The Tomball Kings welcome new student-athletes to all of our baseball programs, but eligibility for play on a Tomball Kings baseball team is limited to homeschooled student-athletes.

During periods outside of scheduled tryouts, we welcome prospective players to contact us to schedule an individual tryout.

Prospective participants may wish to read our guide “How to make the most of your baseball tryout.”

We require advance registration for all tryout participants. Registration is currently open for tryout dates in November (high school only), December (10U and 8U), and January (high school, 15U, and 12U). Each of these is for play in the Spring 2023 season.

We hold all regular tryouts at Farm League Park, 19717 Stuebner Airline Road, Spring TX 77379 [map]. Please note that participants may not wear metal spikes on any Farm League field.

For the 2022-2023 academic year we will hold high school tryouts from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM on these dates:

• Thursday, August 4, 2022 (completed)
• Thursday, August 11, 2022 (make-up date for those who cannot attend on August 4; completed)
• Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (completed)
• Thursday, November 10, 2022 (completed)
• Thursday, January 5, 2023 (registration open)

At the August tryout, a high school player will be considered for:

• 15U fall (if age-eligible)
• 18U fall (if age-eligible) and high school spring
• High school spring only (if not desiring to play fall baseball)

Any high school player who is offered only a 15U fall roster position has no assurance of being on a spring team. He must tryout again either (i) in November for the high school spring program or (ii) in January, for either the 15U league play or high school interscholastic play.

No high school player may try out for a fall team only.

At the November tryout, high school players will be considered for the spring interscholastic play only.

At the January tryout, a high school player will be considered for:

• 15U spring (if age-eligible)
• High school spring

We will hold open tryouts for our 2022-2023 teams in the 15U / 12U / 10U / 8U divisions in accordance with the schedule below. On each date, the tryout will begin at 3:30 PM and conclude by 5:30 PM.

We do not offer 8U league play in the fall. The 15U and 12U divisions participate in the Spring Klein League. The 10U division participates in the Farm League.

Division	Tryout dates
15U	Fri Aug 5, 2022 (completed)
12U	Wed Aug 3, 2022 (completed)
10U	Tue Jul 19, 2022 (completed)
8U	None (no 8U league play in fall)
Make-up date, all ages	Thu Aug 11, 2022 (completed)

During the spring season, players in our 15U division participate either in prep-league competition at Farm League Park or the Spring Klein League. The 12U division participates in the Spring Klein League. The 10U and 8U divisions participate in the Farm League.

Prep-league players must be (i) age-eligible and (ii) in seventh or eighth grades. Any player in the spring prep league must make Kings their first priority. They may play travel ball with Coach Wilkins’s permission, but any schedule conflicts must be resolved in favor of prep league.

Division	Tryout dates
15U	Wed Jan 4, 2023 (registration open)
12U	Tue Jan 3, 2023 (registration open)
10U	Tue Dec 6, 2022 (completed)
8U	Mon Dec 5, 2022 (completed)

At each tryout we separate participants by age division, but we use an evaluation and grading system that is uniform across all ages, to help us track player development over time. We evaluate punctuality, baseball appearance and demeanor, focus and energy, general athleticism, throwing ability, infield and outfield defensive skills, and hitting. We reserve time toward the end of each tryout for separate evaluations of prospective pitchers and catchers. We grade each activity using a five-point scale and make qualitative notes, as well. Though player evaluations are the primary function of our tryouts, we will take time to share teaching points whenever possible.

Typically within 72 hours of a tryout’s conclusion, we will share our evaluations with each participant. We do not share actual, numeric grades from the player evaluations, but do provide a qualitative assessment along with one of two, definitive, tryout results. These results will be either (a) a qualified invitation to participate as a player in one of our age divisions or (b) our regrets that we are unable to extend an invitation at that particular moment in time.

The term “qualified invitation” means an invitation to join a Kings program that is predicated on certain terms, conditions, and understandings. These include player availability for team events as scheduled, timely payment of required fees, and compliance with program rules.