Position choice for travel team tryout?

Other than pitchers, they look for guys that can hit, run and catch the baseball. Oh, and can pay the fees

My son also catches at 14/15u.  Where catching is not something everyone wants to do, make sure they know he enjoys that position.  Also, your son needs to decide how important catching is to him.  We found a team where my son is the starting catcher.  If they have multiple catchers, he may not get as much time behind the dish.

My son is a lefty and he was trying out for a team. He pitched, tried out at First and outfield. They started to have the players take grounders at short. My son had not played short since middle school and was hanging back waiting till this portion was over. Head coach of the travel team told him to get in line and take his turn. It was quite a site watching trying to field and throw to first. He did OK.

They ended up offering a first and pitch position. So yes they udually let you try out for all positions. Even if your not interested in a particular one.

At that age it really depends on what the team is looking for., like stanballdad said, if you can rake and pay the fees, they will find a spot for him.  But, you might want to start narrowing it down to just two position, IMO.  Utility players are great, and often overlooked, as that they want to have a consistent team and positions at the upper levels, not too much bouncing around as far as position players go.  So, do you homework on the program, identify their need and try to fill it if it a position of interest for you son.

My son also is a primary catcher (15/16u; 9th grader). He's very good and highly experienced for his age. And is a fine lefty hitter. But this fall I got  him on a team where he played a lot of LF/RF (and 1B). Although his passion is behind the plate, and that's where I believe he has the most to offer (besides his bat), I think it is important that he can be a utlility player should there be a catcher ahead of him or that position is rotated by several players.

As you get to the 16U, and especially the 17U, you will see fewer and fewer utility guys on the upper teams.  Definitely try to find a team that he can get play time in the position that will advance him the farthest, not just a position that he can't play at the next level.

Agree with the above post with the following caveat. Tryout for the position he has the most success at. Make damn sure the coaches know he has had success elsewhere. This fall my 2016 was brought in to replace a corner infielder who no-showed 1 time too many (I believe it was 1 time). First game on pine. Next 4 games 1st & 3rd. Next weekend 1 3rd & OF. Had we not been rained out twice he might have hit the mound for a few innings. They play you where you were supposed to be until the team is better served having your child cover someone else's position,