Ok firstly, I want to apologize if this is a huge wall of text. It's just that I really have no clue as to what I should do.
Secondly, I see that this is a HS baseball forum, I am actually a couple years removed from HS, but in terms of eligibility, you wouldn't know the difference.
Ok, so now for the wall of text. I'm a 19 year old (former) pitcher, who hasn't played a competitive inning of baseball since my JR year. Things didn't go as planned & I of course got an arm injury. Many MRIs & doctor appointments later, no diagnosis was found, just tons of pain in my throwing arm. Long story short, I didn't play my SR year.
3 years pass & while I missed it greatly, I figured my baseball career was over. Low & behold, I pick up a baseball over the summer just for the heck of it & begin throwing with some friends. No pain whatsoever. Within a month I begin throwing bullpens w/ the former catcher from my HS. Still no pain. Pretty soon I'm popping the mitt with what he would say, mid to high 80's stuff. After 3 years off, I was able to get to the high 80's in a month. And, well that was enough for me.
The summer ended & I began contemplating trying to walk-on the fall team at the JUCO I attend. Turns out, I didn't. I was too paranoid as to whether I was in good enough shape to present myself & my off speed pitches didn't come back as naturally as my FB did. I don't know if passing on the try-outs was a good move or not, but only time will tell.
So here I sit in January, baseball season right around the corner. I've been lifting & running this whole winter & I'm getting ready to start throwing again, but I have a couple big questions..
What do I do? Do I simply send the coach of the school I'd like to play at an e-mail? How do I present myself to coaches when I haven't played ball in 3 years. I really have no idea how the recruiting process works, but I'd like to give it a try.
Thanks for reading. I'd greatly appreciate any type of advice you would have to offer.
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