You don't seem to get it do you?!?!?! There is no Olympic exposure venue per se. It's the Wcws, it's college play, it's the pro game, it's major tourneys. It's word of mouth. hellooooooooo.....
I disagree with the statement that there are no Olympic exposure venues. I've listed 2 myself. The USA Elite Select30 camp is one of them. And even though there is an open aspect (a Futures tryout) you don't attend S30 without an invite.
Right off of the USA Elite Select site
The Select 30 National Camp will utilize both an invitation and open process.
Automatic Invitees
2016 1st Team All Americans
2017 Flo Softball Hot 100 athletes
2017 Futures All American Direct Selects
2017 Futures All American Tryouts
Coach Nominations (own players & opposing players)
Event Director Nominations
And an invite doesn't happen unless you perform well in the right venue.
Also n that same site
Select 30 All American Camp Experience includes:
* Admission to National Pro Fastpitch Championship Games
* Exclusive interaction and access to college and NPF players
* Player interviews and media training
* Friday/Saturday: Player evaluations and combine testing conducted by All American Scouting Network and NPF athletes on Friday and Saturday. Players will go through position-specific drills and will be tested on various metrics in fielding, hitting, pitching, throwing, and athleticism.
* Sunday: Select 30 All American Games. Following the two training sessions and evaluations, the Scout Team will select the Top 30 players to represent each grad class. This Select 30 will play two 7-inning games on Sunday morning coached by attending college and/or professional players.
* Select 30 All American Team Selection: The announcement of final First and Second Team All Americans will be announced following the Games via selection show.
Field Location: TBD (NPF Championship Series Host Site)
AASN EVALUATION PROCESS:
For the evaluation process, scouts from the AASN alongside NPF players, will make selections based on the athletes performance from the weekend event. According to AASN, evaluation standards are met through the overall performance from athletic testing, defensive testing, offensive testing and pitcher bullpens.
* Athletic testing is used in order to measure agility, speed, explosiveness, control of the body while changing direction and quickness.
* Defensive testing allows scouts to measure arm strength, accuracy, footwork and overall defensive skill sets based on athletes’ primary positions.
* Offensive testing allows scouts to evaluate athletes’ bat speed, swing mechanics, and hitting fundamentals off front toss and live BP.
* Pitchers’ bullpens allow scouts to measure velocity, movement, and control or ability to hit spots.
* Bullpens also allow evaluation of catchers on framing, blocking skills, the ability to set up on pitches thrown, and overall athleticism.
* During the live BP session, scouts are able to determine how girls play against each other and determine the Select 30 through the testing of each participant and how well they did on Saturday's session.
The other is the Softball Factory national tryout. Even though Factory promises to hand your name to the Jr National team I'm sure that won't mean anything if you don't excell.
This is right off of the Factory site
USA JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM IDENTIFICATION
All players from the event will be submitted to the ASA/USA Junior National Team selection committee for future consideration. The ASA/USA selection committee will monitor all Softball Factory players and their development as they create their roster for the National Team. Softball Factory is a Scouting Partner for ASA.
To view the 2015 USA Junior National Team selections, click here.
Yes you are right it's Wcws, it's college play, it's the pro game, it's major tourneys. It's word of mouth. But there are other venues that will reward talent and at the least promise Olympic exposure. When it comes down to it though nothing beats hard work and talent guided by great coaching.