Players are selected for the travel teams based on a combination of information gathered on each player at the Skills Tryouts and through the Post-Season Player Observations from the prior season, provided by up to three coaches of the player’s team, when available. The Skills Tryouts are conducted on TWO separate days, and both sessions are MANDATORY. Any player not able to participate in both Skills Tryout sessions must provide in writing prior to the Tryouts the reason for absence to both the Player Agent and the Director of Tournament Teams. The only possible excuses for not participating in both sessions might include:
Players will be graded on a variety of baseball related skills by impartial, unbiased, persons, selected by the Baseball Operating Committee, and no parents of players currently participating in Tryouts will be allowed in the gym facility or field during the Skills Tryouts. The evaluators will not be related to, nor have any direct ties with any of the tryout participants involved in their assigned age group.
Grading players is not a perfect science, but every effort is made to ensure that players are placed at a level of competition that is commensurate with their abilities. Bear in mind that the Skills Tryout grades are only reflective of a given player’s abilities on the day of the Tryouts. Each Travel Team Head Coach will be assigned a core list of 8 players that is generated by the Tournament Player Selection Committee. This list will be based on the information gathered from both the Skills Tryouts and the prior season Player Observations, and the coaches will then be allowed to select an additional 4 players from a Committee-generated pool of eligible players to round out their teams.