Informal Evaluation

Yes, I have the same question. Our team is very similar and sometimes you may play the whole game, or just a couple of innings.

If there is a game where you know a coach will be there to scout you than you will have to set it up with your teams coach to make sure you are playing, I dont know how your coach is but my summer coach is flexable and will change things around if there is a coach there to see you on a given day.

when my son knows there is a coach coming to the game, he always letes his summer coach know so he can make arrangements if possible. Sometimes it is difficult becasue he is a pitcher only, but most coaches have his schedule and either email my son or email my sons coach.
Good luck

If a college coach comes to see a player unexpectedly, they are not shy in asking to see the player on the field. And coaches are accomodating. Most of them anyway.

Most of them...
Our player had a high school coach who stiffed several D1 coaches despite their in advance requests. It had something to do with "being the boss" and "in control." Very childish. They were puzzled and we were unhappy to say the least.

Agree with other posters - send the schedule in advance to the college coaches and/or drop an email to the coach, or simply let your summer team coach know enough time in advance to allow him some flexibility. Don't worry, they'll come again if they are really interested. If your heart is set on that school, and you didn't get an opportunity to show your stuff, sign up for their camp - just make sure the coaches will be running it!

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by brod: Our player had a high school coach who stiffed several D1 coaches despite their in advance requests. It had something to do with "being the boss" and "in control." Very childish. They were puzzled and we were unhappy to say the least.

advance requests to change his pitching rotation and/or line-up to suit visitors?

that sounds very odd

Maybe I gave you the wrong impression. We never said a word - just learned about it from the college coaches afterwards. However, it seemed like the lineup was changed BECAUSE the college coach was coming. How would you have handled it Bee?

Our High School coach was all about the kids getting to play in college and was more than accomodating when a scout or recruiter let him know they were coming and would adjust a line-up or bring in a pitcher for a few innings that wasn't originally scheduled to throw. The players being looked at are obviously good players, or they wouldn't be scouted, so its not like tanking a game or something by making a few changes to help a player get to the next level.

I made sure I had the AD involved and deeply involved---for game appearances I had the coaches call him in his office---At that time in my work life I was not always near a phone, I was a construction site project manager, but I knew he would be

He would then touch base with me later in the day to update me on what to expect when I got to the field for the game

I was lucky to have the AD we had---"ITS" son "D" had him later on at another HS and he can tell what a help he was

It's a fine line. Normally college coaches call and ask when someone might be throwing and then try to come on that day. Obviously, this isn't the case all the time... just what I've become accustomed to.