We aren't allowed to bring in pitchers and catchers a week earlier. For us, on the 26th, we will have our Varsity and Junior Varsity tryouts. On the following saturday, we will have freshmen tryouts. Naturally, we will save some room on that JV for a freshman or two. We have a legit tryout. We time the 60, we rate arms throwing from 120 feet and 250, we have a couple of coaches in the cages (2) rating hitters, and we have the pitchers throw a limited pen. Our players know that they must have their arms ready and that they will get 3 days of tryouts. After that we will have our first cut. We will have a second cut after the basketball players tryout. Then, we will decide who plays where and at what level. Of course this can change with the progression of the season as well as if a freshman standsout.
Some things we do/Mention:
- Safety talk at tryout stations.
- Players list 3 positions and will be seen at 3 positions.
- We need to be able to identify the players so it is important that they wear their PE T-shirts with their names on them.
- Any negative behaviors will not be tolerated. (throw bat etc.)
- Their parents can come to tryouts but they'd better stay out of the way and if they communicate with a player at all, they are gone.
- The phrase is "student-athlete so their grades do matter.
Well, this is a brief description of what we do.
