Tagged With "2021"
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RISE Baseball 2021 and 2020 Showcase Teams
RISE Baseball is looking for top 2021 and 2020 players to round out our rosters on both teams. Looking for a C, MINF, and as always competitive Pitchers on the mound. Please email Director of Baseball James Bierlein at james@risebaseball.com to set up a private workout. We will be competing in Dynamic Showcase events as well as Perfect game and Diamond Nation Super 16. All are highly scouted events!
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How to Commit Long Distance
Hello all- I wanted to ask for some advice on my recruiting journey. I am a 2021 RHP, and I am starting to navigate the recruiting process. However, there is one school I am very interested in, and fits all my needs and wants in a school. It is a D1 program, a terrific academic institution, mid-size, located in a beautiful area, and a great school in general. I believe I have the talent to play at this school, as it is a mid-level D1 school (fastball tops out at 84 as a sophomore, compared...
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I can't get any attention or interest from coaches. 2021 RHP, 87 MPH FB
Hello all- 2021 RHP here. I have been trying very hard for the past two years to get noticed, get attention, and interest from college coaches. Email has been the means of communication, and I have pretty good skills in writing these sorts of letters. I spend an hour writing a letter to a coach, and get a two sentence response a while later usually, very generic typically and impersonnel. 99% of the time, I just get a prospect camp invite. I am not emailing schools like Florida or Vandy...
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Affect of Corona on ‘21s and ‘22s
How will the cancelation of this season affect the recruiting of 2021 and 2022 grads? Lots of juniors are still available and correct me if I’m wrong but there are programs throughout D1-D2-D3, JuCo that are still recruiting ‘21s
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Notre Dame 2021
Ever since I was a kid I have dreamed of going to Notre Dame. My family is middle class and they have made many sacrifices to attempt to make my dream a reality one day. I know little about the recruiting process. The only things I know are from my own research online and from other people around me. I am a 3B primarily, however I believe I am going to DH for the rest of the year on my freshman team. I go to one of the best high schools in the state and in the nation. Although I do obviously...
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2021
I am a 2021 Catcher getting some attraction from some Northern D1 schools. How can I put myself out there to more schools down south and out west? Should I email head coaches? Attend more showcases?
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Take the ACT sophomore year. Go to a low cost showcase to get documented numbers on velocity, exit velocity, 60 yd or whatever you can get. There are numbers that will get their attention now. Go to ND camps. Take some video, send it to ND coaches. Find a travel team that has placed a kid in ND in the past. You can search the threads on video's and just about any other thing you can think of. Keep working!
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If you go to their camp (send an email before with stats and video) you will know pretty quickly if you are the kind of athlete they are going to recruit.
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You can go back through rosters and look at current commitments to get an idea of the caliber of player they are taking. PG will give you some measurables for these guys. While there appear to be no 2021 commitments, there are a handful of 2020 and looks like 2019 is basically done. This should also give you some idea as to their recruiting timeline in that they may do some preliminary scouting of 2021 this summer and probably make most of their decisions by the end of 2019.
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12WhiteSox12, I'm digging your passion. Keep up the hard work in the classroom and on the baseball field...good things will happen. Follow through with introductions to coaches, attend camps, but most of all you've got to understand how the numbers don't work in your favor. Getting recruited to play college baseball is a tough road. You've specifically focused on one program that may recruit anywhere from 6-12 recruits a year after seeing many, many thousands of potential recruits at...
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As a Notre Dame grad, I love that you're passionate about the Fighting Irish! I agree completely with Fenway. Cast a wide net, based upon the schools in which you are both an academic fit and a baseball fit. Ultimately that list of schools may include Notre Dame. If so, that would be awesome! Now they would need to love you in return and have a spot for you. It's also possible your list ultimately doesn't include Notre Dame or similar schools because your preferences change...or you may not...
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Thank you for all of your great answers. I am planning on focusing most of my attention from late June on until the next baseball season on learning as much about recruiting as I can and getting bigger, stronger, and faster in the weight room. Would it be smart to do this and introduce myself with an email to Coach Aoki at Notre Dame a couple of months before I attend a prospect camp next year, or should I send him an introductory email this summer? As mentioned before, I wasn't able to try...
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Have you thought about changing your name to Rudy and living in the fieldhouse ?
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Most 2021 grads are in the same boat as you. They aren’t already national class talent with national exposure. And most will never be...that’s ok. At this stage for most players enjoying HS should be a priority. If you want to play at the next level, there’s a lot you can do. Get bigger, faster, stronger. Develop your baseball skills and IQ with individual training and with team competition. Work on your standardized test scores, take a strong curriculum, get good grades. Eat and sleep...
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My advice is to forget about the bush leagues and go Jesuit!! Fordham, SLU, Xavier, the possibilities are endless
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That’s an outrage! This young man wants to go to the premier Catholic university. You can get that Jesuit junior college stuff anywhere.
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Son is up there now for series with ND and the weather is cold. Game postponed today and sketchy rest of weekend. Education and network are huge, but why try to play baseball up there until June ?
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Weather stinks for Spring sports. No question. This isn't South Carolina. And that's why my boys play in the South. I understand that some kids don't care about the weather, but mine do so they went where 50 and cloudy is a bad game day. Separately, for those who want fans'/alums' perspectives on Notre Dame baseball, the www.ndnation.com message board "Jake's Field" is where the faithful unload.
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Sounds like you have great motivation - keep it up! I would not suggest taking the ACT exam until you are a Junior, nor would I suggest doing a PG event until you have something to "show." If you haven't learned the material then your test grade will suffer. If you don't know how fast you are, what your exit velocity is, or your 60 time, then a PG event is a waste of money. Not to mention that the ACT grade and the PG score/metrics will stay in the system until you improve them. Better to...
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Once again, thank all of you guys for the words of encouragement and wisdom. Reading your replies is definitely taking a lot of unneeded stress off of me. I researched the past and future ND recruiting classes and they attended their first showcase towards their sophomore and junior years. I don't think I am ready now but I believe I will be then. I knew someone who commited to an ACC D1 this year and it really was a reality check for me. I worried that if I didn't get on colleges' radars...
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Latin?!?! Love the Reggie Ho reference! 12WhiteSox12, You have some time. Definitely take the pressure off yourself. And keep working steadily towards your goals...no pressure, just slow and steady. And have fun! Go Irish Hockey! Let’s win the NC tonight.
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You can send an email to Coach. But all you will get is a letter explaining when they can contact you and a camp invite, which It seems you are planning to attend. Coaches are looking for players who can contribute and stay eligible. It is early in the process, keep working hard in the classroom, in the gym and on the field. Maybe in a few years you can help them, they switched conferences for football and the baseball team is pretty meh, IMO. And as Branson Baseball has said, have fun!
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ND's co-recruiting coordinators usually attend the Area Code tryouts and the PBR Futures Games (which happens to be in Indiana), so try to get an invite to each with the requisite contact beforehand. You may want to reach out to them (Coaches Ristano and Woods) before (or together with) Coach Aoki. However, my son, wife and I have found them all to be super guys. We really like them.
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Yes thats a very big recruiting event in Indiana. However, its way too early fo the OP who needs to make a plan when he is ready to show his stuff.
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I think your in Chicago, If you PM me I can give you some advice on area travel teams and the recruiting process in this area.
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We won't know until the NCAA says what happens with the lost year of eligibility for this year. If the current players get an extra red shirt, the following incoming classes will have to compete with a surplus of bodies for scholarships and playing time. School budgets aren't set up to absorb any extra players. So paying for the extra red shirt year means cuts to the numbers in following classes or running off more than usual to make room.
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The only thing I am sure of at this point is the NCAA doesn't give a damn about it student athletes. I do think it cares about its member institutions, at least to some degree. I expect whatever it decides to do will help the budgets of the largest schools with the most money and the rest won't matter. I hope I am wrong on this one but the NCAA is one of the very few organizations that is a bigger POS then our government bodies.
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Very little knowledge of the idiocy of NCAA However I wonder if this wouldn’t be one of the few things lawmakers would be good for? It would be good PR for them and someone else would need to clean up the messy details of what they pass. Maybe simply a proclamation that all student athletes in college will not lose a year of eligibility and have the option to return if they are seniors....?
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Big10 says no on or off campus recruiting activities for the immediate future.
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Spoke to a Pac-12 HC yesterday. Everything is moving so fast, many issues haven't been addressed (though the issues have been identified). The first issue addressed - on a priority 1 emergency level - had to be Public Health issues. As others have noted about their players, his staff and players were very emotional, confused, disappointed and angry over the seemingly abrupt cancellation. Neither he nor his players were remotely aware of what was happening with the virus, so they felt...
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Tough to say. NCAA will be under a great deal of pressure to be flexible here, but they're not prone to logic so who knows how that's going to go. My 2022 is planning on using the time this spring (assuming his season is canceled) to get bigger, stronger, faster, better and do a lot of emailing in advance of his summer season. We may also have time now to do more campus visits. Kids need to understand that, while not ideal, this is an opportunity for them if they use their time wisely.
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Campus visits? To see an empty campus? Coaches won’t be meeting with anyone until they’re told they may. I don’t mean to pick on this poster. I don’t believe a lot of people are grasping the situation. And I’m an optimist. I’ve been able to function in my every day life. But I’m not expecting it to continue. Every day I stop by the grocery store to buy an item to see if panic buying has set in yet. So far it’s just hand cleanser and toilet paper. When it becomes food I want to know it’s time...
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I don't feel picked on, that's ok. Yes, to see an empty campus. My son still doesn't know what type of school he wants to attend, so while he has some time off of school and I have some flexibility at work, we may go do that. You don't have to agree, I'm fine with my decisions. I grasp the situation. And I'm no virus denier. I am fully aware of the situation and am dealing with life as it presents itself to us. We have the same shortages, we have the same challenges, but our family is...
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As a 2021 Grad, I’m taking this all with a grain of salt. Here in New England, specifically VT everything is in limbo with our hs sports season. Personally I’m using this time to continue to keep in contact with coaches and send video, email, and summer ball schedules out. Will be interested to see how this affects everything but I am not hampered or worried. What an interesting time in our lives though, this is unprecedented
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I hope that's all this time of our lives is: interesting.
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Looks like all NCAA baseball will be shut down. They haven’t decided if they will allow practices but that being said there are thousands of recruits that might press the panic button. I sent out a mass email to my PSA’s letting them know we will still be following you in one way or another. It may be through videos it may be through small groups off-campus. Make sure you contact your targeted coaches to see what their plans are. Hopefully the high school season will come back or at the very...
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A few thoughts on the recruiting nightmare this will create. The NCAA has all but shut down recruiting so we all need to think outside the box. I got many calls from members of my site but everyone needs to let things settle before they make decisions. Many of the already recruited players are being asked to red shirt since the programs will have less slots (seniors taking advantage of the extra year). A lot of the PSA's are scrambling to get out of their LOI's and transfer to a school where...
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As a 2021 with a few D1 New England schools keeping in contact with, I’m honestly a little nervous. No offers yet but had schools planning on attending high school games and travel ball. Now unsure of both. While keeping in contact with those schools, I’m realistically broadening my area to other schools and divisions. Also sending another new wave of emails to around 60 schools. Twitter has really exploded over the past view days. My retweet on flat ground has 1,000+ views in less than 12 hours
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Ozone, thank you for this - many of us don't know a college coach personally and your words are really helpful for me and my '22. Condolences on the season and best wishes for health and prosperity going forward.
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You are also wasting your time sending emails or anything at this time. Many coaches, if not all, have been threatened with loss of job or loss of scholarships if they recruit in any form during this time. They cannot interact with anyone who is not on campus in any form during this time. Some as far as cannot watch film or anything considered recruiting. So if you do send something you should not expect a response of any kind. You will not know if they have read it or put it back or what.
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I think you will have to do what's best for you and your team. I just find it hard to believe that a freshman coming in will be able to legitimately compete with a 23-24 year old. The top freshmen will be okay at the schools they signed with but the middle and bottom of each recruiting class will find there is no room at the inn. They will be pushed down a level or to another school. I think as a parent the best thing that a coach can do is be as brutally honest as they can as early as they...
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It’s a difficult situation for everyone. But please don’t stop contacting coaches sending videos and any information about where and when you’ll be doing showcases or workouts. Yes there is a moratorium on recruiting but that does not preclude Recruit from contacting a coach.This too will come to an end and recruiting will resume and it would be good if all your information were already in a coaches database.
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Re: Competing with 23 or 24yo redshirt seniors If they’re that talented they likely left in the draft already. Prospects don’t want to be 23 in short season. Typically most are 21 or at worst 22 other than the 18yo top prospects.
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PitchingFan posted: You are also wasting your time sending emails or anything at this time. Many coaches, if not all, have been threatened with loss of job or loss of scholarships if they recruit in any form during this time. They cannot interact with anyone who is not on campus in any form during this time. Some as far as cannot watch film or anything considered recruiting. So if you do send something you should not expect a response of any kind. You will not know if they have read it or...
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Rules are different between Div 1, 2, 3. But you are right, don't stop contacting coaches.
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Road Runner, Thanks for that update directly from the NCAA. As far as I know, coaches have not been threatened in any way. There is a lot of untrue stuff info going around that isn't true, so everyone pay attention and follow the NCAA.
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I did not say everywhere but I know of at least five coaches on various levels that were told you better not be caught recruiting during this time. Some conferences have shut it down completely because if not there would be various levels of recruiting going on. My point was do not get upset if you don't get anything back because some are not doing any recruiting.
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Thank you all for the information, one question if anyone knows it would be greatly appreciated. I was in communication over the fall with a B10 assistant coach and was asked to keep him updated after the winter and I gained more muscle and mass and to update him early spring. I heard the B10 put a moratorium on recruiting. Pitching Fan is this what you mean? If so can I not email and update this coach?