourage every upper-division player to try out — whatever her skill level, and even if you aren't sure your family can travel. It's a good day at the fields, she'll learn things about her own game, and she'll make friends from teams she has only ever played against.

What making the team asks

An All-Star roster is a real commitment for about six weeks, plus the tournament itself. The player fee is $75, due when she makes the team — never to try out.

Attend all practices, events, and activities, unless arrangements are made ahead of time.
Be punctual and prepared — a team with one month together has no time to waste.
Work hard, learn new skills, and be willing to play more than one position.
Support and encourage teammates and coaches. An All-Star team is formed fast; how the girls treat each other is most of what makes it work.

During the practice weeks a team may travel for exhibition games against other LMKII leagues — excellent preparation, and the first time the girls play together as one team. Coaches organize any out-of-town trip with families well ahead of time.

Alternates

Each All-Star team carries one to three alternates. An alternate practices with the team, receives an All-Star uniform, and is expected at the tournament. She rarely plays in a tournament game — she is activated if a player can't continue through injury or illness — and her role is real: coaching support, team motivation, and being ready. Families should know that going in. Plenty of the strongest All-Stars in this organization started as somebody's alternate.

What it costs, and who pays what

The league provides

All-Star uniforms and essential gear, and a block of hotel rooms reserved so the whole team stays together for team dinners and player meetings.

The family covers

The $75 player fee, plus travel, the hotel room, and incidentals for the tournament weekend.

Staying in one hotel isn't a formality — for most of these girls the tournament is the first time they play as one team, and the evenings together are where that team actually gets built.