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1/20 UPDATE: Farm
Evaluations Postponed to 2/4, Majors & Minors Tryouts still on
1/28
With all the rain that has hit our area the past few days,
and forecast for more through the weekend, we are revising the league schedule
for the next two weeks.
ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED
WITH THE LEAGUE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SESSION.
1) Farm Evaluation--
When:
Saturday, February 4th, 9am to Noon (PLEASE NOTE THE DATE
CHANGE)
Where: Cupertino Middle School -
Field #1
Who: Children aged 7 & 8 (6 year
olds with advanced skills may be considered). Player MUST be registered in
order to participate.
What: This session is
intended to provide players who are planning on playing at the Farm Level with
an opportunity to practice their skills prior to the start of the season.
Players will be run through a series of baseball drills, intended to showcase
the player’s skill level. League Player Agents and Farm Coaches will be
evaluating player skills, which will factor into team assignment. It is advised
that all players who intend to play at the Farm level should attend this
session so that the evaluators can appropriately asses the player’s skill
level.
2) Majors & Minors Pre- Tryouts--
When: This event has been CANCELLED
3) Minors Tryouts--
When:
Saturday, January 28th, 9am to Noon
Where:
Cupertino Middle School - Field #1
Who:
Children aged 9 & 10 (8 year olds with advanced skills may be considered).
Player MUST be registered in order to participate. What: This session is
intended to provide players who are planning on playing at the Minors Level
with an opportunity to formally demonstrate their baseball skills to the Minors
coaches. Players will be evaluated for foot speed, ability to field ground
balls and fly balls, ability to throw from the outfield and infield, and hit
against a pitching machine. Those players who wish to demonstrate their
pitching and / or catching ability may do so at the end of tryouts (if time
permits). This session is mandatory for all Minors Level players.
4) Majors Tryouts--
When:
Saturday, January 28th, 1pm to 4pm
Where:
Cupertino Middle School - Field #1
Who:
Children aged 11 & 12 (10 year olds with advanced skills may be
considered). Player MUST be registered in order to participate. What: This
session is intended to provide players who are planning on playing at the
Majors Level with an opportunity to formally demonstrate their baseball skills
to the Majors coaches. Players will be evaluated for foot speed, ability to
field ground balls and fly balls, ability to throw from the outfield and
infield, and hit against a pitching machine. Those players who wish to
demonstrate their pitching and / or catching ability may do so at the end of
tryouts (if time permits). This session is mandatory for all Majors Level
players.
5) Document Verification--
Who:
- All parents of new and returning
players must submit a Volunteer Application Form. This form is available
on the SVLL website at these locations:
- New Volunteers:
http://www.littleleague.org/Assets/forms_pubs/volunteer-app.pdf
- Returning Volunteers:
http://www.littleleague.org/Assets/forms_pubs/returning-volunteer-app.pdf
- All new players to the
league must have their residency verified.
When / Where: This
verification process will take place on the following days:
- Saturday, January 28th from 8:30-10:30am AND
12:30-2:30pm at Cupertino Middle School in conjunction with the Majors &
Minors try-out events.
- Saturday, February 4th from 8:30-10:30am in
conjunction with the farm level evaluations.
- The Registration Team is looking into possibly
holding a verification event mid-week in the evening. More to come on
this.
For information on the document verification
process (including those docs that you must bring with you), please refer to
the section Attend Document Verification Day on the league website at:
http://sunnyvalelittleleague.com/gen/registration.htm. All
returning players are NOT required to go through residency verification.
ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED WITH
THE LEAGUE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SESSION. No onsite
registration will be available, so register no less than 24 hours prior to each
session to ensure your child is included in the roster of eligible players.
To help players and parents prepare for these events, we have crafted a
Player Tryout & Evaluations - Guide for
Parents. Please refer to this document for all information pertaining to
these events including dates, times, locations, equipment, and player
attire.
If you have any questions related to registration, please
feel free to send an email to:
registration@sunnyvalelittleleague.com
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