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Tryouts for 2016 Select Teams
If you are willing to work hard and commit to making yourself the best player possible, we will help you maximize your ability to play at the next level, whether that is being the best high school player possible, playing at the collegiate level or...
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Tryouts for Summer 2016 Teams
If you are willing to work hard and commit to making yourself the best player possible, we will help you maximize your ability to play at the next level, whether that is being the best high school player possible, playing at the collegiate level or...
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Re: Spring/Summer Tryouts for 2019!
Have you checked out https://selectbaseballteams.com? They have a great resource for finding players and teams over the spring and summer.
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Re: Tryouts for 17/18 Texas Dukes
We still have open positions. There will be no special date for tryouts as they are incorporated into team practices. The team plays on Sundays at colleges, and in some cases against the college teams. So far, the schedule includes: NCTC, Cisco, Tarleton, Brookhaven, Richland and NTCC. If you would like more information, please contact Kim Price at (214) 850-2572 or kim.price@strasburger.com
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
http://www.studentsports.com/b...ll-underclass-games/ There is a link to the profile page (application) under the Q&A section.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Saw that Root. Looking for personal experiences; I've learned there is a Chicago Scouts Association that manages a lot of this, however, they seem to only extend invites to kids that have played on 3-4 teams within their Fall program that started with them as Freshman. I've seen these kids play, my son played against them, and there were hardly any standouts. So, I'm trying to learn more about the process. At a minimum we'll fill out the application and include video, but normally someone...
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
A lot of this is like business. It's who you know. Try aligning yourself with the people that will get you to where you want to go. Make sure you are also realistic is his abilities and where he will fit.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Concur SoCal... Constant honest assessment required with this entire recruiting process, especially if you'll be reaching out to an MLB Scout.... thanks
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
We're in the footprint of the ChiSox AC team and tried to get an invite to a tryout for my 2017 last summer. We reached out to people who had contacts with CSA, and even tried contacting CSA directly, to no avail. In the end it was fine: my son was invited to tryouts in another region (and was selected for one of the Underclass Teams). I had been warned by various people that there was a lot of noise in the process; this kind of confirmed that. According to my son, there were a number of...
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Congrats to your son. I've seen it's definitely noisy like you described. My son is affiliated with a team that's part of the CSA, and for whatever reason even internal to his team, it's very selective and on the QT as to who is going.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
"Noise" is a technical term (as in "signal-to-noise ratio") that is now used in everyday speech to indicate the presence of incomplete or inaccurate information. In this context, I meant that some very good players are overlooked when the tryout invites are sent, while some less-than-stellar players make the cut (at least according to my son. But he added that everyone who was invited back for the second tryout was obviously very good). For the Underclass tryouts it's pretty understandable:...
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Same here. Our program has an affiliation with the CSA. We have one of the kids on the underclassman AC team and we didn't even know it. In fact we are good friends with the family and they didn't even say much. Not sure why, they talked about it when I asked them, but no one was trumpeting the fact that the kid was on the team.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Must be a tough invite to get.2016 never recieved one.Did get invited for chisox fall thing.Problem with that is tryouts are held on Mondays and Teusdays.If you are on a better team you will have pitched on either Sat. or Sun. makes it hard to pitch.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
I believe CSA is one of the bigger managers of these invites as far as I know. Most of these kids were seen at their Silver and Black series showcase. This is an invite only showcase, that they will take recommendations from various programs they consider to be of the elite. There are only so many kids they will take, so pending how many they target directly, they will then ask these programs for an additional player or two, or possibly none at all.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Correct.The silver and black series is the Monday Tuesday Thing I was talking about.Sorry.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Pretty much what we've heard... CSA extends invites to a number of players per team, from teams that played in their CSA Fall Showcases as incoming freshman. Our program was a year late to be involved.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Just saw this , my son 2019 was just invited to tryout , we have no Association with CSA or any teams , was told he was on their radar .
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
GOV or anyone else: any updates on this topic? I am fairly certain that from Wisconsin the only players invited came from Hitters, STiKS, PTA or GRB (i.e. the top travel programs). Seems like a very tough invite to get, which is understandable as there are only so many spots available.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
RJ Fergus heavily involved - access thru Hitters and Chicago Scouts Assoc, find a way to get your son in his program. His fall program just started... and sign up for every showcase he runs if your son stands out from his peers.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
I never did figure out how this works. My 2018 was invited to tryouts for underclass last year. They were only taking five from his tryout, so he didn't make the team, but did very well and received a lot of interest and a couple of offers from the tryout. Fast forward a year and despite being well regarded and fairly high ranked, especially in regards to our region (Four corners team) didn't even get an invite to tryouts although he had been sent several questionnaires from teams. More than...
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
Tough invite to get. I know a kid who made the underclass team, but never got invited to the tryouts his Sr year. If your in Chicagoland/Southeast WI your best bet is to align yourself with a team in the Chicago Scouts Association League. Justin Stones Elite, Sparks, Hitters, Longshots, 29ers, Athletic Barn, Pro-Player, etc. They seem to have the contacts, but even then it can be tough. I know many of them are conscience of their reputation and wont work those contacts for all their players.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
yes Hitters is definitely the hot program in Wisconsin for sure, especially with Corey Ray & Gavin Lux drafted in the 1st Round and Ben Rortvedt drafted in the 2nd Round in recent years, plus Jarred Kelenic looking like a slam dunk 1st Round pick in the 2018 draft.
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Re: 2016 Area Code Underclass Tryouts in Midwest; Ways To Secure Invite
My son went through recruiting process as a 2016. He is now playing at a D1 in the south.He was invited by the Milwaukee Brewers to area code try-outs both as a rising Jr and rising Sr. I understand how you feel about the sort of ambiguity that goes with how kids are selected. My understanding is that the main thing is being referred by a MLB scout. It's listed in the questionnaire at the website . My son played on a national travel team that was ran by a MLB scout and had done individual...
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Re: HS Tryout Question
My son is a sophomore in your position. For now he is pitching varsity and doing some DH. If he can't get time on the field, he has talked to the coach about playing on jv when he isn't pitching.
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Re: HS Tryout Question
I never heard of a HS varsity A team and varsity B team. Can you explain a bit more?
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Re: HS Tryout Question
My school is really big so they have the Varsity split into two levels, A and B
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How big? My son's school is 4,000 kids and they only have one varsity. I wish they had 2.
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Re: HS Tryout Question
I would say try both spots. Coaches will decide what is best. If they need you as a Varsity pitcher, they'll do that. If they can use you as an outfielder and/or DH/PH they'll do that too.
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Re: HS Tryout Question
1) Do you attend a high school in Dutchess County? 2) Does your varsity B team play games against much smaller high schools varsity teams that are considered non conference games for them? 3) Are there other high schools in your area with varsity B teams? I’m not trying to figure out who you are. It’s an odd situation I’ve never heard of before. Based on other responses I don’t believe others have either. Where my kids attended high school there were several schools in the 3500 range or...
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If it is that HS in Dutchess there is a big difference in talent between the two varsity teams. My son’s HS played both teams last year (some games are scheduled by the Section that you must play), and depending upon your desire to be competitive you may not like the “B” team. And for what it’s worth, there are some schools in this Section that have Varsity B teams due to parental pressure more than enrollment numbers. My son’s HS has about 1600 kids and has a “B” team in a couple of sports.
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Momo, have you tried talking to the coach and asking him what he sees as your roll on the team? Part of being part of a team is understanding your roll on the team and accepting it. That doesn't mean you have to sit back and not work at the other part of your game, but if the coach needs you to be a PO you need to accept that that is your roll on the team. Depending on how your coach structures your practice you maybe able to take some reps in the infield or get some BP in. You need to use...
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You’ve gotten some good advice. The part I think you should focus on is that it might not be up to you. You can have this talk with the head coach and tell him what your issues are, but at the end of the conversation you should say “but I want to help the team out however you see fit”. I hate to say it but we had a junior this year who was sure he knew where he should play. Coach didn’t like his attitude and offered him JV. The kid quit, kind of proving the coaches thoughts about the kid...
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In NY, from what I recall, you can not go back and forth between varsity and JV. I believe that once you’re called up to varsity you must stay there. But I’d have to doublecheck on that. The why? As I said above, it’s often parental pressure.
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Re: HS Tryout Question
My advice would be to: 1. play against the highest level of competition you can find. 2) Tell the coach you would like to be able to also play in the field and understand that you have to earn it, but tell him to "put me where you think I can best help the program" and leave it at that. He is going to respect you for it and if you don't make the playing squad keep working out like you are part of that group and keep asking for AB's at practice and fielding practice. The more you are in...
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Re: HS Tryout Question
The good news with this varsity B concept is it’s more kids playing ball. The B team plays small high schools. I doubt they’re eligible for post season play. It’s only varsity in the players and parents minds. You can call a duck a dog. But it’s still a duck. The concept seems like college club ball. I know kids whose club teams played against other clubs and small colleges and JuCos.
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Re: HS Tryout Question
MOMO, Thank you for asking your question. It’s pretty common for a guy to play multiple positions at your age. And it’s very common for guys who can pitch to still want to hit. I agree with the comment of talking to the coaches first. Let them know you are a P, 3B, and OF on your travel team and want to tryout at multiple positions for your HS team. The coaches will decide whether to let you tryout at multiple positions (they should in my opinion). And after tryouts the coaches will then...
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Re: HS Tryout Question
My son pitched varsity as a freshman, but then when coaches knew he wouldn't be pitching, he played third for the freshman team. That continued until his junior year when he went strictly varsity. Coaches at all levels want to win, I'd try out and let them figure out the logistics of where to put you. If they assign you as a PO you can always respectfully ask about the opportunities to play at other levels when you're not pitching.
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Tryouts? Two varsity teams? Hahahaha.....this stuff is just crazy to me. My son's HS has somewhere around 500-600 kids total. When he was in HS baseball had 30 TOTAL KIDS....in the entire program.....freshman thru senior. No freshman team any of his 4 years....heck, in some cases playing a JV and Varsity game the same day was tough on pitching. My son's senior class had 5 kids play baseball. Last year our HS had a freshman team for the first time in as long as I can remember...they had 20...
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Re: Looking for 10U AA/AAA Players in North Dallas
Originally Posted by Dallas Green Sox: We're currently looking for a couple of 10U AA/AAA Players - especially pitchers. Private Tryouts will be scheduled. Please contact us by completing our tryouts form . Green Sox Baseball 972.559.4934 10U? That's a little young for high school, isn't it?
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Re: Average Freshman tryout participants
Nick, where do you live in Michigan? I lived in Adrian and graduated from MSU. We had 100 players for the Freshman team, only 5 played 4 years later in the College WS. Our roster included three Football QB [Rose Bowls] and one Hockey player. "the name of the game is to compete and play" Bob
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Re: Average Freshman tryout participants
Hi Nick, Welcome to the site. This site can be helpful to you in many ways but probably not this one. Too many variables. Even within each geographical region, there are high schools of widely different sizes, different levels of quality programs and varying degrees of interest. Many HS's don't even have a freshman program... some don't even have JV. Just ask some of the other players in the program. It doesn't really matter, though. Regardless of whether it is 16 or 160, you just need to be...