College coach calling high school coach

Colleen - Welcome to the hsbaseballweb!

Its a big deal. Coaches don't make calls if they're not interested. Hopefully this is the first step of a very successful process for your son.

Keep asking questions...you've found the best site around! And GOOD LUCK!

Colleen -

All sounds positive to me. Our son's college coach called his HS coach several times throughout his jr and sr year. I would take it as a very good sign! Good luck and welcome to the HSBBWEB.

Colleen - It's a good sign. You'll find during the process though that some of the schools interested will call your son's HS coach while others will never make a call to him. I think the college coaches vary in using HS coach as a reference due to a couple of things - relationships they do or don't have with him as well as some college coaches don't really care what anyone has to say about a player - they only want to see for themselves.

Congrats to your son for what seems like an exciting start! Welcome to the HSBBW - you'll find many resources and great advice here!

True, the college coaches want to see for themselves the baseball skills a player demonstrates, but our experience has been, they also use hs and summer league coaches as a "character reference", i.e. is the kid a leader, a hot head, a playmaker, etc. College coaches know they're more likely to see someone at their best at a camp or clinic. Reliable or not, they often ask the coach for an assessment of the player's everyday contributions to the team.

Thanks everyone for your input. This is a great website I've learned alot! Thanks again.

Colleeen...is that Peoria, Illinois or Arizona??

Arizona. But this is my son's first year playing in Arizona, we moved here from the mid-west last summer.