A majority of threads here are about recruiting, but there are plenty about the challenges of high school baseball, too. The days at the ballpark are really fun, but high school adds the stress that you have to make a team and then the starting lineup. No getting away from that. There's no one "right" way to do any of it, there are many paths and journeys both in high school and in college recruiting. My son just graduated high school; looking back, there are things he, and we, might have done differently (and we might have had less stress if I had found hsbbw before junior year), but the end result would probably have been the same. All of it (making the high school team, playing in the summer, and recruiting) comes down to your son's talent, desire to work, baseball knowledge, height, strength, academic effort, and the intangible "makeup." Some of these you can support and encourage, some you can't affect at all - so, if your son wants it, support and encourage the things that you can.