Baseball Tryouts - Baseball Article Summaries
a radical proposal - Single L (length=2106)
My son has a radical proposal. First, some background: Off the field, it's been a nasty season in our league. Moms and dads are criticizing the coaches, the league commissioners, the kids, the umps, e ...
Try out facilities - Joe Zander (length=1984)
In Illinois, our situation is similar to yours; we hold indoor tryouts in February. Usually, we schedule these on the last two Saturdays in the month. To operate the tryouts, we rent (we book the spac ...
Tryout Drills - Single L (length=1172)
Not much experience with tryouts indoors, but here's a couple of drills that work well for me in a small area outdoors. They might also work in a gym: 1. Fielders: Pair off 6 or 8 players and have th ...
Building a Team - Kathy (length=1460)
Jeff, I like the idea of playing with as few players as you can get by with and still have a great team. I think 11, possibly 12, very committed players would be great. If you are playing tournaments ...
Choosing a team... - Kathy (length=982)
This past September, my 10 year old son went to several tryouts for AABC select teams for the 2000 season. He has played select baseball for the past 2 years and did extremely well at the tryouts and ...
Select/Tourn. Team - Roster Cuts - Gordon (length=422)
BRAVO, I feel that when dealing with tourney teams. that making they kids work for a spot on the team keeps them sharp. They don't feel like they are getting a free ride. But, do you and your coaching ...
Select/Tourn. Team - Roster Cuts - Gordon (length=748)
Keith, Thanks for seeing where I was going with my own comments. I seen kids wwho were in fact better than the coaches kids.Parents coach their own child because, I think that they want to spend time ...
Travel team tryouts - Jeff T (length=514)
Great question, as I will be doing the same for my same-age team--but with only 4-5 slots to fill. I expect the first day will be run like a practice--basic and advanced drills geared to find out the ...
Tryout standards and evaluations - Randy Dykstra (length=2869)
The way you pick your team depends a lot on what your goals are for that team. The pros run tryouts and the first thing they do is time everyone in the 60 yard dash and then evealuate their arm stren ...
10 under aau baseball - jeff brooks (length=706)
I am the coach of a 10 under aau baseball team called the appalachia wolfpack. we currently have 3 roster spots open preferably for pitchers. this is our weakest area. the team is located in middlesbo ...
11/12 - Paul Faubert (length=3109)
This is going to sound harsher than I intend, so please do not get offended. Why not allow 11's to play up if they will help the 12U team? It should be about what is best for the organization not wha ...
ADVICE - Tony (length=1088)
I will give my opinions before I read the other replies. I am in the proccess of conductiing try-outs for a select basketball team. All are welcome and I only call them if they make the team. This is ...
All Star Selection - John Horne (length=701)
My son plays in the Babe Ruth League.We play around 25 games per regular season including pre and post season touraments.We are not allowed to pick all stars until after the last game of the season.Th ...
All Star Selection - Paul Faubert (length=766)
I think you'll find that you are not limited to choosing your tournament team after the season ends. We have been choosing our Babe Ruth bound team in the first 2-3 weeks of the season. As far as I kn ...
Already discussed Playing up - What about Sandbagging? - Paul Faubert (length=1437)
This is a tough one. I can speak from both sides of the issue as my older son played down as an 11 and my younger son has always played up when allowed. Nic could have moved up to the 11-12 division a ...
Already discussed Playing up - What about Sandbagging? - RICHARD (length=567)
We just went through this problem in our league.We have developed a zero tolerence policy with only two exceptions.Our ages are 4-6,7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-15, 15-17. For too many years we heard"he's ...
Building a team - Jeff T (length=2028)
For our AAU team (now 11-U for 1999), we found the best players, then worked them into positions to where they will best help the TEAM. For instance, we have a player who arguably is our best 2B, SS, ...
Building a team - Jeff T (length=1278)
You make a great point, and yes, we've lost some players because of playing time/position. In the end, I think you just have to "lay down the law," and risk losing a player. In our case, it was my son ...
Draft Question - Randy Dykstra (length=631)
From what I know about your situation... a lot of kids play two leagues.... Do you have property players??? or complete re-draft?? If complete re-draft 3rd round is a critical pick...(not as much with ...
Snow.....Is that the white stuff? - Tony (length=1782)
This is a good question. Our try-outs are indoor which makes it even more difficult to tell. My advantage is that I work at the local Boys and Girls Club as well as coach soccer and basketball, so I a ...
Travel Baseball Tryouts 11U & 12U in Md - Bear (length=824)
Baseball Tryouts are being held Sat Jan. 9 from 12:00 pm to 3:00 PM @ Burtonville Elem. Gym. Sun Jan 10 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM @ Paint Branch HS Aux. Gym. & Sat Jan 16 & Sun Jan 17, 1999. For boys not ...
Tryouts...What do you look for?? - Jeff T (length=1118)
I look at similar things, regardless of the age: 1. Arm strength- can they "get it there? 2. Arm accuracy- do they know where it is going? 3. Bat contact- can they hit it? 4. Bat power- can they hit i ...
Wouldn't it be great if ......Here's a start - Ron Bing (length=3475)
I have come up with a scoring system which I think does a pretty good job of taking an evaluation and making it fairly objective. Objective, provided the coach knows his or her fielding and throwing f ...
AllStar Selection Process - Scorekeeper (length=2434)
The best all star team we ever had was also the all star team that did the best in the tournament and the one that had the least screamin' and hollerin' from parents and coaches. We had 4 teams. Each ...
Conducting tryouts - ateamwife (length=1237)
We held a try out for our travel team. We posted flyers and the mini golf courses (or usual places where kids hang out). We also had it posted in the sports section of the local paper (they did it for ...
Fairness - Scorekeeper (length=3329)
Oh woe is me! Thankfully, this is the 2nd year my son has been ineligible for all star play because he's below the legal age limit. Before anyone goes crazy, district has approved him playing because ...
Jr Olympic Rules Questions. Help Rich! - Scorekeeper (length=2566)
OOOPS! You snuck that one in on me! I was looking through my NFHS 2001 book like a madman trying to find that thing! I'll type out the rules directly from the book for you that I found to have any ki ...
Just Venting - Scorekeeper (length=1325)
I know everyone feels that having umps at every level is important, and it is. But, the cost and availability of umpires for that level and below has to take a back seat to the higher levels. I've sai ...
Lookin' for the STUDS! - Scorekeeper (length=4703)
This will be an ongoing thing throughout the summer because I'm bound and determined to find some kind of evidence that these "stud" pitchers who throw so hard are worth the powder to blow themselves ...
My report on the Jr Oly event. - Scorekeeper (length=3472)
Well Ag, I have to tell ya that there were a whole lot of people who swore up and down that they had 4 or 5 guys that could throw in the mid 80's, our coach being one of them. But, when push came to s ...
My report on the Jr Oly event. - Scorekeeper (length=12382)
You ask if I think the best shot is pitching. All kidding aside, I really believe that the best shot an individual player has is catching! Let me throw around some quickly computed numbers. Let's say ...
TRYOUT TIPS - THE COACH (length=3356)
TIPS FROM THE COACH I was recently asked by a friend for some tips about how his sons should approach their upcoming Little League tryouts. They wanted to know how to catch the coaches’ eye. The obvio ...
Typical All-Star Selection Process - BILL LEYDON (length=1986)
I ran and was elected president of our league for the sole purpose of making the selection to the all star team fair.What we adopted was: PLAYER SELECTION ELIGIBLE VOTERS CONSIST OF; 1. ALL ELEVEN AN ...