Midland opens registration for fall adult kickball league

Midland Parks and Recreation will open registration Monday, July 13, for its fall coed adult kickball league, a format built for players who want organized weekly competition instead of casual pickup games. The season will start Sunday, August 23, and teams will play 12 double-header games on Sunday evenings after Labor Day, with all games scheduled after 4 p.m. and no games on Labor Day.

The structure makes the league easy to plan around and harder to treat like an occasional novelty. Doubleheaders give each night added weight, while the Sunday schedule keeps the commitment predictable for adults balancing work, family and other fall routines. Midland has used the same basic setup in prior years, including a 12-game Sunday-night double-header format in 2024 and a 2025 league that began Aug. 24.

The price has edged up from last year as well. The registration fee for 2026 is $40 per player, compared with $35 in 2025, a modest increase for a city-run league that remains among Midland’s most accessible team-sport entry points. Players must be at least 14 years old, and anyone under 18 must have a parent complete concussion paperwork under Michigan’s sports safety requirements.

League rules keep the operation tight. Teams need at least 12 players for their first game, and games will only be rescheduled if more than two nights are rained out. That policy limits calendar chaos and reinforces the league’s appeal to players looking for routine rather than the open-ended feel of informal recreation.

The format also shows why kickball keeps drawing adults back into structured rec sports. It asks less of a roster than softball, carries a lower barrier to entry than soccer, and still delivers a coed team setting with regular competition. In Midland, that formula has become a dependable late-summer and fall offering, one that pairs recreation with enough structure to feel like a real season.

Registration and league questions go through the City of Midland Parks and Recreation Department at 989-837-6930 or recreation@midland-mi.org.