Mustang Level Self-Assessment

TEAM SELF-ASSESSMENT

Please pick the level that best describes your Mustang Division team. Please understand that at each level, not every bullet point will apply to your team. We are just looking for an overall assessment of your team's skill level.

Mustang PLATINUM Division

  • My team will hold our own practices before the start of SFYBL practices.

  • My team will practice more than 2 hours a week.

  • I have 3 or more players who play travel ball.

  • I have 3 or more pitchers who consistently throw strikes.

  • Some of my pitchers understand the balk rule.

  • I have 3 or more pitchers who can throw really fast.

  • I have 2 or more catchers who can throw the ball from home plate to second base on a straight line.

  • My infield defense can get outs on ground balls 50% to 75% of the time.

  • My defense will catch more than 70% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

  • More than 70% of my players have proper batting mechanics.

  • More than 70% of my players consistently hit line drives when they are given easy pitches to hit.

Mustang GOLD Division

  • My team has characteristics of PLATINUM division, but we are a very young team with many 8U's playing up

  • My team will try to hold our own practices before the start of SFYBL practices

  • I have 0 to 2 players who play travel ball.

  • I have 4 or fewer players who can pitch and consistently throw strikes.

  • I have 1 pitcher who can can throw really fast.

  • I have 1 or 2 catchers who can throw the ball from home plate to second base, but on a rainbow arc.

  • My infield defense can get outs on ground balls 30% to 50% of the time.

  • My defense will catch between 30% to 50% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

  • About 45% to 65% of my players have proper batting mechanics.

  • About 45% to 65% of my players consistently hit line drives when they are given easy pitches to hit.

Mustang SILVER Division

  • My team will begin practices only when we get our field permit from SFYBL

  • I have 1 or 2 pitchers who can throw strikes. The rest of my pitchers have trouble finding the strike zone.

  • When my catchers throw the ball from home plate to second base, they either bounce it or throw it via a rainbow arc.

  • My infield defense can get outs on ground balls 20% to 40% of the time.

  • My defense can catch between 25% to 40% of ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

  • About 30% to 50% of my players have proper batting mechanics; the rest are still learning.

  • About 30% to 50% of my players have proper fielding mechanics; the rest are still learning.

  • About 30% to 50% of my players have proper throwing mechanics; the rest are still learning.

Mustang BRONZE Division

  • My team will begin practices only when we get our field permit from SFYBL

  • I have a few players who have pitched before. The vast majority will learn during the season.

  • When my catchers throw the ball from home plate to second base, they either bounce it or throw it via a rainbow arc.

  • My infield defense is still learning to field ground balls and throw to the correct base.

  • My defense is still learning to catch ordinary pop ups and fly balls.

  • Fewer than 20% of my players have proper batting mechanics; most of my team is still learning.

  • Fewer than 20% of my players have proper fielding mechanics; most of my team is still learning.

  • Fewer than 20% of my players have proper throwing mechanics; most of team is still learning.