Here is my situation: I am planning on going to the Major League Scouting Bureau tryouts this summer. I am 22, a graduate student, and have a desire to do this. I have been training for a month, but my friend who wanted to do this has kind of flaked out. I have my girl friend soft toss with me but it has been a very solitary experience. Here is my workout: I stretch and warm up with a ten minute jog. I hit two buckets of baseballs off a tee, sometimes three or four. I soft toss when my girlfriend is available. I then do five sprints, down and back between the foul lines in the outfield. I have begun to increase the sprints, tommorow I plan to do six sprints. I then do three sets of pushups to exhausture. I then do fifty good crunches. I long toss when I have a partner. This all takes about an hour and half to two hours I want to know if there are any workouts I can do, with an emphasis on solitary workouts. Any and all help will be appreciated. Thanks.

I do other workouts (weights, fielding, etc) as well, but I am getting pissed an disheartened by my friend flaking out as well as others who want to come to the park and then at the last second bail. I am just looking for suggestions on improvement to these workouts or other workouts I can do by myself.

You're 22 and have probably been playing for sometime now, you should know what workouts you can do to improve your overall game.

But if you're asking what you can do to better prepare yourself for the tryout, I have a couple of pointers. I went to a few major league scouting camps a couple years ago.

The first thing that they're going to have you do is run a 60 yard dash. This can literally make or break your entire tryout. Post a good time and they'll keep an eye on you all day, post a bad one and you may as well go home right then....you won't make it to the hitting portion of the tryout.

Next they'll divide the group up by postion and have the outfielders make throws in to the infield, judging their arm strength (either by radar gun or by eye). I've never seen anyone get more than 3 throws, so make them count.

Then they usually hit a few ground balls to the infield and have them throw to first. They'll be evaluating fielding ability and arm strength (again either by radar gun or by eye). I've never seen anyone get more than 5 balls, so make them count.

After this they make cuts. Depending on how well you've done so far you'll either be heading home or moving on to the hitting portion of the tryout. I've seen the hitting done two different ways, so I can't tell you which one you will see for sure.

First way, they have the guys they're still interested in take no more than 10 cuts off a machine and evaluate their hitting ability.

Second way, they have the guys they're still interested in take an at bat or two against some of the pitchers they kept so far. (Pitchers have been working while you've been in the field, some of them got cut too.)

Probably the biggest tips I can give you are: One, to work on your 60. This will be the most important thing you do, a good time can make up for a weakness in another area. Two, long toss and throw to bases. Have your arm as ready to go as possible. Three, take live BP. You know as well as I do that tees and soft toss go a long way, but you may have to face a live pitcher in the hitting part. You'll want to be on top of your game and not rusty against the real deal.

I hope this has been helpful. Good luck.

SOUNDS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL

You should go to a gym by jogging weights and etc workout
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I have been to many major league tryout camps and they all have the same routine. 1. You are timed in the sixty yard dash twice. 2. Outfielders are hit fungoes and there arms are tested from right field to 3rd base and home plate. 3. Infielders are hit ground balls at deep shortstop or third and their arms are tested. 4. Pitchers are gunned on 18 pitches and sometimes throw to hitters. 5. Hitters hit in a cage or against live pitching. 6. Most tryout camps end with cathers being timed on throws to second. If you are serious about baseball train to maximize the skills needed for these excercises at tryout camps. Scouts look for potential. If you don't have good enough times, velocity, or arm strength you are passed over.