Has anyone here had much experience with USA Softball All American Games? Seems to be highly competitive and could be a great experience. Didn't know if anyone here had participated and if the time, effort, and expense is worth it.
USA Softball All American Games
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My daughter played in the inaugural All American Games a couple of years ago. She played on a team that included girls from Ohio and West Virginia. It was an amazing experience!!!
First of all, the tryouts were really well done and occurred in multiple rounds. There was absolutely some pressure there. Once the team was selected, they had a few practices. USA Softball bused them all out to OKC along with a lot of family members.
To be able to practice and play in the WCWS softball complex was out of this world for the girls. Everything done there was first class and the competition level was outstanding.
DD is pretty darn good softball player (yes, I'm biased). She'll play at a mid-major D1 school. But, it's probably not likely that she would have ever played in OKC or wore USA across her chest without the All American Games. For those two reasons alone, it was well worth the time and cost.
First of all, the tryouts were really well done and occurred in multiple rounds. There was absolutely some pressure there. Once the team was selected, they had a few practices. USA Softball bused them all out to OKC along with a lot of family members.
To be able to practice and play in the WCWS softball complex was out of this world for the girls. Everything done there was first class and the competition level was outstanding.
DD is pretty darn good softball player (yes, I'm biased). She'll play at a mid-major D1 school. But, it's probably not likely that she would have ever played in OKC or wore USA across her chest without the All American Games. For those two reasons alone, it was well worth the time and cost.
Glad to hear some positive feedback. From what I can tell, our DD's are in the same region. Looks like region 2 is Ohio, WV, VA, and NC. We're in NC and tryout's are in January in Durham. Apparently there are two teams in Region 2 - a red team and a blue team. Do you know if they hold tryouts and selected players are then placed on red or blue or will each respective team have their own?
Thanks for the feedback. Sound like an incredible experience for players and parents! We'll keep working this winter and fingers crossed the tryouts are successful!
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When DD tried out, it was based on geography. Ohio/WV had one team and VA/NC had another team. It's possible that they have changed it up since then, but that was how it was done originally.
It could certainly still be done like that, I haven't done enough research to find out yet. Being based on geography sounds a lot more logical, especially when it comes to being able to practice as a team, but I find a lot of things in softball are anything but logical LOL.
We are thinking about signing our DD up to tryout for this year. She really wants to tryout. She is only a first-year 12U player and would be young so highly unlikely she makes the team but I figured even the tryouts would be a good experience for her. We are in a small town in MN so just being extremely athletic makes her a top 5 player in all 3 sports she plays so I think it would be beneficial to tryout against top players from the state.
The way Region 8 "Northern Region" does it is SD/ND get 5 players each, MN/WI get 10 players each. They take all 30 and sort them into 2 teams. Not certain if it is done the same way for other regions.
The way Region 8 "Northern Region" does it is SD/ND get 5 players each, MN/WI get 10 players each. They take all 30 and sort them into 2 teams. Not certain if it is done the same way for other regions.
It's a fun money grab. Kids that I know that have done it have a good time and it's fun to post on Facebook but it's really expensive. In my area they always seem to have the tryouts on the same weekend as the most high end tournament in the area so they never actually get the best players from our area.
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I don't think we paid anything for DD to play. Are you sure you're not confusing the USA Softball event with the USSSA one?
