@Ster posted:There is a lot of truth in this post. My son has/had one D1 offer, and it came as a result of his performance at Jupiter Florida. Had he not attended that event then I am 100% certain he would have never been on the radar of the college that he committed to. So, it's hard for me to agree with those that believe that the big national tournaments have no value. But, I do agree that they don't have value for everyone. Perfect game has a Showcase or tournament just about every other weekend if not every weekend. The majority of those events have no real benefit to player recruitment. Coaches don't go and scout those events routinely. They are simply tournaments that give players and opportunity to play, get reps etc... and there is value in that, but not value for recruiting purposes in my opinion.
The programs that I would list as being the most important from my observation and experience are Perfect Game Jr. National Showcase, PBR national tournament in Lake Point Georgia, WWBA Perfect Game National Championship, WWBA Perfect Game Jr. National Championship in Ft Myers, and the WWBA National Championship in Jupiter.
I list these events because I simply noticed that a) it seems a ton of college scouts attend these events, and more importantly b) most if not all of the kids I know that committed to D1 programs this past year did so almost immediately following these events.
I agree. My son had a few D1 offers but the one that really mattered was from the coach that saw him at Jupiter as a junior.
There are some tournaments that are epic and well attended by coaches. But some folks don't realize there are quiet periods when coaches can't attend. I believe that D1 baseball coaches are in a quiet period until February.