Batty67 posted:FWP posted:Dominik85 posted:For 80% of the HS players HS ball is the highlight of their career. Parents always want "development" of their kids but a big part of hs players won't make it to college anyway so for them competing in hs games is a big deal.
And even the real prospects are going to remember their hs games more than some travel tournaments.
Travel is important but the travel season already is more than long enough, players can do both. People predict travel ball only for years now but every single guy who gets drafted still plays HS ball. I think they will continue to do both because hs is were your friends are and hs sports are a big social thing.
Dom love be your posts but this one I have to disagree with. A lot of kids now are playing full time travel.
Not in NoVA. But in general I'd say HS baseball will continue strong and hands-down stay on top of travel for Spring players. Then back to travel baseball.
Not in California, either. In fact, it's nearly impossible -- all the travel programs shut down during HS season. There is a CIF rule that prohibits kids from playing for both the HS team and an independent team during the season (roughly late February to late May in our Section), so all of the travel programs shut down -- most shut down from the turn of the year until late May.