Evaluations

2026 Spring Season Evaluations

Southfour Evaluations Location:
Regional Field House - 125 Fieldhouse Drive East, Okotoks, AB

Dates & Times:

• Saturday, February 21
  6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  All ages - Pitchers & Catchers

• Sunday, February 22
  12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  All U9 players

• Saturday, February 28
  6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  All U11 players & 1st-year U13 players

• Sunday, March 1
  5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  2nd-year U13 players & all U15 players

Can’t make your evaluation date?

March 1 will also be open to any players who are unable to attend their scheduled evaluation date.

Please note: There are no evaluations for players in our U7 Learn to Play program.

Pitcher & Catcher Evaluation Sign-Up

If your daughter is interested in pitching and/or catching this season, please complete the sign-up form linked below. This helps us plan for numbers and age groups.

Pitcher & Catcher Evaluation Sign-Up Link

What to Bring

Please arrive 10-15 minutes early for check-in and warm-up.

Players should bring:

• Clean indoor running shoes (no cleats)

• Athletic clothing

• Water bottle

• Glove

• Fielding mask

• Batting helmet

• Bat (players without a bat may borrow one)

Catchers:
Southfour will provide catcher’s gear. Players who own their own gear are welcome to bring it.

Evaluation Volunteers Needed

To help evaluations run smoothly, we are looking for five (5) volunteers to assist with evaluation stations.

Preference will be given to:

• Current or former Southfour coaches

• Volunteers with prior softball experience

Click Here to Sign Up as a Volunteer

Why Evaluations?

 It is important to note a few things regarding the evaluation process:

Your daughter (or you!) might be feeling disappointed with their team placement...we understand! But let's use this as an opportunity. 

Allow yourself a window of time (typically 24+ hours) for the initial feelings to dissipate.

It is OK to ask for feedback, but keep a couple things in mind:

• Involve your daughter in the conversation. Ultimately, it is the player that needs to make the adjustment, so hearing some constructive feedback firsthand can be helpful.
• Don't compare your evaluation or placement to another player in the league. This is a very poor mindset for your daughter to be in as the season approaches.
• Remember that the evaluations were completed by a group of independent evaluators that have no direct connection to the league.
• Remember that the evaluation process is NOT perfect and mistakes will certainly be made. This is the nature of all evaluations, but it is also exacerbated by the fact that we are evaluating an outdoor sport while we are indoors during the winter (the unfortunate part of playing ball in Canada). 
• We hope that players view their team placement as a challenge and we hope that players take any feelings of disappointment and funnel them into their development. 
• We look forward to players proving us wrong...and we will be cheering them on and supporting them every step of the way!

Much of what we do during evaluations is projection - this means that we are trying to view the player's skill set and project how it will fare at a particular division.

Our goal is to have a player at a level where they are challenged, but they will also see success. Some for the observable skills that we can project are: 

• bat speed
• arm strength 
• defensive footwork 
• consistency of mechanics (fielding, hitting, and pitching)

Please let us know if you have any questions. We are looking forward to seeing everyone on the field this spring!