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Hey all, very new to this and my DD is going to her first "offical" try-outs for 12U teams. Just wondering what she should be prepared for and how these try-outs flow (schedule). Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!
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Attitude/Effort, Skills, Speed
Most start off with the registration and then throwing warmups... The Running will be break out of the box from home to first and so on with bases along with Home to home. Have your daughter work on sprints.
Throwing while fielding, the coaches watch carefully to see if there is strength and what the skill levels are at.
Have your daughter go to the batting cages or soft toss hitting into a net- or both several times before going to a tryout so she will have a good swing for a hitting station at the tryouts. Tryouts can be fun if the player has the right attitude.
Each team and coach has something they are searching for and their tryout formats will bring out that skill search. So all formats are not standard...... Do not judge a team by the tryout process, many will do that. Talent and a Good Attitude will be what she needs to have to do well.
Most start off with the registration and then throwing warmups... The Running will be break out of the box from home to first and so on with bases along with Home to home. Have your daughter work on sprints.
Throwing while fielding, the coaches watch carefully to see if there is strength and what the skill levels are at.
Have your daughter go to the batting cages or soft toss hitting into a net- or both several times before going to a tryout so she will have a good swing for a hitting station at the tryouts. Tryouts can be fun if the player has the right attitude.
Each team and coach has something they are searching for and their tryout formats will bring out that skill search. So all formats are not standard...... Do not judge a team by the tryout process, many will do that. Talent and a Good Attitude will be what she needs to have to do well.
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I totally agree with ACEGR. We run our try-out the same way. Since the try-out season has begun don't try and make any major changes with her technique. In my opinion, All this will do is hurt her confidence and it's unlikely that in the short time you have that it will have much of an impact. Talent aside, attitude and coach-ability are huge. We ask the girls several questions just to see how they respond. If we detect even the slightest attitude problem no matter how talented the player we will pass. It's just not worth it. I will add that if the try-out is very disorganized be cautious it could be a sign of how things will run during the season. Good Luck!!!
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