The tryout portion of the USSSA All American Program is used to identify the top level fastpitch athletes in the 9U-14U age division. All tryouts will allow each athlete equal opportunity to showcase their skills in hitting, throwing, fielding, pitching/catching, and athletic testing. Participants will be evaluated on two positions, primary and secondary.

The All American Fastpitch Program will host tryouts throughout six regions of the country. You can tryout at any location in any region – West, Midwest, South, Southeast, Great Lakes, and Northeast.

The USSSA All American staff will consist of current and former professional players, college coaches, and other high level coaches.

The scores are broken down into three different categories: offense (hitting exit speed and hitting evaluation score), defense (overhand velocity and positional evaluation score), and athleticism (20yd and 5-10-5). For categories that are not scored on a 1-5 scale, the computer algorithm uses 9 years’ worth of data to create a 1-5 scale based on age. In each of the three categories, the scores are averaged together to create a score for each category. Then the three category scores are averaged together again to create the Total Grade which is what we select athletes from.

1 would be the lowest level of softball IQ/skill, 3 would be average level, and 5 would be the highest level of softball IQ/skill.

Yes, they may attend a tryout outside of their region! They will represent their hometown at the games.

Yes, athletes may participate in multiple tryouts in multiple regions. They will be eligible to make a team in any of the regional tryout locations that they attend. We consider each tryout as an individual event with an individual score. We will not be combining scores from multiple tryout events to create a master score.

By entering the correct birthdate, the participant will automatically be put in the correct age group. For USSSA, age eligibility is determined strictly by birth year. Please visit the following link for the Age Calculator.

No athlete can play up in their age division.

Since we do not have a division younger than 9U, any athlete younger than league age 9 will be trying our for the 9U division as be compared to other 9U athletes.

Athletes born in 2009 or earlier have aged out of this event.

Yes, the tryout is open to all athletes (9U-14U) however, they will be trying out on an individual basis, not as a whole team.

Team discounts are available. There must be 8 or more athletes attending from a team to receive the team discount. Please email [email protected] for more details on how to register your team.

We anticipate the tryout to last approximately five hours (including registration), providing there isn’t any weather or field issues. This is an approximation. Depending on numbers at the tryout, it could be shorter or longer. If your athlete is a P or C, they will be there the entire time.

It is important to note that this is a tryout and not a camp. There will be times where the athlete is standing around due to the nature of evaluations.

For the pitching evaluations, we will use a catcher also participating in the tryout to warm up the pitchers. The pitchers and catchers will be evaluated at the same time.

It is the pitcher’s responsibility to be warm and ready when it is their time to perform. If they are not ready, they need to let the evaluator know.

The National staff from USSSA will select the USSSA All American Teams based on the tryout evaluations. There will be no outside influences when evaluating a participant or in selecting the teams other than the tryout scores themselves. All scores are non-negotiable, the scores that are given by the evaluators will be the scores calculated in the overall evaluation.

We don’t have a set number of athletes that are selected as we focus on skill level. If the overall level of skill is low, then we will select less athletes and if the overall level of skill is high, then we will select more!

All of the teams are mixed region!

Click the video below for a walk through of what you can expect at your AAG tryout —

The USSSA All American Program was created in 2015 to increase individual opportunities for fastpitch players to showcase their skills and represent their local area in a National event. The All American Program creates an environment where athletes ages 9U to 14U are evaluated and chosen via our All American Tryouts.

Following the All American Tryouts, the top athletes from each region will be selected to represent their Region in the All American Games hosted annually at the USSSA Space Coast Complex in Viera, Florida.

It is a 5 game guarantee tournament in Viera, FL during the week of July 28th through August 2nd.

Athletes will be placed on a team with athletes from across the country!

At the end of the tryout, athletes with the highest scores will be selected as a Direct Invite which is a separate bracket at the games. These athletes know immediately and are able to register and book travel.

Athletes who still have good scores will be selected later on for the Open Bracket division once all of the tryouts have concluded.

Not every athlete will be selected!

If selected, there will be a $275 fee for the athletes to play in the USSSA All American Games. This fee helps support the All American Game uniforms that are supplied and coaching staff (All American Teams are coached by current/former college softball players).

Additionally, each athlete is responsible for getting to Viera, FL, their food, transportation and lodging, etc. during the USSSA All American Games.

The USSSA All American Games Selection Show is going to be held on June 7th, 2025 at 7pm EST.

Athletes that were not selected as a Direct Invite still have an opportunity to make it to the games through our Open bracket!

The USSSA All American teams will be coached by current and former collegiate softball athletes, along with other elite level selected coaches.

We do ask for Volunteer Assistant Coaches from the parents on the teams but all decisions are made by the head coach.

PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE THE HEAD COACHES OF ANY TEAMS.

No, there are no prior commitments to the games other than the games itself.