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1. Crazy Time of Year: Travel Softball Tryouts: (The Coach); It’s the crazy time of year in the world of travel softball. As a coach I receive numerous emails, texts and phone calls daily concerning tryouts for the coming year. Every year that begins ...; Created on 25 July 2018
2. College Recruiting Gone Mad: (Quick Hits); ... who will be a junior and her parents after I tell them at August tryouts that her dream school is only looking at the sophomore class now. Another line coaches use is how they also watch parents to make ...; Created on 19 December 2017
3. Softball Burnout: (Quick Hits); ... to quit playing travel ball. I'm not sure if they're even going to play for their schools this year. Our High School tryouts are the 2nd week of March. After that, their next break won't ...; Created on 24 October 2017
4. Fall Ball: What I Hate and Like: (Quick Hits); You have tryouts, pick your team, collect money, have a few practices and jump right back into playing tournaments. It’s like summer softball never ended. That is except for the change in weather, ...; Created on 30 August 2017
5. What It Was Like Being a Freshman on Varsity: (Quick Hits); ... During tryouts I was hopeful my abilities would prove I deserved a spot. As I looked at the other players trying out, sizing them up, comparing myself – I grew more uncomfortable. I train ...; Created on 06 July 2016
6. Winter Workouts End and High School Tryouts Begin: (Quick Hits); Well, I am already late for many of you in posting this brief article. Sorry. It’s just that “up North” we aren’t thinking about school tryouts just yet. The first official day of high ...; Created on 18 February 2016
7. Top 10 Things to Look for in a Travel Softball Team: (Quick Hits); My recent articles, Top 10 Tips for Players at Softball Tryouts & When Parents Wave Red Flags have been widely read and shared. It was suggested recently that I write something to help parents & ...; Created on 06 August 2015
8. Top 10 Tips for Players at Softball Tryouts: (Quick Hits); Tryouts are anxious times for many softball players. While some of these bits of advice may seem like common sense, there's a couple that are often overlooked. #7 is one of them. Parents: ...; Created on 28 July 2015
9. You Make the Lineup! My Challenge to You!: (The Coach); ... groups of 4 players outside 2-3 nights per week for about 2 hours plus field cleanup. After Thanksgiving and through March tryouts, I spent 3 nights per week inside at the high school from 3-4 hours ...; Created on 08 June 2015
10. Surviving One of those Softball Seasons: (Quick Hits); ... limit my daughter’s opportunities for such predicaments. In sports a coach must judge athletes during tryouts, while parents and players judge coaches and their potential teammates and their parents. ...; Created on 12 May 2015
11. The Month Before High School Tryouts: (The Coach); It's February and it's the last month before High School Tryouts (in Michigan - March 9th). And the closer to judgment day we get, the more girls suddenly appear wanting to work on their games. ...; Created on 03 February 2015
12. Pushing the Panic Button: (Quick Hits); ... may be concerned that they are lacking in key positions such as pitching or catching. They could have doubts as well about their choices during tryouts. The turnout at tryouts might also have ...; Created on 02 October 2014
13. Travel Softball Insights - A Coach's Perspective: (The Coach); The selection process during tryouts is not an exact science. I've been on both sides of this process many times. I want to give those of you who have never coached some insight on the process. ...; Created on 19 August 2014
14. Beware of the Babble: (Quick Hits); Sigh. I briefly discussed the nonsense that appears in the sports forums (everywhere) in the article I wrote about travel softball tryouts. Here is an example hot off the Mlive forum. ...; Created on 14 August 2014
15. Travel Softball Tryouts - Common Questions & Answers: (Big Blog); ***Note*** This article was edited & republished on 7/22/2015. Feel free to contact me with your questions. The travel softball tryouts "season" can be a stressful, political and confusing ...; Created on 30 July 2014
16. Why I Coach - Giving Back: (The Coach); ... the Firestix Tryouts are the weekend of August 16th and 17th. I hope to see you there! For new readers if you'd like to learn a little more about me and my experience check out the Mission ...; Created on 21 July 2014
17. Tryouts Are Over - Now What?: (Quick Hits); You've just gone through High School tryouts where one of three things occurred: You made Varsity You didn't make Varsity, but were offered a spot on the JV or Freshman team You were cut Here's ...; Created on 15 March 2014
18. Softball Tryouts (Sigh): (Quick Hits); It's that time of year again. Softball tryouts are taking place across the country and with them many aspiring players are experiencing serious anxieties. It’s perfectly normal, but can be ...; Created on 28 February 2014
19. Competition In Softball & Life: (Big Blog); ... as tryouts. Working as hard as they can to out-perform the starters is their only chance to catch the coach’s eye. Whether they earn the opportunity to prove themselves in a game or not, if the coach maintains ...; Created on 19 February 2014
20. Dealing with Pressure: (The Coach); No Need to Stress Softball is a game and games are meant to be fun. That is until your daughter starts thinking about tryouts, cuts or whether she’ll make the varsity team next spring. The ...; Created on 11 November 2013

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