The 2013 PPWSL tryouts are now over. Congrats and thanks to the over 70 women that tried out on Wednesday 3/20, Saturday 3/23 and Sunday 3/24.

The anonymous (or “blind”) draft will be held in early April. If drafted, you will be notified by the team that selected you shortly after that time.

If you don't hear from a team in April you may still get drafted. Each team is required to have 20-players. The draft serves to fill openings in team rosters that exist at the start of the season. Despite trying out, a number of the women who were selected in the draft may decide not to play. In addition, other current players may chose, for reasons not foreseen at this time, to drop out of the league. To address that, coaches/managers will be reaching out to women that remain in the draft pool that have not yet been selected. Team rosters will not be closed until the end of June and you could receive a call to join a team from April until that time

If you are not selected this season, your name with rating will be placed back into the 2014 draft pool and we will make selections according to need and rating PRIOR to adding the tryout information of the women who will tryout next year, in 2014.

Right now, League play is tentatively scheduled to begin the week of 4/29. Come back soon for updates!

Come join us during open tryouts for the Prospect Park Women's Softball League (PPWSL), a women's instructional softball league. All skill levels, ages 18 and over are welcome.

Additional message for women who pitch and players with advanced softball skills - please consider trying out this year and joining the PPWSL! In addition to players of all positions and skill-levels, the PPWSL has a specific need for:

• Pitchers - PPWSL plays modified fastpitch (not high arc/slow and not fastpitch/windmill), as per ASA Pitching Rules
• Players with advanced playing skills to help instruct and motivate lower-rated players

Tryout schedule: Important, you MUST register during the registration period in order to tryout. Late arrivals will be turned away.

• Wednesday, March 20: registration 5:00pm - 5:30pm, tryout 5:30pm - 6:30pm
• Saturday, March 23: registration: 8:30 - 9:30am, tryout: 9:30am - 12pm
• Sunday, March 24: registration: 8:30 - 9:30am, tryout: 9:30am - 12pm

- If necessary, rain dates will be Saturday, March 31, Sunday, March 31 and Wednesday, 4/3; times as above

Cost and equipment: There is a mandatory, non-refundable tryout fee of $5.00 due at time of registration. Please bring sneakers and a glove. The tryout is held on a hard surface so no street shoes or cleats please.

Tryout location: Greenwood Playground's Kevin F. Conroy Ballfield in Windsor Terrace. The Playground is located at the corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street. Please note: this location is subject to change - please check www.ppwsl.org prior to tryout date for any changes.

Subway: The southernmost portion of the Fort Hamilton F-train station exits at the southeast corner of the playground. Queens-bound passengers should exit at the rear of the train and Coney Island-bound (Brooklyn) should exit at the front of the train.

About the tryouts: To try out for the league, come to one of the dates posted. Potential players will be rated on their ability to bat, field and throw and will receive a score that will determine their overall level of ability (beginner, low intermediate, middle intermediate, high intermediate or advanced). Players will be placed on a team in a "blind" draft according to their ranking as well as according to what openings there are on the teams for players of that rank. First priority is given to people who tried out for the previous season but were not placed on a team (this number varies from season to season). Once those people have been placed, those who have tried out for the upcoming season will have their names drawn randomly, by rank, until all the teams' rosters are filled. Please note: trying out does not guarantee you a position on a team.

About the games: The PPWSL is a modified pitch (not-high arc/slow pitch and not fastpitch/windmill), instructional league and plays in Prospect Park, Brooklyn on weekday nights beginning in late April or early May. Games begin at 6:20pm.

Weather: March weather is often questionable. Despite that, the tryouts will go ahead unless there is a true downpour or steady rain that makes the playground field unsafe and unusable.

Questions: If you need any further information, please use this link

Coming up: The next PPWSL tryouts will be held in March 2013 - check HERE for more details in early 2013!

Congratulations Titans - 2012 PPWSL tournament champions!
2012 Tournament Finish (9/9/12)
First place: Titans
Second Place: Flamingos

Congratulations Titans - 2012 PPWSL regular season champions!
2012 Season Finish (ending on 8/30/12)
1: Titans
2: Flamingos
3: Jaguars
4: Bombers
5: Backlash
6: Las Fuertes
7: Beavers
8: Phoenix
9: Rebels
10: Crescendo
11: Diamonds
12: Thunder

Following are the final official 2012 Regular Season Standings and the seeding of PPWSL teams for the upcoming tournament on 9/8 and 9/9. This has been adjusted as per the PPWSL standings tie-breaking guidelines.

1: Titans - 2012 PPWSL Regular Season Champions

2: Flamingos

3: Jaguars

4: Bombers

5: Backlash

6: Las Fuertes

7: Beavers

8: Phoenix

9: Rebels

10: Crescendo

11: Diamonds

12: Thunder

Note: standings tie-breaking adjustments that have been made above are not reflected in the rankings in this website's "Scores & Standings" section. The above standings take precedence and are to be used in place of the "Scores & Standings" section. The 2012 standings tie-breakers were determined as per the PPWSL Tournament Guidelines, which states "the regular season standings are determined in the following order and are [also] used as seeding (ranking) for the tournament"...

- FL and JA: Flamingos win tie-breaker and are in 2nd place – “the two teams played two games head-to-head and split them, the winner is the team with the greater run differential when the two teams played each other”

- BA and LF: Backlash win tie-breaker and are in 5th place – “the two teams played two games head-to-head and split them, the winner is the team with the greater run differential when the two teams played each other”

- BE and PH: Beavers win tie-breaker and are in 7th place – “the winner is the team that won when the two teams played each other”