@PitchingFan posted:If your kid is not a D1 player, there is no reason to go to the big tournaments or travel around the world. Stay near home and play on a team that will be seen by the schools he will be recruited by. If they are a stud who wants to be at a large school, then you have to go with a team to tournaments where the large schools will be.
This is not easy to figure out, but it's true. They hook you, though, by saying "maybe he's D1" - which could be true. And, playing with more serious players can be more fun than a local team with a bunch of players who didn't make the high school team. Those were the kinds of choices my son had, anyway.