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USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by Parent on September 30, 2024, 12:05 pm

Are these all worth doing? Do colleges look at or care about that stuff? Any help would be great.

Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by Patrick Burns on October 2, 2024, 5:08 pm, in reply to "USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American"

Having been involved this past year with the tryouts and coaching at the USSSA all american games it is a great event but it’s not about college isn’t bout playing and the experience

The S-30 games are entirely different, even at the younger ages they teach the girls and go over the recruiting process, educating them; as well instructional and playing games.

Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by Parent on September 30, 2024, 2:39 pm, in reply to "USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American"

Depends on the age. 12u and younger it is valuable in my opinion. USA all American games is much better than the USSSA games. USA you get to plan on the same WCWS field as the college players. Your DD will never forget that. USSSA, they never even opened the stadium field in Vera for us to even go in and take pictures.

Biggest lesson learned was this. On your team or in your area, you very well may be the big fish in the little pond. You go to one of these events. I guarantee you, your player will see for her self, she is the small fish in a much bigger pond. In my opinion, that is a very valuable lesson to learn early on. If they truly want to be a college player, they have to have the drive, if they don't, you can't give it to them. If they go to an event like this they are going to see talent outside the midwest. That is the most valuable lesson. Do they want to strive to be at that level, only they can answer that question.

Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by ^^ this on October 2, 2024, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American"

I second this statement: “USA all American games is much better than the USSSA games. USA you get to plan on the same WCWS field as the college players. Your DD will never forget that.”

To add to that…

USA games get them quite a bit of swag, an opening ceremony, a booklet of all the players, invested coaches and a sense of a tournament atmosphere with all games in close proximity and always a game on the “big field”. Well worth the time and expense of traveling to the tryouts and event.

USSSA games, while also at one complex, is very spread out and disjointed, there are random coaches (my DD had an underclassman college athlete), uneven playing time (kid that had never pitched before raised her hand to pitch the “win or go home” game and was selected to pitch) and it’s impossible to even tell who, if anyone, is running the event. Very hard to get the “tournament” feel and definitely didn’t feel as special as all the advertising made it seem like it would. It also really meant nothing on her “resume”. However, it was fun for my DD to do - I just wouldn’t pay to travel to those tryouts or fly to the event had we had to do it over.

Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by fun times on October 1, 2024, 9:24 am, in reply to "Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American"

we have done select 30 a couple times in FL...played on the big field both times. not a recruiting event and no coaches present but a fun time

Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American

Posted by Gatorade POY on October 2, 2024, 10:51 am, in reply to "Re: USSSA S-30, USA All American, USSSA All American"

No they do not save your money

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