For some reason I read 6th grade but had 5th grade ages in my head. At worst case you have 12u ages adding 3ft to what they’re used too. No biggie.
Middle School Tryouts
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For some reason I read 6th grade but had 5th grade ages in my head. At worst case you have 12u ages adding 3ft to what they’re used too. No biggie.
- Jul 15, 2016
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Our MS has 2 teams. The younger (5th and 6th typically) throw from 40'. The older (7th and 8th) throw from 43'
I hate when hitting at tryouts is all soft toss and tee work. I think you need to see how girls hit live pitching (or machine if live cannot get them enough real speed pitches to swing at). DD's strength is that she rarely Ks, almost always putting the ball in play. not tremendous power, so will not overwhelm someone seeing her hit soft toss or front toss, but a lot less swing and misses than most others on live pitching.
- Jul 14, 2018
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MS tryouts are such a mixed bag. The younger and less experienced players are overmatched by experienced 8th grade pitchers. DD’s tryouts had the younger pitchers throwing live so the coach could get a look, but they were all over the place (everyone got hit at least once).
At that level, the coaches can get a pretty good idea of who knows how to swing a bat just by hitting off a tee. If you have 15+ kids with solid swings, then again, nice problem to have!
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unless none of them can make contact against live pitching
- Oct 10, 2018
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YES. I've seen girls do really well at tryouts who can't ride the interstate in games.
OK, new one to me, can someone explain that to me?
I-95. or hitting .195
now I gotcha, and being a midatlantic state guy myself it makes sense now (but around me predominant interstate used is actually I-295)
Hitting .295 and we probably take her.
