"At 12U, I specifically looked for an org for my son that did not let dad's in the dugout, assist at practice, or talk about playing time to the parents. Hopefully it has helped him for whatever adversities he faces in HS, whether sports or school."...Go44Dad
We actually set that as our rule when NTGson was first recruited to play 8U Travel....He's now pitching for a D-1 dream school (academic and career first/baseball second). He played at the highest level of Travel he could attain, played for his HS summer league from the time he was a rising 8th grader till his senior year, played Fall Ball at the HS all 4 years, played Spring Varsity all 4 high school years, stayed with the same organization from his 14U day till the completion of his 17U Travel schedule.
Please note that we didn't send him off to a bunch of Showcases, just one or two each year where we knew the schools in which he was interested would be working. We sent him to one summer camp each summer from his rising 7th grade summer till his rising sophomore summer. He committed in August of his rising senior year.
NTGson was not a "stud", was not a draft prospect but definitely a quality player whose attributes were appreciated by enough college coaches that his decision on which school to attend was very stressful.
Hopefully he will have a wonderful career, his team will win its conference all 4 years, make the Regionals, Super Regionals and Omaha. But if not, he'll have had the experience of playing collegiate baseball and also being part of the summer collegiate baseball scene.