TIPS TO HELP YOU LOOK GOOD AT
SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM TRY-OUTS

1. Stretch and loosen up before trying out! Many girls may not have thrown a ball or swung a bat since the end of last season. You don't want to pull, rip, or strain something in try-outs, causing you to miss a part of the season.
2 . Be quick! if a coach sends a ball your way don't stroll over and leisurely pick it up, dash over, make the catch and play. If you're quick and sharp on the easy plays the coach knows you will be quicker and sharper on the tougher plays even under pressure.
3. Be aggressive, try to make the play. Don't stop and say: "I can't get that." Sometimes a coach will purposely hit one they know you can't get to. If it comes down to 2 girls trying out for the same spot, who do you think the coach will choose, the girl that tried her hardest and missed or the girl that didn't even attempt to make a play on the ball?
4. When hitting, use an aggressive swing at the ball. Take a hard swing even if you miss the ball, the coach sees you have potentional and are trying. Don't take half a swing, miss, and then turn and joke about it with your friends. The coaches know most girls haven't swung a bat since the end of last season, but if you get up there and seriously try, and look aggressive, you have potential. If you get up and half swing the coach invisions the ball rolling back to the pitcher for an easy out at first.
5. Throw hard. You don't want to throw hard enough to break someones hand, but you don't want a looping rainbow type throw. Most girls trying out aren't in top shape at this time of the year, especially in our area. You can't even go outside and throw in the driveway until April. At any level of softball a straight level throw is the most effective method of making a play. A looping or rainbow throw is actually much harder to catch, you don't know if it will be at your feet or over your head. With a straight level throw to your glove, you don't have to stretch, dive or jump. You have a much better chance of making the play. How many times have you seen a slow, 6 foot underhand throw to a baseman get dropped, letting the runner get to that base?
6. Have fun, be youself. Don't be nervous. If you didn't think you
you could make the team, you wouldn't be trying out. If you have one bad day of tryouts, don't give up, come back the next day and show the coaches what you can do. Don't be intimidated by older girls, they should be better they've played longer.
7. TO RETURNING PLAYERS: Try your hardest, set an example to the younger girls. Many times the returning player will not even try to make the tougher plays in try-outs, knowing she's guaranteed a spot on the team, she gives half an effort. She's thinking; "Everyone knows what I can do in a game." That's probably true, but you may have a younger girl who has made every catch, made every play and hit everything thrown at her and at the end of the week she gets cut.....wondering why did I get cut? To her, she did her best and that wasn't good enough. Does she then go try-out for laccross or track never returning to softball?

 

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