recently at a showcase i attended, I threw 82-85. A college coach which came up to me and said i need to gain 2-3 more mph on my fastball before he could start recruiting me. He said to keep in touch with him. How should I approach emailing him?
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Do as he says when you gain 2-4MPH contact him. You don't want to waste his and your time.
BOF,
Thanks for the input. He wants me to keep in contact with him, because if I don't, he maybe will not want to recruit me. If in lets say 8 months. I'm throwin 85-88, and i haven't kept in contact, he may not quite remember me, or the roster might be filled by then. Idk its all new to me
Is this the only school you are interested in attending ? Is this the first coach you have talked to? What grade in school are you right now? Also are you a right or left? What level is the school, D1, D2, D3, Juco, NAIA?
To answer your question, I would not worry about this coach... I have a feeling if you increase you velo you will have more than this coach interested in you.
It is a division 1, A school that is extremely competitive. I am a righty, as well. In a year i have jumped 12 mph on my fastball from 73 to 85. my curveball is my best pitch which i throw 73-75 mph, with a 72-73 mph changeup. it is not the first coach I have talked to. It is a school that is very good academically and i would be interested in going to
I would not contact him until your velo where he would like to see it then let him know where he can see you again. Does your summer coach or high school coach know that you are interested in this school and that you have talked tot he coach?
There are a lot of reasons why a certain school may or may not take a player, find some other schools as well.
baseballstud34,
You've received some good advice here. Continue working on both your velocity and your command; so that you can put yourself in position to meet the coach's request.
Meanwhile, educate yourself about the school the coach represents; its baseball program and its other qualities and features, as well. Baseball is a very significant part of any college player's existence; but, it's not all that it's about.
What are its strengths and weaknesses, academically? What's the profile of its student population? What is its size? How far from home is it? As you learn about it, ask yourself if the elements you see there line up well with who you are as both a player and a student.
If you determine that there are more pluses than minuses present for you there, take the process a step further. Determine which other colleges display similar traits; both in its baseball program as well as its academic and extracurricular aspects. In this way, you can begin to build a set of comparable schools; ones where you're more likely to fit as both a player and a student. In so doing, you're increasing you're chances of finding a good place for you.
Finally, apply as much attention to the high school classroom as you do baseball. College recruiters have a large universe of stud baseball players from which to choose. They naturally gravitate toward those whose academic accomplishments make the player's acceptance more assured than not. In addition to being easier to get through the admissions process, they tend to bring both the academic skills and maturity necessary to navigate the immense challenge that college baseball and academics require.
Best wishes to you for your success!
There is great advice for you here. What my son did with programs that were following him was prepare a short update of his HS season about half way through it. He was a two way so gave them some stats on both sides of the ball plus his velo how the team was doing and what team he was planning to play on during the coming summer. He kept it short.
The reality is that you are going to hear coaches tell you a lot of things and they may or may not be 100% truthful. Some will say they will call and never do, others will do exactly as they say. My wife thinks that baseball coaches "are a bunch of used car salesmen" and will do and say anything to "close the sale". As a young man without a lot of experience in this you will see for yourself as you go through the process so my advice is to be respectful but also be discerning on what you are told. Have a list of 20-30 programs that interest you from D1-D3 and JUCO's. This will give you the best chance of success.
Best of luck!!!
...my advice is to be respectful but also be discerning on what you are told. Have a list of 20-30 programs that interest you from D1-D3 and JUCO's. This will give you the best chance of success.
Yet more good advice here.
The best way to develop that "discerning" perspective? Once you're seriously interested in a school and its baseball program, don't be bashful about asking current players all the significant questions you can about what it's really like to play and go to school there. In particular, test any of the coaches' assertions that are especially important to your decision. Chances are that current players heard those same statements when they were being recruited; so, they ought to be in a good position to either confirm or deny what you've been told.
