TB and select

[Bucketmom]

Is there a difference between "tournament ball" and "select ball"?

 

[maksoftball]

I thought TB meant "travel ball". I don't think there is a difference...I think the difference lies in whether your team is classified as a "A", "B" or "C" team...also, I think it's "travel ball" if you don't have enough competition within your vicinity, so you have to travel for good competition. For us, we are "select"...while we still travel (only within state so far...still a good 2-4 hours to go to Dallas or somewhere else), we get a LOT of good competition within our vicinity (we live in Houston, TX area).

 

[redhotcoach]

Select ball is soccer. Travel ball is softball.

I have one dd that plays soccer tournaments, all those families and clubs call it select.
We plays softball tourneys, we call ourselves a "tournament team."

...but honestly no...just whatever you want to call it.

 

[softballmom77]

There is no difference....In Louisiana we call it tournament ball and travel ball...but when we go to Texas some of the parents call it select ball!

I personally call it tournament ball, cause we go from one tournament to the next

 

[Axe]

In GA, Select refers to All-Star teams made up from Rec leagues that compete in friendlies or tournaments against other All-Star teams.

 

[Softballfan42]

I am from Georgia and my DD did originally play something called "Select" which was basically all-star teams made up from the rec league. Coaches would hold tryouts and then form a Select team (best of all the rec players) that would play tournaments usually on Sunday (b/c rec was on Saturday) and the rule in those tournaments was that the players had to be players that also played rec at the park...couldn't be travel ball players. Last year we left that to go to travel ball. Honestly the Select team could probably have beaten some C level travel ball teams but wouldn't stand a chance against higher B or A level travel ball teams.