Does anyone have any ideas on ways to get noticed/recruited by schools that aren't near my home? Specifically, I'd like to go to school on the east coast or west in the Colorado area.
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Here are a few tips:
Send an introductory email with your baseball resume to the recruiting coordinator and mention specifically why you want to attend his school.
Ask the recruiting coordinator if you can send a DVD. Follow up if he says yes.
Ask the recruiting coordinator if there are certain tournaments or showcases they attend. If so, see if you can participate in at least one of them. Let the coaches know if you plan to be there.
Attend the college's camp to get seen.
Best wishes!
Send an introductory email with your baseball resume to the recruiting coordinator and mention specifically why you want to attend his school.
Ask the recruiting coordinator if you can send a DVD. Follow up if he says yes.
Ask the recruiting coordinator if there are certain tournaments or showcases they attend. If so, see if you can participate in at least one of them. Let the coaches know if you plan to be there.
Attend the college's camp to get seen.
Best wishes!
I definitly can be done. My son wanted to go to a school in South Carolina, yet being in CA it was highly unlikely that he would ever be seen by the coaches.
The fall of his senior year we made an appointment to see the head coach during a campus visit. The purpose was to introduce my son and make sure he was on his radar. What was important was my son having a chance to meet the coach and the coach getting a chance to see his physical makeup (my son is 6'3" and 220). It was also important for him to hear from my son and what his experiences had been.
Once his baseball season started, each time he was mentioned in either our local paper or other publications we would forward the article to the coach. After receiving about a half dozen articles, including getting a good mention in USAToday, the coach asked for a video. We shot about 4 minutes of him hitting in a cage and taking about 10 balls in the infield and making throws across the diamond.
By late March of his senior year, we had sent about a dozen articles and the video. At this point, the coach from the college called his high school coach and his summer team coach to get their opinions.
Ultimatly he got an offer from this school. The coaches never saw him play and the decision was based on their need and was facilitated by our sending focused information on a regular basis.
Will this work everywhere; I doubt it, but what I have learned is that coaches want good players that want to be part of their program.
The fall of his senior year we made an appointment to see the head coach during a campus visit. The purpose was to introduce my son and make sure he was on his radar. What was important was my son having a chance to meet the coach and the coach getting a chance to see his physical makeup (my son is 6'3" and 220). It was also important for him to hear from my son and what his experiences had been.
Once his baseball season started, each time he was mentioned in either our local paper or other publications we would forward the article to the coach. After receiving about a half dozen articles, including getting a good mention in USAToday, the coach asked for a video. We shot about 4 minutes of him hitting in a cage and taking about 10 balls in the infield and making throws across the diamond.
By late March of his senior year, we had sent about a dozen articles and the video. At this point, the coach from the college called his high school coach and his summer team coach to get their opinions.
Ultimatly he got an offer from this school. The coaches never saw him play and the decision was based on their need and was facilitated by our sending focused information on a regular basis.
Will this work everywhere; I doubt it, but what I have learned is that coaches want good players that want to be part of their program.