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Congratulations! You’ve figured out how academies make their money ...

”We see potential in your son. But he’s going to need individual instruction to get there. Now if you look on our alumni wall you will see all the D1 and pros that came through here. Maybe your son’s name could be on the wall some day.”

The reality is the best place to play is where your son gets the most individual attention. By high school you will probably discover a majority of the best players spent a lot of time with dad pitching to them and hitting them balls.

Academy type travel teams don’t matter until a kid is being promoted to college ball. This doesn’t mean there aren’t some good academy programs before 16u. But I watched a lot of parents fork over a lot of money starting at early ages assuming it was a guaranteed avenue to college ball.

Note: A kid I know made it to AAA. An academy claimed him as theirs. His father rented a hitting lane one day when it was raining when the kid was 13.

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