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Team Formation & Season Preparation

Teams are typically assembled within a couple of weeks following tryouts. However, this timeline depends on having enough volunteer coaches for the season. Since teams cannot be formed without coaches, delays may occur if additional volunteers are needed.

Once rosters are finalized, it is the coach’s responsibility to reach out to players. They will provide details on practice schedules, locations, and may hold a team meeting to ensure everyone has the necessary information to start the season.

Game Schedule: The official game schedule is usually released very close to opening day. While this may be frustrating, it is due to the limited time available between registration closing, assessments, and finalizing a full schedule for the league. We appreciate your patience during this process.

To register your child, please use the age-appropriate signup sheet linked below when available. Before signing up, double-check their eligibility using the Little League Age Calculator to ensure proper placement in the correct age group.


Why Does a 7-Year-Old Need to “Try Out?”

Don’t be intimidated by the word tryouts. Everyone makes the team in Little League. Tryouts (or assessments) are simply for the league to be able to spread the level of talent around. Most leagues don’t have assessments for Tee Ball, but all other levels (about age 7 and up) do.

What to Take to Tryouts

Glove

Helmet – if you have one (they have some community helmets available for those who don’t have their own, but…for my brief one-word explanation of why my kids will always have their own helmet, see this post!)

Batting Gloves – only if you have them

Water

Parents’ Glove  

What Exactly is Assessed in Tryouts?

Players should be evaluated in each of the following 5 areas:

Batting

Fielding Ground Balls

Fielding Fly Balls

Throwing / Pitching

Running


What is the Evaluation Process?

Check-In

You will most likely stand in a really long line for a really long time to check your child in

Your child will receive a number to attach to the front and/or back of his/her shirt

Wait

Remember how you waited in that really long line? You will need to wait for everyone else to get through that really long line too, so come prepared to wait a lot

Depending on the set-up of the event, kids can start warming up and playing catch with each other while they wait

You might want to consider bringing a glove for yourself to be able to play catch with your child while you wait


Gather in Your Assigned Group

Most tryouts will have a few different groups of kids, and each group will rotate through the different stations (batting, fielding, throwing, and running)

Rotate Through the Evaluation Stations

This is where the kids need to pay attention to their group and where they are rotating

Depending on how tryouts are set up, parents may want to keep an eye on their kids to ensure they are where they are supposed to be

 Go Home

After your child is finished at the last station, they are usually free to leave



Do Parents Stay and Watch Tryouts?

This depends on the process with your particular league. From what I’ve seen, most leagues are okay either way.

I have been to some incredibly organized tryouts where I didn’t say a word to my kid the entire time, and then I’ve also been to some not-so-organized tryouts, where I was really glad I was there to help guide my kid to the next area he was expected to be at.

I have also seen indoor tryouts where the parents couldn’t see anything anyway, so I decided to run to Target while the kids were in there. So it all depends. If you aren’t sure how it’s going to go down, I would plan on staying there just to be safe. I think generally speaking, most parents stay.

If you are going to leave and come back, make sure you come back really early. You don’t want your kid waiting for an hour for you if they finish early.


Contact

Menifee Valley Little League
26025 Newport Rd Suite F457 
Menifee, California 92584

Email: [email protected]

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