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Originally posted by 2013 Dad:
My son (2013) attended a tryout for a fall team in August. He received a camp invite to a mid D-1. I asked the program director of the team he tried out for and he stated that the camp invite was sent only to selected individuals in the underclass group. Nonetheless, I took this as a general form invite. However, the recruiter since has sent two follow-up emails stating that he noticed we haven't signed up and asking my son to attend. Is this type of follow-up normal procedure? I emailed the coach back telling him my son had a tournament and could not go? Was this a mistake? Thanks.
First and foremost this is not your average run of the mill for profit camp based on your description... do not treat it that way.
This happened with my daughter... exactly the same thing. She was sent this elite camp invite only e mail... we didnt know what to think about it. Two weeks later when we didnt sign up we received another e mail saying precisely what yours said we see you have yet to sign up. This was a winter camp. We got another one for early summer which we also attended
What this means: if you get an invite like this with a follow up inquiry it means, based on my experience, that you are on the top 25 +/- list. This may be a larger number on the baseball side. The coach will clearly demonstrate interest in your player based on how they perform at the camp. Use your common sense to judge the level of interest. It was obvious who the coach was interested in when we attended.
If you are interested in the camp but cannot attend have your player send an e mail thanking them but explaining finances or scheduling issues. Unless your player is a total stud failing to attend will probably push you off their list.. again JMO based on experience.