Buckeye 2015 posted:Baseballparent23.....if the D2 that he likes is local (no travel expense) and is having a camp next week, I'd say it's absolutely not a waste of money. A camp at a school, especially one that's local and has had conversations with your son is a REALLY good way to get in front of the coaches again. I'd suggest emailing them and letting them know he's coming and see what kind of reply he gets. I think their reply will give you a pretty good idea of what they have in mind with regard to him. If you don't go, I'm thinking they'll assume his interest in them is gone and you may lose a shot at that school.
On the other side of the coin, I'm kind of thinking that if the school is local and they were really interested that they'd have ASKED him to attend. That's fairly common among coaches when they are on the fence with regard to whether or not they like a kid enough to pull the trigger.
My son is a D1 pitcher...I know what he looks for in a catcher. If you'd like to PM me a video I'll take a look too
Thanks Buckeye,
I emailed the local D2 about their camp, the recruiting coach that I met last week at another showcase to get a feel for if they thought it was good for him to go and he sent back a very encouraging reply. He said my son should definitely come to the camp. One thing I have discussed with my son is keeping the door open, even if he goes to a JUCO now, he may end up trying to come back to the D2 later. So, son was feeling rejected and reluctant to go, but after all that he changed his mind and he's gonna go. But he's still working on that wider net for sure. Feeling much more energized about that after receiving some really positive feedback from the coach his team had for the PG showcase last weekend.
Side note to this whole local D2 story.....his good friend and training partner from last year in high school, the kid is a year older than my son, was recruited by this same local D2. Said friend got the entire deal that my son is hoping to get- just a small baseball scholarship to top off his academic schollys so he can afford that school. So said kid starts his first college year off showing up late to early morning workouts because he can't get himself up in time, gets suspended from the team for a month. Now, all the coaches know my son and this guy are good friends. I suspect that the coaches may be thinking that they do not want another player like that and think my son may have those same bad habits. My son is the more motivated of the two, he is more the punctual and reliable one, but they don't know that. The whole thing made my son mad because friend has what son is dreaming about and just pissed all over it. So, would that really play a part in the mind of coaches? Or would they not think that much of it? If so, is there anything my son could or should say that could show that his behavior isn't the same as friend, without throwing friend under the bus?