Eagan Traveling Baseball

1. Judging will be performed by 2 impartial evaluators with no association to the age group.
2. No evaluators will evaluate in their child's age group.
3. During the hitting trials, players will get 1 BUNT and 5 SWINGS for PRACTICE - NO GRADE
4. After the player's practice swings, they will be evaluated on 2 BUNTS & up to 10 SWINGS (Machine Pitch) in each of 2 sessions.
    

WHAT EVALUATORS WILL BE LOOKING FOR (as it pertains to the individual player):

• SETUP - Stance, hands ready, grip, coil, head on ball.
• MECHANICS - Timing, balance, pivot, rotation, consistent stride for hitting style
• SWING - Quick hands, hands through the zone, eyes on ball, extension

HOW EVALUATORS WILL SCORE:

0) No Contact
1) Marginal Contact (Tick, pop-up, foul ball)
2) Below Average Contact (weak grounder, infield pop-up)
3) Average Contact
4) Above Average contact (solid base hit in fair territory)
5) Excellent Contact

1. Judging will be performed by 2 impartial evaluators with no association to the age group.
2. No evaluators will evaluate in their child's age group.
3. 1 PRACTICE BALL - NO GRADE
4. A MAXIMUM of 6 balls.

NOTES:

• Age Groups U10-12 will receive 6 fly balls delivered from pitching machines.
• Age Groups 13 - 15 will receive 3 fly balls delivered from pitching machines and 3 hit balls from a live batting station.

WHAT EVALUATORS WILL BE LOOKING FOR:

• FIELDING POSITION - Circle the ball, position for the throw
• CATCH - 2 handed, shoulder high
• THROW - Strong and accurate to the cut-off position

HOW EVALUATORS WILL SCORE:

CATCH (0 - 5 POINTS)

0) Complete miss / poor positioning
1) Glove error / poor positioning
2) Glove error / fair positioning
3) Average catch / fair positioning
4) Above average catch & positioning
5) Excellent catch & positioning

THROW (0 - 5 POINTS)

1) Throw not complete, is wild or inaccurate
2) Rainbow throw causing cutoff to move more than a few steps
3) Rainbow throw or several bounces, but accurate to the cutoff
4) Strong throw to cutoff (accurate, but neither straight nor rainbow)
5) Strong throw straight to the cutoff
 

• Judging will be performed by 2 impartial evaluators with no association to the age group.
• No evaluators will evaluate in their child's age group.
• 1 PRACTICE BALL - NO GRADE
• A MAXIMUM of 7 balls.

WHAT EVALUATORS WILL BE LOOKING FOR:

• FIELDING POSITION - Attack the ball, knees bent, feet apart, field ball out in front and in center of the body
• CATCH - 2 handed, head down, funneled in
• THROW - Strong, Accurate, quick and fluid

HOW EVALUATORS WILL SCORE:

CATCH (0 - 5 POINTS)

0) Complete miss / poor positioning
1) Glove error / poor positioning
2) Glove error / fair positioning
3) Average catch / fair positioning
4) Above average catch & positioning
5) Excellent catch & positioning

THROW (0 - 5 POINTS)

1) Inaccurate throw / missed target
2) Throw pulls 1st baseman off the base
3) Rainbow throw to the 1st baseman's area
4) Strong throw to 1st baseman without pulling him off the base
5) Strong throw straight to the 1st baseman's chest

Two running attempts (from home to 1B) at the base length used by the specific age group.  The total time combined for each run is used to calculate the score.
Quartile Results: Top 25% - 20 points, 2nd 25% - 15 pts, 3rd 25% 10 pts, 4th 25% - 5 pts.

• Parents may observe the evaluation process at the Rosemount dome from a designated observation area, but are not allowed to speak to or interact with players during the evaluation.
• Evaluations will be done by two impartial evaluators not associated with the age group.
• Coaching candidates may observe the evaluations but will not be scoring candidates.
• For any tryout event (hitting, infield or outfield), the number of hits/balls may be adjusted to facilitate the evaluation process.
• All players in a given age group will receive the same number of hits or balls in each specific tryout event.
• The weighted percentage will not be impacted if the number of hits or balls in a tryout event is adjusted.
• Players will not be allowed to display their names on their clothing.
• Players will not be allowed to display a reference to baseball on their clothing (such as clinics, team jerseys).
• Players are allowed to use their own batting helmet. ETB will also supply batting helmets for any player needing one.