When are teams selected? What is the process for team selection?
Upon completion of the registration process the league will determine the number of teams to be formed within each division. This typically occurs following the tryouts in December. The draft typically occurs around the end of January. Teams are selected, based on the criteria of their official Little League age and their individual skills. The manager and coaches evaluate the player’s abilities during the tryout process. This is an objective evaluation of the child’s baseball skills. Four basic skills are evaluated during the tryout: throwing, fielding, hitting and running. Throwing and fielding evaluations occur by having each player field 3 fly balls and 3 grounders all thrown back to specific bases. Managers will then evaluate and grade each child on basic form, ability to track the ball and arm strength. Next, the player is given 5 balls to hit; on the fifth ball, hit or miss, the player is instructed to run from home to 2nd base. Managers again will evaluate the player on bat spe
