We used to do our “Coach Look” all manually. A coach would throw 2 fly balls to the boys in the outfield, 2 ground balls at the shortstop position, and then that same boy would grab his bat and get a few soft toss pitches at home plate before running to second base.
In the spring season, we have 800-1000 kids. It pretty much takes all day and a lot of wear and tear on the people that volunteer in that process.
With the FungoMan FM-150, we were able to process the same amount of kids in the same amount of time, with 2 1/2 times the number of balls. It was beautiful!
Mustang/Pinto Summer Teams
Coach-Look Workout
• Two FungoMan FM-150 Machines per tryout field, i.e., 2 for Pinto, 2 for Mustang.
• Three tryout stations: Outfield, Infield, & Batting.
• Begin @ 5:00 p.m. (with first 10 players volunteering to start earlier than the 6 p.m. advertised start time unless an official change is still possible).
• Time Allotment: (3 mins/player)(60 players) = 180 mins = 3 hours
• To speed up the process, cones will indicate starting spots for fielding positions.
• The line will form in LF foul area, with Player #1 starting in the Outfield Station.
• As a player exits the SS position (Infield Station) to get ready to hit, the player before him bats.
OUTFIELD EVALUATION:
1. 2 On-target fly balls, throw in to 3B.
2. 2 Off-target, fly balls, one to each side, each one “catchable”, throw in to 3B.
INFIELD EVALUATION:
3. 2 On-target ground balls to SS, throw to 1B.
4. 2 Off-target, but “fieldable,” ground balls to SS, one to each side, throw to 1B.
5. 1 short infield ground ball to SS, must “charge”, throw to 1B.
BATTING EVALUATION:
6. 6 pitches from Fungoman, may swing at all.
7. Run on the last pitch, take “Go 3” sign from 3B-Coach approaching 2B, with a slide into 3B.
Hear why Tony Davis doesn’t want to go back to the “old way” of doing tryouts
