High School Ball Tryouts

A great place to start is the How to Make the HS Team Checklist

That was a good checklist, my son really liked it. He laughed about the girlfriend part. I told him alot of students make that mistake so watch yourself. Thanks...

keep your defence solid but if you can hit they'll find a spot for you, so hit hit hit

If he can hit, he'll play. If he is one of the best hitters on the team, he will play a lot. Fraijo, is right. If you want to play positionally, he has to hit.

something that nobody has mentioned : I know from last years tryouts for our B-Team for HS I was in the 7th there were maybe close to 100 kids out but the ones that got picked( for the B-Team which is 7th 8th & 9th grades) all had one thing incommon they were on a travel team.During the spring in the news paper on the front page article about coaches only looking at kids on a travel team.

So take it for what it is worth, there were some good kids that did'nt make the cut. So iam now on that travel team so hopfuly I will have a better shot this year. So good luck

What position(s) does he play

I went through this last year. Basically he needs to
-work on endurance, depending on what he plays on the field and what he does for sports during the winter
-he should try and play on a team all the way 'til it is too cold to and if he can't just work out with friends and other players
-if he is an infielder, take a lot of ground balls, same goes for outfielding except include fly balls
-take bp everyday
-work on baserunning, coaches love a kid that is smart on the bases, even if he is slow, and with a kid his size he should work on being swift with his feet
Taking a break from about October til January isn't a bad idea. You don't want to tire yourself out. Then in January he should slowly start working on his mechanics in whatever he does and start toning stuff until tryouts. That is pretty much what I did and still am going to do and I was freshman varsity. The number 2 pitcher on my team, I should add.