Skills Assessment 2024: Get Ready for Baseball & Softball!
Key Dates
- Skills Assessment: January 21st (Sunday)
- Location: -Mount Si High School (Baseball and Softball fields)
- Alternate date for those unable to attend the primary sessions: January 23rd (Tuesday)
- Location for alternate session: Mount Si High School Softball Field
The full schedule with specific times is listed below.
About the Skills Assessment
All Snoqualmie Valley Little League players registered for Upper Division baseball and softball are required to attend the mandatory Skills Assessment. The assessment is not a try-out as there are no "cuts" in Little League. Instead, these assessments assist our managers in creating balanced and competitive teams during the player draft.
Farm League players from Single-A that are requesting to Play Up to AA are required to attend assessments for the opportunity to Play Up.
Players that will play Tee Ball or Single-A baseball or Softball will not attend assessments.
There is no Skills Assessment for baseball players at the Intermediate level and above or softball players at Juniors or above.
Check Your Players League Age
Unsure what your players League Age is, please use the Little League Age Determination Tool.
Schedule
Baseball Assessment Plan:
· 9:00-9:45: All 12-year-olds need to come and assess, as well as any 10-year-olds that want to play in Majors.
· 10:00-11:45: All 10- and 11-year-olds need to come and assess as well as any 9-year-olds that want to play in Coast.
· 12:00-1:15: All 9-year-olds need to come and assess as well as any 8-year-olds that want to play up to AAA.
· 1:30- 2:30: All 8-year-old with last name A-H need to come and assess as well as any 7-year-olds that want to play up AA.
· 2:45-3:45: All 8-year-olds with last name I-Z need to come and assess as well as any 7-year-olds that want to play up AA.
Softball Assessment Plan:
· 12-year olds’ do not need to come an assess anymore, as we will only be having one Majors Team this year.
· 9:00-10:30: All 11- and 10-year-olds need to come to assess.
· 11:00 –12:30: All 9-year-olds, need to come to assess and any 8-year-olds wanting to play up to AAA.
· 1:00 – 2:30: All 8-year-olds need to come assess and any 7-year-olds wanting to play up to AA.
Alternate Session on 1/23 (Tuesday)- Will take place from 5pm to 8pm
- Times for each age group are pending
- Please arrive 20 minutes early for your Assessment Session
What to Bring
Please bring a glove and have your child wear tennis shoes. Bats and helmets will be provided on-site but personal gear is allowed too. Every year several kids and their gear get separated-please have their names on items, especially gloves.
What to Expect
Players will work through severral stations performing different drills. The stations include:
- Timed run
- Fielding, catching and throwing
- Hitting
- Pitching
Parents are encouraged to wait for players being evaluated rather than leaving and coming back. Depending on when the player is evaluated, they could be through the process before the exact end time. Please note that parents will not be allowed inside the assessment area.
Please direct any questions about the Skills Assessment to [email protected] (Baseball) or [email protected] (Softball).
If your player is unable to make the Skills Assessment at the designated time, you must notify the league Player Agent in advance. A score will be given to your child based on Manager/Coach experience from previous years or parent assessment and these players will still be drafted as normal.
After Registration Closes, players are wait-listed and not guaranteed a spot on a team.