Welcome to the home of Carmel Pups Travel Baseball

Welcome to the Carmel Pups Baseball site!

About Us

We are one of the oldest travel baseball programs in central Indiana and we are Carmel’s only hometown travel baseball club.  We have a partnership with Carmel High School's baseball coaching staff, including head coach Hunter Owen. Our players wear the same colors as the Carmel High School team and have many opportunities to interact directly with Greyhound players and coaches. Several Carmel High School players were a Carmel Pup at some time in their career and we are very proud of this legacy. Since we only take kids into our program who live in Carmel, every kid who plays for our club represents not only our club, but also our city.

The Carmel Dads' Club travel baseball program is designed to provide a high level of training and competition to those athletes that have a desire to further develop their baseball skills.  As such, the Carmel Dads' Club travel baseball program requires a significant involvement from both parents and athletes alike.

Vision

To provide the best and most effective community-based travel baseball program for athletes living in the Carmel community and to develop each athlete's fundamental skills and aptitude to play competitive baseball at the middle school level, high school level, and beyond.

Mission

Our mission is as follows:

• Offer an instructive and competitive atmosphere  

• Teach fundamental baseball while at the same time reinforcing life skills and values such as honesty, work ethic, leadership, good sportsmanship, and teamwork.

• Provide a fun and rewarding experience to help inspire and develop a player's passion for the game.

• Prepare all athletes to be physically and mentally ready to compete.

• To continuously improve all aspects of the program.

Travel Baseball Commitment

Based on the recommendations of the Carmel Dads Club Travel Committee in coordination with the Carmel High School Athletic Program Leadership and Coaches, the Carmel Pups Boys Baseball Travel Team Program has adopted the following policy for the Pups Baseball Season: 

Carmel Pups Travel Baseball Program activities and events will be the TOP SPORTS PRIORITY for each and every player on a Carmel Pups Baseball Team for the entire duration of the season. 

This policy means: 

1. 1All Pups players are expected to attend all Pups events (practices and games) unless there is a family or school event or illness that prevents them from attending the Pups event.

2. Anytime there is a conflict between a Pups event (practices or games) and another team sporting event of any type, the Pups event will be the Pups player's top priority, and the Pups player will attend and participate in the Pups event.  This includes team meetings with the Pups Team Coach before or after practices and games.  As an example, if a Coach asks players to arrive 30 minutes before a game to get ready for the game, or meet for 10 minutes after a game to talk about the game, that time is considered a top priority just as much as the game or practice time itself.

3. If a Pups player misses a Pups event for any outside team sporting event, that player should expect reduced playing time in games and practices.  

4. If a Pups player attends a Pups event after playing for or practicing with another sports team earlier in the day of a Pups event and appears to the Coach to be tired or playing at less than full capacity, the Coach at his own discretion may reduce or eliminate playing time for that player during a game or practice.

5. For the duration of the Pups season, all of the Pups players are expected to put the best interests of their Pups Team above the interests of any other sports team