bacdorslider posted:... I understand the dream.... but change that dream to a "goal" and you will end up in a better position when baseball is over. ...
YES - This is one of the huge challenges for just about every kid and family. 99% of kids looking to play past HS have some version of "the dream". MLB and/or big time college ball are the visual, at least early on in HS. So, by the time the player makes that transition from dream to goal and the realistic goal is something other than MLB or P5 D1, the window can be very short for putting together a comprehensive recruiting plan.
Here's another huge challenge ...
Trust in Him offered an excellent piece of advise...
"What may be "mid-tier"(player) at College X may be a "top-tier"(player) at College Y. Keep looking and do what you can to find "Y"."
While that sounds straight forward and logical, the problem here is that most kids who have made it to HS and still have "the dream" or "the goal" are very competitive and their nature is to want to be the best, play the best and beat the best. So, they are going to be mentally wired to reach.
So, advising them to target a playing level that is possibly not the highest level they could compete goes against every fiber of their being. I still don't know the perfect answer to this one.