2026 Southside Express Tryouts

10u -15u

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2026 Southside Express Tryouts
$25.00

2026 SOUTHSIDE EXPRESS SEASON INFO:

The program will entail offseason training provided in the fall and winter before the tournament season.

All indoor instruction will take place at our South Hills or Wildwood indoor facility located at:

South Hills facility: 367 Morganza Rd. Canonsburg, PA 15317

Wildwood facility: 2342 Wildwood Rd Allison Park, PA 15101


Breakdown of what we offer:

  • Eight week fall hitting program starting in October (South Hills facility)

  • Six week arm care program starting in December (South Hills facility)

  • Instructional online content to prep for the season on “The Futures App”

  • Indoor practices on weekends starting in January until we break for outdoors in the Spring (South Hills / Wildwood facility)

  • Outdoor Practice once a week starting in Spring until season ends. (North Strabane Park).

  • Each team will have a paid head coach


Fall Hitting Program:

The Express Fall hitting program will begin mid October and run for a total of eight weeks. This program is customized for each athlete individually, to help hitters understand each swing and make adjustments accordingly. Each player will get their metrics tested week 1 on our Hittrax. The Hittrax machine will test, average exit velocity, max exit velocity, average launch angle, and distance of the ball. On week eight, we will test the Hittrax numbers again and track everyones metrics from first to last week.

Winter Arm Care:

A six week program is put in place to help each athlete build up arm strength and prepare for the season. There will be two 30 minute sessions every week. This is something where many athletes are different and will be individualized depending on age, natural arm strength, current mechanics, official start time of season, etc. The program will give instant feedback and help guide your son on how to condition and take care of his body and arm starting in the winter, transitioning to spring, carrying to summer, and finishing in the fall. Arm Care is a full year, never ending process if your son is serious about baseball.

Online Content on the Futures App:

Fennell Brothers Express will be providing each athlete with baseball online content through “The Futures App”. One of the biggest issues in development of youth athletes is falling behind in understanding the fundamentals of their respected sport. This content will focus on what we will touch base on in our team practices starting in the winter, transitioning to Spring and concluding in Summer. We will focus on the fundamentals of hitting, throwing, fielding, team defensive alignment, bunt defenses, pickoffs, and more. We want to be able to maximize the efficiency of practice and hit the ground running as soon as the new year kicks off. This is where the online content will give each athlete a basis of what we will be going over which will fast track the learning curve for each and every athlete in the program.


Winter Practices:

Indoor practice once a week on the weekend (Saturday OR Sunday) starting in January.

Spring and Summer Practices:

Practice once a week until the seasons ends. *If there is weather that pushes us to move indoors, we will practice at our Canonsburg or Wildwood facility.

2026 Season:

10u-13u: Seven tournaments will be set in place for months of April, May, and June. Majority of tournaments will be local around greater Pittsburgh area with at least one destination tournament for each team. The season will begin 1st or 2nd weekend in April and conclude 1st or 2nd weekend in June.

14u-15u: Seven tournaments starting after conclusion of high school season. A combination of local tournaments and exposure tournaments depending on where we believe talent of team stands. The season will begin end of May and conclude in July.

Coaching Staff:

Each team will have a paid head coach.

Uniforms:

Player uniforms are not included in the team fee. All players are responsible for purchasing their own uniform. We will host a uniform try on week at both Zelienople and Wildwood Facilities.

Roster:

Players will be finalized end of August after July tryouts.