How Does Your School's Cut Process Work?

[Clyde]

I've always hated the old school way of posting a list. Too impersonal. Kid that gets cut doesn't know why or have any idea of what he needs to do to get better.

 

I was talking to a coach and asked how he did it.

 

The boys that were on the bubble were all told to show up at a spot and have all of their stuff with them.

 

They were called into a room where the coaches were and told if they made the team or not. If they did not make it they were told why and what areas they need to improve on. They then went out a separate door vs going back to the room where the other kids were sitting and waiting. They then hopped in their ride home and either celebrated or commiserated privately.

 

Being the softy that I am I LOVE this idea.

[X`s and O`s]

I've always hated the old school way of posting a list. Too impersonal. Kid that gets cut doesn't know why or have any idea of what he needs to do to get better.

 

I was talking to a coach and asked how he did it.

 

The boys that were on the bubble were all told to show up at a spot and have all of their stuff with them.

 

They were called into a room where the coaches were and told if they made the team or not. If they did not make it they were told why and what areas they need to improve on. They then went out a separate door vs going back to the room where the other kids were sitting and waiting. They then hopped in their ride home and either celebrated or commiserated privately.

 

Being the softy that I am I LOVE this idea.

 

I really like that. I don't think its being soft at all. Most coach`s don't have the gut`s to tell the kid`s why they got cut, or just don't want to take the time. Than sending them out another door, like that too. I`m sure some kids get upset.

[OlDog75]

Back in the day when I played, I never really thought anything about it, it's just the way it was done. The names were posted on the coach's office door and your were cut or not. Guys that were cut, and didn't pout about it, would go in to the office and ask coach why. I know one thing, the possibility of getting cut each year made you work pretty hard at staying off the list.

[Sweeperboy]

I like the way Baioni does it...

 

Besides being an eye for talent and knows the game well and been there done that he doesn't pull any punches and tells the kid what he needs to do to improve and work on.

 

I always hated the baseball tryout thing, especially since it was taking place in confined spaces, lots of kids, few reps, etc to really catch a coaches eye especially if you are a young kid coming in. If a kid doesn't have past experience with the coach, legacy or a kid that passes the eye test he could get looked over very easy with indoor tryouts imo.

 

It is so important that coaches know how to handle kids these days especially with the social media thingy...:thumb:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then the coach has to take the phone call thing...

[Tommy2tone]

With the year round contact with coaches, kids that are going to be on the team have been working out with the coaches. Only a couple might show up tryout day. Unless those kids have made a name for themselves playing baseball, they will be cut. Most coaches will take them to the side after workouts and tell them they are cut.

What I think is hard on the kids, is coaches telling them if they made the varsity, jv or the freshman team. Meaning you might have a soph who thinks he might make varisty but has to be told he is going to play jv. or a freshman who thinks he will play up but to be told he will be playing freshman.

We have a few 7th graders and many 8th who want to be on freshman team. Luckily, we have a middle school program that we send some of those kids down to play in. Guess you can call it a cut but we use it as a tool for more playing time.