Fall/Winter Planning

Carolinas and VA area.

http://www.impactbaseball.com/...iew=article&id=3

http://dynamicbaseball.org/category/showcases/

http://www.showtimebaseball.net/

To clarify, your time line is to have your kids shut down for 12 weeks from early September to January and have your kid throw at a camp in January? 

I don't know much, but this plan seems to be problematic.  Perhaps you should ask what time of year people feel is best to go to camps....right after arm shutdown, middle of season, or end of normal season?

Are you going to Ft Myers and how'd it go at Clemson?

Personally, and others may disagree, I don't understand showcasing in December - March.  Why would you want to put yourself in front of folks when you are not at your best?

A few opinions related to your questions.

- College camps are rarely worthwhile from a recruiting perspective unless a coach has personally asked you to attend.

- Pitchers need 6 weeks to ramp up after a layoff before throwing for velocity.

- A short fall season is one of the best times to be seen and evaluated by college coaches.

FWIW...

Please consider that perhaps there's a bit too much emphasis on the importance of college camps. I don't want to delve into the pros and cons here: there are plenty of topics on this board covering that debate.

You may want to focus on playing during the fall and supplemented with a showcase, e.g., one of the PG showcases (so that he can nail down a PG Jr. Showcase invite). During the Fall, build the resume, and engage with the RCs from the targeted schools with the schedule. Then during the off-season, reach out directly to the targeted schools and engage in conversation and potential visits. So to that end, use August to fine tune capabilities so that he's coming out gunning for the Fall. BUILD...THE...RESUME, and invite the RCs to watch.

I laud you on the length of arm rest time! Work back into the Spring without rushing, and get into one of the early June showcases.

Thanks for all the info. Fwiw down time for us is usually a solid 10 weeks then we take 2-3 weeks before getting on hill again. Have done this as long as he has pitched and it has always worked .....last year down all nov/dec worked back to hill January 20. Played some loose local tournaments after July and was just thinking in place of that it might be nice to shut down early and start up early as we will be heading into sophomore season. He has played 17u with a great deal of success as a PO but we understand that we need to build velo during offseason.  Don't intend on doing any showcase work for a while because he's still physically maturing and doesn't have the velo to showcase right now (78-82) But what he has done this summer is show he can compete at 17u....made all tourney team at Lake Pointe 17U WWBA, no hit a team with some major d1 commits and had a career high 13 strikeouts in 6 innings. The other side of it is his one bad outing came at Clemson where he was so amped up he couldn't get the ball down in the zone and threw 8 strikes in 22 pitches before being pulled in the first. He was probably throwing harder than I had ever seen him throw. He threw 5 innings later in the day and allowed 2 earned and picked up a 4-2 win, so he adjusted, just not fast enough. That's what you get with a 15yo playing 17u sometimes? just thinking some camps might be a different way to wind down this fall/winter. As I've said, I'm learning...have no idea what  I'm doing at this point.  jOEMKTG What is a JR PG invite? 

2019Lefty21 posted:

jOEMKTG What is a JR PG invite? 

This for 2017.

i have always heard that a pitchers should take off 6-12 weeks each year. Then for 2 or 4 additional months stay off the mound and focus on long toss, flat grounds, plyocare throws etc to build arm strength. Then 4 weeks before the season starts get on the mound to prepare for the season. 

Do folks on this strong agree with this offseason plan?

I know the feeling of watching an amped up pitcher get pulled in the 1st, keep up the great work and continue to update on this board with the progress.

Baseball-Dad posted:

i have always heard that a pitchers should take off 6-12 weeks each year. Then for 2 or 4 additional months stay off the mound and focus on long toss, flat grounds, plyocare throws etc to build arm strength. Then 4 weeks before the season starts get on the mound to prepare for the season. 

Do folks on this strong agree with this offseason plan?

I would agree with it.  But do something during the off-time - play another sport, off-season strength & conditioning, etc.  Then transition to the long toss.  I'm a big believer in long toss.