League News · 2026 Season

The First Ever In Person American Grid Trials

October 3 and 4, 2026 · Lakeland, Florida

The Trials have always been filmed and submitted online. At the 2026 Grid League Championships, prospects can take the tests in person for the first time. This is the tryout for the 2027 season.

What the American Grid Trials Is

The American Grid Trials is how you try out for the 2027 Grid League season. It is a competition and combine, and it is the best way to get signed by a Grid League team.

• A series of skills tests that take less than 4 minutes each.
• Each test has a different skill set focus: Strength, Bodyweight, Utility.
• Only perform the tests you choose.
• Each test has a cash prize.
• Grid League teams use the results to recruit their rosters for the 2027 season.

The online Trials are performed from anywhere in the world and submitted through the Pr.Fit app. That version is still running, and the next one takes place in January 2027.

What Is New

This year you can take the tests in person, at the Championships, on the floor.

Scores are recorded the same way they always have been and go to team owners for 2027 recruiting. Coaches could be watching while you test.

“The coach who decides whether to sign you could be standing a few feet away.”

The Advantage of the In Person Trials

Coaches, owners and current players spend the whole weekend in the building, and they are the people who fill 2027 rosters. Test well and you can introduce yourself to the person who makes that call before you leave the building.

You get to know the sport by watching it in person. There are four playoff matches and a championship across the two days, so you see exactly what a Grid roster asks for and where you fit into one.

Registration is included in the full weekend ticket price.

The Tests

Ten tests across the three skill sets. Loads are written male first, female second.

Bodyweight

1. Max HSPU in 30 Seconds — Max handstand push-ups against a 30-second cap
2. Handstand Walk — 15 feet forward, then 15 feet backward, for time
3. 25 Toes to Bar — For time
4. 12 Bar Facing Burpees — For time

Strength

5. 10 Hang Clean — 205/135 lb, first rep from the ground, for time
6. 5 Clusters — 185/125 lb, for time
7. Strength and Agility Test — 8 bar facing burpees, 16 deadlifts at 325/200 lb, for time

Utility

8. Max Height Box Jump — Scored on height. Female scores carry a 1.25 multiplier.
9. 10 Dumbbell Burpee Over Box — 50/35 lb in each hand, 24"/20" box, for time
10. 20 Thrusters — 135/95 lb, for time

How To Get In

Testing is free with a weekend pass. Select it during ticket checkout. There are 40 spots.

• Single Day, $29. Saturday or Sunday. Testing is not included.
• Full Weekend Master Pass, $43. Testing included, no extra charge. Both days, plus the cornhole tournament and All Levels Grid racing.
• VIP Experience, $191. Testing included, no extra charge. 20 available.

Children 12 and under are $14.50 for the weekend, and under 2 get in free. Groups of five or more take 15% off every ticket.

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What Else Is On The Floor

Six teams play four playoff matches and a championship across the weekend. The conference semifinals run Saturday, and the conference finals and the championship match run Sunday. New York and Houston come in as the top seeds out of the East and West, joined by Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Las Vegas and Southwest Florida.

Between matches there is All Levels Grid community racing at 9am Saturday and 2pm Sunday with 40 spots per session, an amateur cornhole tournament each day with $500 in cash, strongman through Strength Sports America, and a kids competition for ages 4 to 12.

Race times and matchups go up on the Championships page once the regular season table closes. The online American Grid Trials returns in January 2027.

Have a question? Email us at staff@unitedgridleague.com