Recruiting
- Get a proper, unbiased evaluation of your son's talent so he can target the correct baseball programs. Don't be obsesssed with D1. Look for a quality baseball experience at the right level. If a kid only gets one D1 offer chances are that coach made a mistake.
- Have a business plan on how to get in front of the right college programs combined with what you can afford.
- Don't drag your kid through the process. He has to want it. Sometimes the best help is asking him if he's reaching his goals laying on the coach. Understand sometimes he needs to lay on the coach.
- Always act confident. If you make a bad play don't put your head down. Hustle back into position and make the next play. Understand there's a noticeable difference between confidence and arrogance.
- Before investing money and time into the process the kid has to understand he will have two full time jobs. Have someone explain a typical daily schedule for an student-athlete. Your first question will be, "When does he catch up on sleep?"