Many moons ago my daughter want to try travel soccer. I knew nada so I did a bit research and on a similar board found the following. Much of this fits to any sport. They recommend go to tryouts and practices observing the following....
Props for sharing this really good list. As the neighborhood designated "Coach" (soccer, flag football, basketball, and of course softball), it's a really good list to read, reread, and then read again every season and even halfway through a season. I'm copy and pasting it into an email to a bunch of my buddies.