Its never easy, is it? Cutting a kid has to be one of the toughest things a coach ever has to do. In summer ball, we just invite out the players we want for our teams, and have never had a tryout in years. Kids who inquire about playing with us, and there are quite a few, but don't have the ability we're looking for, we politely tell these kids that we are full already; and then I usually try to put them in touch with a team somewhere else they might get to play for.