Tryouts for Impact Gold (Trout) 18U [formely GT Shockers Gold]

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We will be having our first tryouts August 4 at West Brook HS. Pitchers and catchers 2 to 3 and all positon players start at 3. The coaches will be Robert (Trout) Armentrout Head coach- James Matise Ass. coach - Kevin Smith Ass.coach and Jimmy Weise Recruiter & coach. Since we are starting with a new organization all former players are turning in their equipment and we are starting over new. The only players on the team will be Nicole Matise and Hannah Smith because their Dads are coaches. We plan on carrying 13 to 16 players.  Things to consider when joining a team. How is their recruiting. Jimmy Weise is the most experienced and the best recruiter in the GT Area nobody even comes close. We have had a 100% sign rate for 36 athletes- 9 DI - 6 DII - 2 DIII - 1 NAIA and 18 JUCO.          Everyone talks about mental toughness but does your current actully teach it. We do through books that we read weekly, the routines that we use daily and the breathing techiques we use to help keep everything calm and under control.          We require all of our players to have a fitness plan. This is something that they will be doing in College so we have our kids doing it now. One of the biggest complains that we get from College coaches is that the freshman they get are soft. You will be lifting weights and running in College so get started doing it now.                We are demanding coaches that hold our players accountable to their teammates and themselves. Everything we do is to prepare our players for the College exparience so when they get there they are prepared to handle it.            By joining the Impact Gold organization we are expanding our college contacts and how many recruiters we have working for our kids. We will be able to get into better tournaments and better game times in those tournaments. Being seen is the first part of the equation the secound part is the players performing in front of those coaches.                  We do all we can to get our players ready for college. We also gave our graduting Seniors scholarships for college. Last year we had 3 seniors and gave them $4350 between the 3 of them for playing on our team and this will continue. It is really great to be able to give back to our players and give them a head start for college expenses from our team.                          Hope to see you at tryouts. If you have any questions you can call me at 409-658-9056, PM me here on this website or email me at [email protected].  Thanks for reading and I hope everyone the best on there upcoming season and recruiting efforts. Have a GREAT DAY!!!

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Will you guys be doing the Lamar Classic again this fall? I have it penciled in but if you are not I want to go ahead and fill that weekend.

Thanks
Ralph
Texas Shockwave DeMarini

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Reminder that tryouts are today. Good luck to everyone.