As part of the preparation program for the Baseball5
European Youth Championship, which will take place in Clermont-Ferrand, France at
the end of the year, the Team Italy U17 Baseball5 staff is holding a tryout for
interested male and female athletes born from 2007 to 2009.
The tryout will be held on February 24 and 25, 2024 at the SportVillage Pavilion inside Liberamente, Pavilion 22, Area 38 using the 'Constitution' West Entrance at Piazza della Costituzione 6 in Bologna. Interested Italian athletes must register no later than Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at noon.
In order to participate, it is necessary to be in compliance with 2024 membership rules, In addition, participants must email a valid competitive medical certificate, a signed minor participation release form, a passport photo, an identity document and health card to teamitaly@fibs.it.
The Team Italy U17 Baseball5 tryout schedule follows:
Saturday, February 24, 2024
3.00 pm participant registration
3.30 pm warm up and individual fundamentals
4.30 pm 'in game' sessions
6.30 pm wrap up
Sunday, February 25, 2024
9:00 am warm up and team fundamentals
10.30 am 'in game' sessions
12.30 pm wrap up
Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
(Photo of Team Italy
U17 Baseball5 squad after the fifth-place at the 2022 European Youth Championship)