Throwing

3 Key Elements score 2-8

Accuracy:
An overall assessment on how accurately the ball travels both vertically and horizontally from the players release point to the target. A perfect throw would follow a perfect line from hand to target.
Arm Strength:
An overall assessment on the speed of the thrown ball combined with the distance the ball travels on the throw.
Mechanics:
An overall assessment on how the player creates energy from the legs through the hips to the shoulders while creating ball velocity with kinesthetically correct movements of the elbow to arm to ball release.
Eval Criteria
- Ball Exchange: Makes a clean exchange from receiving the ball into the glove and transferring the ball to the throwing hand.
- Arm Strength: Has above average arm speed in their throwing motion.
- Ball Spin: The ball has pure backspin and no side spin after release in the throw.
- Elbow Position: Upon exchange, the throwing elbow is at or slightly above the shoulder.
- Release Point: Upon ball release, the throwing hand is turned back and away from the target, elbow up and ready to lead the hand and ball through to release.
- Posture: The player's body posture is downhill in their throwing motion? They are throwing over the front foot not off the back foot.
- Hip/Shoulder Rotation: The hips are leading the shoulders in the throwing motion.
- Follow Thru: The player is not tucking the glove under their glove arm and allowing the shoulders and throwing hand to finish perpendicular to the target.

Fielding

3 Key Elements score 2-8 weighted to create the overall index score.

Mechanics:
Infield: Overall assess of a players balance, low hips and quick feet. How they anticipate the ball off the bat and take good angles to the ball. How they come through the catch, is the glove up and out front with body weight going toward target.

Outfield: Overall assessment of how they anticipate the ball off the bat with a good first drop step to the correct side. Takes good angles on the ball. Get’s behind the catch receiving the ball at a high point coming through the catch toward the target.
Footwork:
Infield: Overall assessment of players ability of short quick steps with good balance. Get's to the top of the ball with good angles. Has a smooth breakdown into the catch with low hips and weight going toward the the target.

Outfield: Overall assessment of players ability to anticipate the ball off the bat and make a good first drop step and takes a quick angle on the ball. Runs with balance, taking the right angle to get behind the call and come through the catch toward the target.
Glove Skills:
Infield: Overall assessment of players ability to run naturally with the glove. Keeps the glove up out and open on approach and breakdown to the ball. Receives ball in the palm with the glove vertical to the ground. Does not push at the ball on catch and has a good exchange.

Outfield: Overall assessment of players ability to run naturally with the glove. Does not let glove obstruct the view of the ball. Catches the ball in the web of the glove.
Eval Criteria
- Reads Ball Off Bat: Player anticipates the direction of the ball before it hits the bat and takes angles so that they are in motion toward the ball when the ball I hit.
- Hip Level: Has explosive lateral movement. Can get to a ball faster than others players. Keeps hip levels low and accelerates and decelerates most efficiently.
- Glove position: Runs naturally with the glove. Infielders keep the glove out, up and open when receiving the ball . Outfielders, receive the ball at a high point and into the web of the glove.
- Quick Feet: The ability to move in any direction quickly and in balance by accelerating and decelerating.
- Soft Hands: Receives the ball into the glove in a smooth weightless fashion. Does not stab or dig at the ball.
- Comes Thru the Ball: The player is catching the ball with the body weight coming through the ball and toward the target to make the throw.
- Range Left: The total distance the player can travel to field a ball going to their left
- Range Right: The total distance the player can travel to field a ball going to their right.
- Ball Exchange: How quickly and efficiently the player can catch a ball into the glove and transfer the ball to the throwing hand in a good position to throw.
- Throw on the run: Ability to catch a ball while on the run and in an unbalanced position and making a strong, accurate throw to the target.

Hitting

3 Key Elements score 2-8 weighted to create the overall index score.

Contact:
Overall ability to consistently make hard contact on ALL pitches to ALL areas of the field.
Power:
Overall ability to demonstrate exceptional bat speed, exit speed and distance on balls hit.
Mechanics:
Overall ability on: A balanced stance. Keeping the hands back while transferring weight forward into a strong front side. Legs lead the hips, hips lead the shoulders, shoulders lead the hands. Keeps the hands inside the ball into contact extending hands through contact and finishes shoulders and hands on follow through. How well they create a swing plane that match’s the plane of the pitch, keeping the barrel on line with the pitch from the back hip through first extension.
Eval Criteria
- Posture: Does not fall back (shoulders behind the hips) in the swing motion. Able to keep a closed attacking posture through the swing.
- Balance: Shifts their weight front of center while keeping good balance allowing the head and eyes to stay level throughout the swing.
- Swing Path: Quickly creates a swing path that match’s the path of the pitch and holds the barrel on that path throughout the full swing motion past contact.
- Rotation: Shifts body weight front of center with hips leading the shoulders and shoulders leading the arms and hands.
- Connection: Ability to shift the weight front of center while slotting the back elbow under the hands. The hitter’s hands, elbow and hips all align with the barrel lagging below and behind the hands.
- Hands Above the Ball: Keeps the hands above the ball with the bat barrel below and behind the hands through the first extension of the swing.
- Hands inside the ball: Does not cast out the front arm early in the swing and throw the hands at the ball Keeps the hands inside the ball through contact.
- Rolling Over: Keeps the top hand palm is up through contact. Does not roll the wrists over prior to or at contact but only after second extension. Makes contact on the ball with the top hand palm up.
- Positive weight shift: Shifts all their body weight forward into a strong front side, not squishing or leaving the back toe/heel back and on the ground throughout first extension.
- Extension: Keeps the hands from rolling over while extending bat barrel through the swing plane after contact.
- Finishes Swing: Finishes the complete swing plane started by extending the barrel on plane and allowing the shoulders and hands to finish. Does not roll the wrists early and leave the shoulders open.
- Footwork (slappers): Has a forward lean striding forward into their crossover step. The crossover foot lands on or near the front chalk line of the batter’s box.
- Barrel Control (slappers): Keeps the barrel back and on plane with the pitch making contact on the ball based on the type of hit desired. Drag; top inside/outside Soft; top inside Hard; middle inside
- Quick out of the box (slappers): Is sprinting out of the box with 2 quick long steps with a forward lean posture.
- Drag (slappers): Above average ability to lightly bunt the ball in play while sprinting out of the box.
- Soft Slap (slappers): Above average ability to hit the ball hard enough to beat the 3rd baseman to their left and soft enough to bring the short stop to their right to field the ball while sprinting out of the box.
- Power Slap (slappers): Above average ability to hit the ball with power while sprinting out of the box.
- Overall Speed (slappers): Above average quickness through crossover step and above average ability to get up to full speed within 2 steps out of the box.

2-8 Rating Scale Standard

Rating	Standard	Result	Comparison
8	High School All Americans and top 25 players in her class posses this superior skill set. Also possesses the physical strength and athleticism to utilize this skill set in a college game at this point in time.	Recruitable	Sierra Romero as a defender and hitter. Keilani Ricketts as a pitcher.
7	Possesses the strength and athleticism in this skill set that would allow her to successfully use this skill to be a starter at the collegiate level at this moment in time.	Recruitable	Division 1 Starter
6	Possesses the strength and athleticism in this skill set that would translate to success at the college level immediately.	Recruitable	D1 player,D2,D3,NAIA Starter
5	As a travel ball or High School player, this is a solid, developed skill set accompanied by adequate strength and athleticism that separates her from other players	Recruitable	Some D1 Potential, High D2,D3,NAIA Potential
4	This refined skill set may need additional strength or maturity to allow the skill set to be collegiate ready.	Has Good Potential	Size and/or strength are deterring factors
3	This skill set is solid but may need additional training.	Not yet recruitable	Raw Skill Set
2	This is a basic skill set that would be expected of any Travel Ball Player or High School Player who starts for her team(s).	Not yet recruitable	Basic Skill Set for a Recreation Player

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