My DD is a '99er. She's 5'9" tall and 150lbs of solid muscle. She has a great glove and arm and an even better stick. She's played in a slowpitch league for the last six years. Last year, she had 11 HRs, the shortest dropping at approximately 225ft. A slowpitch swing is nothing more than a combination of bat speed and raw power to get good ball flight and distance. I started her with a fatpitch hitting instructor and he was so impressed, he has her working out with his high school team which is one of the tops in our area. I'm not trying to seem like I'm bragging, I'm telling you this for a reason. Because no one in our area knows her outside of slowpitch, getting a TB team to even look at her has been like pulling teeth. I have been completely unsuccessful so far. Both her pitching coach (who's daughter is the star pitcher on the USA Jr. Olympic team) and her batting coach have said that she has the potential with a little bit of work to be the best player to ever come out of our area. So my answer to your question is this. You hold tryouts to find unheard of potentially great players that otherwise might end up playing against you as opposed to with you.
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