Tryouts here in Michigan are next week and some are already happening. Going to make it interesting since our state tournament is now the 3rd weekend in Aug along with some other rescheduled tournaments. The big orgs here didn't want to move tryouts, so they're driving the crazy bus.
Michigan started playing again in mid June. We got a jump by getting into some tournaments in Ohio. Played in Iowa a week or so ago with no issues. Have a PGF tourney 2nd week of August that was rescheduled from May that might be 50/50 whether it happens or not. All depends on what Ohio does.
Our coach laid all that out in the beginning of the season. He told us right from the get go that everyone will bat/play in pool play and come bracket play, his best 9 will be on the field. Very first tournament in the fall, my DD has a few rough at bats, and sat the first bracket game. She did...
Our HC cancelled my DD's (13U) practice for this weekend. He said he's taking it week to week. First tourney isn't until April 17th, so hopefully there won't be any issues.
My trick: Be super friendly with the receptionist/shipping person at work and strangely I never have to pay for shipping. Plus, I'm the IT Manager, so people know to help me out.
I used to play SP softball, and then my DD started playing TB 4 years ago. Haven't played a game since. I finally sucked it up enough to sell 2 of my bats in the past couple months, but still holding out hope I'll need my other 3 one of these days 🤣🤣
I think with a number/color system it would take a little longer, since two or three different number combinations could mean the exact same thing. The app picking out the indicator is pretty huge, but you still have to hand jam the whole sequence in to get any useful data out of it.