What happens at tryouts/evaluations?
The kids are grouped by their assigned time. Together they go through a warm up, and then are timed on a 60ft run. They then proceed to 3 other stations for evaluation in batting, fielding and throwing. The batting is against a pitching machine and sometimes supplemented with a batting tee. They get approximately 5 swings. Players may use their own bat. One fielding evaluation is 3 ground balls from a machine to the shortstop position – the player fields the ball and throws to first base. The second fielding evaluation is 3 fly balls from a machine to the outfield – the player tries to catch the ball and throw to second base. The tryout process lasts about an hour.
