Just wanted to get an opinion. Would it be wise to take a year or two off of baseball after I'm done with high school ball and dedicate it to strength training and working on my game? Call me selfish or whatever, but I really don't want to step on a college field unless I'm one of the BEST players out there. I know I'm good enough now to make a college team, as I was told by my coaches, as of now, that I would be an average player at a junior college level. I take pride that I'm a very hard worker on and off the field, so I could see that a year just trying to better myself would cause me to make huge gains skill wise. So would it be wise to possibly spend an entire year after high school strength training, long tossing, velocity training, etc. to better myself for the college level? Or would I be wasting valuable time? If I were to do this, I plan on still going to school but just not playing on a baseball team until I can see myself as a player that is really, really good and a difference maker.
Opinions?