[bkubart]

My wife and I just purchased a home at the villages. We are going to be snowbirds at first. I am very intersted in playing softball at the villages and I understand that you have to get evaluated before you can be on a team. Can anyone tell me how I go about being evaluated? Thanks.

[Pat_RI]

http://www.districtgov.org/departmen.../softball.aspx

[coralway]

Thanks for that link, Pat.

I'm also interested in playing softball.

[2BNTV]

Bkubart:

It seems like Pat gave you the answer you needed so I just wanted to say

to TOTV. Keep on posting.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by bkubart

I am very intersted in playing softball at the villages and I understand that you have to get evaluated before you can be on a team. Can anyone tell me how I go about being evaluated? Thanks.

I just went through evaluation. Every Tuesday of the year except for three weeks at the end of August and early September they hold the evaulations. I know because I had to wait after first attending in early August.

It's held at Buffalo Glen, that's the 4 ball fields near TV High School off of 466 and you can reach by cart via Belvedere. Go any three Tuesdays within a one year period, you need to be there at 7:30 and it usually ends about 10:00. Most people do all three in a row, makes it easier.

In my situation we had about 20 at each tryout. Since the current season started September 8th and I finished after that, I was made a sub (substitute). However, since most teams have a hard time keeping 12 players at every game, as soon as I finished and turned in my paper work I had 3 coaches calling me to play permanently on their team.

You can play in the recreation (rec) leagues and play two days a week, or the neighborhood leagues and play only on Saturdays. There is some other differnces such as the bats used and the different levels, but they'll explain all that when you attend the evaluations.

I chose to just play in the neighborhood league and was picked up by Calumet Grove team even though I live in Tamarind Grove. I want to play golf two days a week and with softball I thought one day was enough. You can even play in both leagues if you like, that's three days a week. In Tamarind Grove we now have a coach and he is putting together a team for next season in January, but in the meantime I play for Calument.

[Single Track]

John W.
Thank you for the excellent info. I won't be there until Spring 2012 but I always thought I'd like to play again. I played for a woman's league many years ago and as some of you can relate, it's impossible to play now because your teammates and opponents are in their 20's. Too much of an age and skill differencel for me. I'm hoping that in TV, I will be up against the 60ish crowd so the playing field should be more even.

Have fun in TV

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Single Track

...I'm hoping that in TV, I will be up against the 60ish crowd so the playing field should be more even. Have fun in TV

That's correct, the leagues are limited to age 50 and older. There are about 200 teams and about 2500 players, that makes it the largest softball league in America.

We had about 3 or 4 woman at the evaluation, they were handled separately with a woman coach. For the rec leagues the woman have their own league, but for the neighborhood teams woman play with the men. My Calumet team doesn't have any woman players but we played against Belverdere and they had two woman. They were probably their two best players.