just put ice on it everyday untill your try-outs and on the day of your try-outs put icy-hot (its a cream) it will sooth your leg while puttin the finishing touches on your healing process.....i got shin splints in football....also there is a special sock u can wear...they are real long and they have like a pad on the fron and they squeeze your shin real hard and it feels like new because its like holding everything 2-gether untill u take the sock off