Highschool Players Resume

I filled a few out but I must say he should prob be doing it on his own rather than u doing it for him.

Lots of stuff right here to get you started
http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/players_parents.htm

PA Mom...I disagree with NY-Catcher...while son should be involved as much as possible in his recruitment process...think when it comes to resumes and stat sheets....you need to help. Think the coaches will appreciate receiving the information in a readable format! Now when it came to the cover letters to be sent out with the resumes and stats...that was all son's responsibility.....good luck....

Pamom here is a more specific link that should help - I see others offered as well while I was finding it (I knew it was there somewhere)

anyway at the bottom of this page there is also a link for a player info form example

intro letter & player bio example

you don't say what age, but I'll assume you're getting an early or ontime start since ya didn't post ALL CAPS WITH !!!!

at this point a few things will catch their eye

grades/gpa, interest in their program, position, summer program, hs program, ht/wt, throw/bat hand - - and if anyone they trust has seen you play - - the rest (even stats) is basicly - blah-blah-blah

gather all the info then threaten severe measures (car/allowance/curfew etc & even get out the wooden spoon!) with your son if he doesn't take the 15 min required to organize and fill it out so you can mail it

hope this helps, good luck

A lot of colleges have their own info sheets on their website--- check out the ones you are interested in--- if you use their form you will be giving them all the info they are seeking from you as a prospective recruit

Thanks BackDash....That is just what I was looking for, again, this site has been so HELPFUL.

TRHit,
I'll have to go onto their web site and look for that.
Thanks to you too!

This worked well for both my sons.

Kris Resume'

My son included it and a schedule with every questionaire that he filled out.

Send a PM to justmom; her son's was one of the nicest I have ever seen!

Since I work in the website business, and have access to free hosting and other nice web tools and 'perks', I created a player profile website. I used a lot of the physical information letters we've responded to from individual colleges as examples of the type of information college coaches want and distilled it down into a form of my own design. This worked out well enough that I've volunteered my time to help out other players on our team that want to do something similar. See www.seanbonesteele.com or www.bradboxberger.com for an example.

Also, as a hobby I do a lot of photography and video stuff for our team as a whole, including compiling a end-of-season team DVD for all the players and coaches, so it's easy for me to leverage that effort into photos and streaming videos of my son that I post to his website. The benefit of this is that as I record new games, edit that down into streaming videos that I upload to Sean's site, that it's easy for Sean to correspond with the coaches that are in regular e-mail contact with him and send them new URL links to recent video. The coaches can see a recent outing without having to work out the logistics of attending a HS game around their own spring schedule.

My 'editing' involves only removing dead time ... I otherwise show every pitch of every at bat (unless I screw up and forget to re-start the camera between innings ). This shows good situational pitching ... bases empty versus men in scoring position, no out versus 2 out, so coaches can see how he hits his spots (or misses) with different pitches in different situations. By getting rid of the dead time I can usually get 4-5 innings down to about 8-10 minutes depending on how many batters faced. The few conversations I've had with college coaches confirms that they want to see situational stuff too ... not just that 'highlight' strikeout. There's a lot more to the 'makeup' of a good pitcher than throwing a 90MPH FB.

Here's an example of a short 2-inning video:

Foothill vs Newport Harbor

There's lots of professional and reputable sites and businesses that you can use out there to do similar things ... online profiles, video services, etc. I find it's like home remodeling ... some things you might be able to do yourself, some things you choose to pay a professional because its beyond your ability to do well or it would just take way too much time to figure out how to do it 'right'. It does take a lot of time ... and a fast PC. I like to do this myself because, well, I can and I enjoy it as a hobby. We do use NCSA as a recruting resource, but they also use his website as a recruitment tool when they contact coaches. They get their updates from his website ... stats, videos, etc.