The Redmond Mustang baseball program fields a Varsity, JV, and C team and has a total of 40 to 50 players each year. Baseball is a cut sport, which means not everyone makes a team, so use these tips to help you be ready for tryouts and the start of the upcoming season.
1. Let us know who you are
If you’re new to Mustang baseball or an incoming Freshman, introduce yourself to the coaches or send us an email. We need to know how to reach you with details about winter workouts, registration information, tryout schedules, and other off-season baseball activities. In January and February, the Booster Club sponsors a supervised off-season training program that includes weight room workouts and open gyms (depending on interest). We’d love to see you there.
2. Make sure you’re eligible
Registration for Spring sports opens in mid-January each year and continues through the Friday before tryouts begin. All registration materials are online using FinalForms. There are forms for both you and your parent or guardian to sign. When in doubt, check your FinalForms account to make sure your registration is complete, and don’t forget that you’ll need a valid physical, Redmond ASB card, and have paid any outstanding fees or fines.
If you have questions, talk to the RHS Athletics office. No one wants a problem with paperwork to stand in the way of your tryout. But you need to be registered for Spring sports.
3. Be tryout-ready
Tryouts start on the first day of the official WIAA baseball season, usually during the first week of March or last week of February. These tips will help you know what to expect so you can focus on baseball.
Arrive Early, Be Organized
- Tryouts for each season start on a Monday at 3 p.m. Know where you need to go to sign in and be there early to get organized and help set up. The coaches will provide more details as the date gets closer.
- Wear a shirt with a number on it.
- Wear baseball gear. That means baseball pants, cleats (turf shoes—no metal spikes), a hat, batting helmet, cup, and belt.
- Be comfortable. Break in your new shoes, gloves, and other equipment well in advance.
- We don’t supply bats, helmets, gloves, catchers gear, or other personal equipment during tryouts. If you need something, speak up. Work it out with a returning player or coach.
- If you need a place for your gear during tryouts, leave your bag with a coach in the boy’s locker room at 7:15 a.m. each day and we’ll lock it up in storage. Just make sure you come back and retrieve your gear after school. It’s on you to get it to the field. We’ll make lockers available for baseball gear once practices begin.
- Rest up, eat well, and get your homework and other obligations squared away. Be mentally alert and physically ready to do your best when tryouts begin.
Commit
- Expect a fast-paced tryout. Show up ready to go, keep your ears open, and hustle from station to station.
- Have fun! It takes no extra skill to have a positive attitude and show leadership, enthusiasm, and be a great teammate. These qualities are more rare than you think.
- Show your versatility. You never know what the make-up of the roster will be. A willingness to play multiple positions or different roles always helps.
- Be confident in the extra work you put in. Those hours in the weight room and batting cages will show. Go out there knowing you did everything you could to prepare for this moment.
- Players will be notified whether they made a Varsity, JV, or C-team roster after the final day of tryouts. Not everyone makes a team, and not everyone makes the team they expect. Players do get called up during the season, and some players are rostered on two teams depending on the needs of the program. When you try out, we expect that you’re committed to practicing and competing all season no matter what team you’re on.