Little League's Sports Connect → PlayMetrics Migration: A League Admin's Guide
Little League is moving Central Registration from Sports Connect to PlayMetrics for the 2027 season. Here's the timeline, a step-by-step preparation checklist, and how to keep your volunteer compliance intact through the switch.
What's Changing for Little League Leagues
At the 2026 Little League International Congress, Little League announced that PlayMetrics will power Little League Central Registration, replacing Sports Connect beginning with the 2027 season. Sports Connect's own site confirms it: "Beginning with the 2027 season, leagues will manage player registration, league operations, and volunteer management in PlayMetrics."
This is a migration of your league's website, registration, and operations platform — not just a login change. Your 2026 season runs on Sports Connect as usual; the switch lands for 2027, with PlayMetrics registration opening in June 2027.
The Sports Connect → PlayMetrics Timeline
- 2026 Season
No change — keep using Sports Connect
Leagues continue running registration and operations on the current Sports Connect platform. Use 2026 to prepare: clean up your volunteer data and decide how you'll preserve compliance records through the move.
- Spring 2026
Informational webinars
Little League and PlayMetrics host webinars covering registration and league operations to help administrators prepare for the transition.
- June 2027
PlayMetrics registration opens
PlayMetrics registration opens for 2027 programs, including fall ball with updated age requirements.
- 2027 Season
Full transition to PlayMetrics
Leagues manage player registration, league operations, and volunteer management in PlayMetrics. Sports Connect no longer supports 2027 registration.
Migration Best Practices: How to Prepare in 2026
A practical checklist for Little League administrators preparing for the move from Sports Connect to PlayMetrics:
- Export your current volunteer roster, background-check status, and uploaded documents from Sports Connect while you still have full access.
- Audit who is actually cleared today — flag expired or missing JDP background checks, Abuse Awareness, and Diamond Leader training.
- Confirm your state-specific requirements (concussion, sudden cardiac arrest, and any CPR/AED mandates) so they don't get lost in the platform change.
- Stand up an independent system of record for volunteer compliance so a registration migration never resets your cleared/not-cleared data.
- Attend the Little League / PlayMetrics webinars and document your league's new registration workflow before June 2027.
- Communicate the timeline to your board and volunteers early — most questions are about data, deadlines, and who needs to re-verify.
Keep Your Volunteer Compliance Through the Move
Sports Connect today offers integrated JDP background checks and volunteer document uploads. PlayMetrics is adding a "Volunteer Verification" capability to track background-screening status, but as of June 2026 it is still rolling out and the depth of its custom-role and reporting features is not yet publicly documented.
That uncertainty is exactly where leagues get exposed during a platform change. Volunteer Tracker tracks your volunteer compliance independently of your registration platform — annual JDP background checks, Abuse Awareness and Diamond Leader training, and your state's concussion, sudden cardiac arrest, and CPR/AED requirements — with custom roles, automated reminders, and one-click reporting.
Because Volunteer Tracker is separate from registration, you can stand it up now on Sports Connect, keep a clean compliance record through the entire transition, and carry it straight into the PlayMetrics era without a gap in who's cleared to be on the field.
Volunteer Tracker fully supports Sports Connect today — and we plan to fully support PlayMetrics the same way. Whichever platform your league is on before, during, or after the migration, your volunteer compliance tracking keeps working without interruption.