High school coaches are not very important to the recruitment of high school age players.HS coaches are not needed in order to get a college scholarship. That does not mean that the help of your hs coach is not wanted or appreciated. It has always been my position that putting all of your eggs into the coaches basket hoping to get a scholarship is a bad idea. You should proceed as if you will receive no help and be grateful if you get it.
Regardless of how the coaching contingent on this website feel,
most hs coaches are not equipped to help very much. That being said, I have observed that the coaches on this site are not the mainstream. The fact that they come here and care put them above the crowd.
The reason the HSBBW was started was because of the total lack of information out there to help the parent through the recruiting process. Please don't tell me that now that a few of the educated coaches post here that suddenly we don't need anybody to help other than the hs coach. I ain't buying it.
Most high school coaches just receive their paychecks and most of them are football coaches anyway.Who cares? Some of us feel that coaches like the ones posting to this site are the minority. To insinuate that coaches just want a check is ludacris and cynical. Most of these guys care and try. Does it mean that they are competent, good, or educated in the recruiting process? No it doesn't.
We get most of what we need from our kids playing select ball and going to showcases.One of the reasons that my son loved the hs season was to play for his school, with his friends, for his coaches, in front of his family, and get lots of practice and repitition that is not received in select ball. HS ball was the thrill of his baseball year. PERIOD.
Our kids are thinking about not playing high school ball and concentrating on their select team.That is stupid. No team woth it salt plays during the hs season. So why would one skip hs to practice for select ball? That is dumb.
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The select team is all about trying to position YOURSELF to be put in a position to be recruited or even drafted. No one comes to the games except close family members and they are most interested NOT in how well the team does but mainly if their son gets enough playing time and performs well.
Select ball for us was to play the best competition possible. That was the only reason. Others do it for other reasons.
Every fall we read about all the coaches that care. The school year starts and a lot of coaches do not have the time to post. Then we hear all the stories about parents getting no help. Take your head out of the sand guys. You are not the mainstream. You are the cream. Post here during the season and give your wisdom to the parents who are lost. jmo