Gov posted:At Showball you play a double header on the second day, on one adjacent field you have half the coaches watching you, then in the next game you switch fields and are playing with the other half of the coaches watching you. All Coaches see you play in a game. It's a faster pace, not much standing around for anyone. Very efficient.
At Headfirst all the coaches will not necessarily see you play in a game. They're all divided on four fields playing at the same time, they'll rotate. Even if a coach is aware you're there, you could be playing when he's assigned on the field in another game. They'll normally leave for a few minutes to watch you, but no guarantee you are up to bat and get a solid hit at that time, or getting a ground ball at your IF postion. Less probability of seeing game actions being seen by the school you're really interested in. If somehow a coach is really really interested in you, via video or being previously seen, he will make sure he sees you no matter what.
I thought coaches were equally accessable at both venues.
HF has more D3 coaches. Showball has one summer and now, a fall event where there are all HC's attending.
HF might have had a bit more refinement to it, and Showball sacrificing some of that in order to move everybody along efficiently. You want your game actions to be seen, my preference was Showball.
Edit: Yale's Frawley only goes to Showball. Amherst's Hamm prefers Showball.
Gov my 2019 was at Headfirst in New York last August and Coach Frawley was there - I attended a recruiting info session were he led the discussion. I remember him b/c he is very outgoing and has a dynamic personality. Not sure about any other session of HF, but he was there for our session.