My son is a 6'1", 165 lb. left handed pitcher. He is a Junior. I'm looking at ways to get him noticed. I've signed up with berecurited.com and I'm looking at NCSA. Anybody have any experience or advice with NCSA?
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My advice, from a parent who just completed this process:
Play, play, play. Play anywhere you can for exposure. I would suggest PG events, WWBA tournaments and with teams that gain the most exposure.
I would make sure he is on a good summer team with exposure in East Cobb, or similar venues.
Answer any and all inquiries from coaches as you feel out the process and allow them to feel him out too.
Be visible...workouts, showcases (within reason, PG best ones I think).
Good luck.
Play, play, play. Play anywhere you can for exposure. I would suggest PG events, WWBA tournaments and with teams that gain the most exposure.
I would make sure he is on a good summer team with exposure in East Cobb, or similar venues.
Answer any and all inquiries from coaches as you feel out the process and allow them to feel him out too.
Be visible...workouts, showcases (within reason, PG best ones I think).
Good luck.
We are located in north east Texas. There are no summer teams within 70 miles of us that I know of. So that is a problem. We are a small 3A school that doesn't have a real good baseball program. He is going to a camp at TCU over Christmas break. I'm going to try to send him to another camp or showcase next summer. I can't afford to send him to many of these. I more or less have to get the attention of some college coaches myself. That's why I'm asking about NCSA. A couple of college coaches or scouts saw him pitch last year while they were watching another boy in another town. They liked the way he pitched and his ball movement.
Why don't you contact the coaches of nearby Texas JUCO's - North Central Texas, Angelina, Paris, Grayson, Navarro - and see if they have camps or showcases your son can attend. Coach Harp at North Central Texas usually puts on a showcase featuring several JUCO's each year where your son can kill a lot of birds with one stone.
Please don't waste any of your money on recruiting services. They charge you to do what you can do for free.
You might want to have your son compile a baseball resume with height, weight, position, velocity, stats, GPA, baseball coach(es)' name and number, etc. and email it to the recruiting coordinators of colleges he's interested in. If this piques their interest, they will probably send him a questionnaire and you can take it from there.
Best wishes!
Please don't waste any of your money on recruiting services. They charge you to do what you can do for free.
You might want to have your son compile a baseball resume with height, weight, position, velocity, stats, GPA, baseball coach(es)' name and number, etc. and email it to the recruiting coordinators of colleges he's interested in. If this piques their interest, they will probably send him a questionnaire and you can take it from there.
Best wishes!
dvrslim,
Be encouraged!! This kid "lived 70 miles away" from ANYTHING, but he found a way!
http://www.thebaseballcube.com...B/Homer-Bailey.shtml
You don't need a recruiting service that IMO, takes a bunch & delivers little. This site was founded by Bob Howdeshell with kids like ours in mind!http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/small_town_heroes.htm
Read the articles on recruiting, timeline, contacting coaches, etc. Put a video on youtube, & have your son send it, along with his letter of interest to those coaches & schools he is intereted in attending. Maybe you would want to contact Tommy Hernandez, Dallas Tigers; or Cade Griffis, DBat Academy; Eddie Aguilar with Texas Blackhawks in DWF...
Or, if you are closer to Houston, check out Kyle Chapman League, H5Abaseball.com for a few other leagues/teams, etc...
In the Austin area, there is Austin Slam...
Call Jim Arp with Perfect Game, or pm PGStaff here on hsbaseballweb.
Again, your son does not need a service...he needs exposure, and there are opportunities that will serve him better!
Be encouraged!! This kid "lived 70 miles away" from ANYTHING, but he found a way!
http://www.thebaseballcube.com...B/Homer-Bailey.shtml
You don't need a recruiting service that IMO, takes a bunch & delivers little. This site was founded by Bob Howdeshell with kids like ours in mind!http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/small_town_heroes.htm
Read the articles on recruiting, timeline, contacting coaches, etc. Put a video on youtube, & have your son send it, along with his letter of interest to those coaches & schools he is intereted in attending. Maybe you would want to contact Tommy Hernandez, Dallas Tigers; or Cade Griffis, DBat Academy; Eddie Aguilar with Texas Blackhawks in DWF...
Or, if you are closer to Houston, check out Kyle Chapman League, H5Abaseball.com for a few other leagues/teams, etc...
In the Austin area, there is Austin Slam...
Call Jim Arp with Perfect Game, or pm PGStaff here on hsbaseballweb.
Again, your son does not need a service...he needs exposure, and there are opportunities that will serve him better!
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GED10 seems to have EXACTLY what I was speaking of. It can be difficult but if this opportunity is available, may be the crack in the door for him
We made 4 or 5 trips to East Cobb with this past summer's being the big ticket.
Son got 40 calls in about 8 hrs following a couple of big games.
Exposure and frequency of play paramount.
Try to enjoy the ride...it is tough, but fun, and goes sooooooo fast.
We made 4 or 5 trips to East Cobb with this past summer's being the big ticket.
Son got 40 calls in about 8 hrs following a couple of big games.
Exposure and frequency of play paramount.
Try to enjoy the ride...it is tough, but fun, and goes sooooooo fast.
dvrslim,
Most schools have websites that provide "Prospective Player Questionnaires".
Build a simple webpage that has pictures, videos, and stats of your son. If the coach is willing, you may also provide a short video of the coach highlighting his strengths.
Provide the webpage link on the questionnaire.
Remember to keep it simple. Good Luck!
Most schools have websites that provide "Prospective Player Questionnaires".
Build a simple webpage that has pictures, videos, and stats of your son. If the coach is willing, you may also provide a short video of the coach highlighting his strengths.
Provide the webpage link on the questionnaire.
Remember to keep it simple. Good Luck!
I have spent the 700 to join NCSA for my son. I can tell you that what this site (hsbbw)can do for you is give you all the knowledge you need to put your own site together. You can learn here how to make it work to get your son noticed. What I got from NCSA was another source of education. A format that gives you all the tools to achieve the same goal. Access to information that has been compiled for the athlete with programs that help you get there. Yes, I like the site. For me it was the knowledge I gained as a parent to help my son. Together we would look around and learn. Being pro-active is good. Having the right tools and how to use them is even better. My son was offered a full scholarship from a tryout not their site. But there are 50 to 100 D1,DII and DIII schools that are now aware of him. You need to do what you have the means for. If you haven't gone to a PG event, find one. East Cobb? Great also. Listen to what they say here. Awesome experience and advise here on this site. The more exposure the better I say. I sent out my sons info to colleges. Alot of them didn't take the time to read it because of all of the emails they get. But they did open emails from a legit and professional recruiting program. NCSA has been moving forward with getting the info into the recruiters hands. That helps. Thay have a professional site set up. I do not work for them nor need any referral atta boys. I tell it as I see it. My sons site at NCSA is http://recruit-match.ncsasport....jsp?clientID=159946 and I only show this site to give you the quality they have. And maybe to show you what you can do when making your own site instead of signing up with NCSA. If you can compile the info they have listed in my sons profile for your sons profile , get your son to some showcases and keep in the loop here with the baseball education process, well then that should be all you need. For me? I want learn from it all. Good luck and enjoy the process.
Is NCSA only a PAY for service site, or do they offer a free version of their service as berecruited.com does?
quote:Originally posted by azallan:
My sons site at NCSA is http://recruit-match.ncsasport....jsp?clientID=159946 and I only show this site to give you the quality they have. And maybe to show you what you can do when making your own site instead of signing up with NCSA.
Thanks for sharing. Off topic, I was watching the hitting video on the front page and was really concerned about the BP pitcher not using the L screen to protect himself. It was only a matter of time before a line drive was going to go back at him and then at 1:03, WHEW!! That guy had a near death experience, didn't he?