Program Guidelines

In order to participate in the Play Hard. Don't Blink. program, each participating league MUST:

• Be an amateur boys baseball or girls softball league in the state of Ohio with players between the ages of 5 to 18.

• Mandate the use of the protective equipment while players bat and run the bases.

In order to participate in the Play Hard. Don't Blink. program, each participating league administrator MUST:

• Accept overall responsibility for league adherence to program and use of protective equipment. Should League Administrators change it is the signing League Administrator's responsibility to notify us of the change and to inform the successor of the responsibility to the program.

• Agree to supporting the Play Hard. Don't Blink. program and the importance of sports eye safety for young athletes.

• Provide a complete roster of participating team's coaches including; coaches name/home address/team name/players age ranges/sex of players/number of children on team/and whether for baseball or softball. This is for our informational purposes only, mailing lists will not be shared.

• Complete the administrator's pre-season questionnaire and information in the participant packet.

• League administrators are responsible for dispersing, collecting and returning all of the coaches pre- and post-season evaluations. Pre-season coaches questionnaires are due NO LATER THAN APRIL 29th, 2008 AND MUST BE RECEIVED FROM EACH PARTICIPATING COACH TO ENSURE DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT. Post-season questionnaires are due NO LATER THAN JUNE 30th, 2008 and MUST BE RECEIVED FROM EACH PARTICIPATING COACH.

• Agree to the possibility of having program representatives visit your league during the year.

• Place a minimum order for 60 pieces (12 teams). No individual orders will be accepted.

• Provide space for the protective helmets to be housed until the season begins. This space must be available Monday–Friday during the months of March and April from 9am–5pm with a person available to accept the delivery. Person receiving the order will need to assist in unloading the 5lb boxes from the delivery truck. We will try to notify you when the delivery is scheduled, however, this is not always possible.

THIS IS A THREE-YEAR COMMITMENT. Your league is agreeing to completing and returning the pre- and post-season evaluations for the next three years in addition to abiding to the above. At the end of these three years, the equipment becomes property of the participating league.

If the participating league fails to submit information as requested, the league will be required to return all equipment at their own expense to the Play Hard. Don't Blink. program.

Jump In. Get Gear. for your league today!

To apply for the Play Hard. Don’t Blink. sports eye safety program. please download the Participant Packet and return it today!

Download Participant Packet (565 KB PDF)

Download Basketball Program Participant Packet (770 KB PDF)

Program participants, click below to download the pre- and post-season coaches evaluations:

Download Pre-season Evaluation (85 KB PDF)

Download Post-season Evaluation (81 KB PDF)

Click here to find local sporting goods stores in your area who carry the protective batting helmets.