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Is there value in going to a college camp just for the experience?

bkekcsbkekcs500+ posts
There are 3 D1 schools in our general area that have baseball programs. 2 are mid-majors that mostly recruit out of state, the other is an independent that rarely has +.500 seasons but has more in-state players and in the last 3 or 4 years does have wins at Arizona St, Oregon St and Oklahoma St.

Son will be entering 10th grade and I thought one of these camps may be a good experience for him. None of these camps have representitives from other schools at their camps. Costs are $299, $190 and $250 respectively. All are three days long.

How does this compare to camps you may have experienced? Would money be spent wiser going a different route? I'd love to hear all opinions.
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quillgirlquillgirl100+ posts
We sent our boy to Clemson's camp and GA Tech's camp when he was younger, but more for the instruction than the exposure.

He attended a smaller D-1 prospect camp as a freshman in HS, and that was for the experience--just to get his feet wet with the format. They do a "pro-style workout" with everyone getting an evaluation at the end. That was certainly valuable in that he was able to observe what was going on with the real recruits and he listened to what the coaches were looking for during the evaluations. He used their evaluation to work on his game with no pressure.

I guess it depends on what you are hoping to get out of the camp. For our purposes, they've accomplished what we hoped. We haven't really used them for exposure. If that's the goal, then there are probably better venues than a camp--unless those are the schools your son is really interested in. Showcases, playing in summer tournaments, etc.
bkekcsbkekcs500+ posts
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Originally posted by quillgirl:

He attended a smaller D-1 prospect camp as a freshman in HS, and that was for the experience--just to get his feet wet with the format. They do a "pro-style workout" with everyone getting an evaluation at the end. That was certainly valuable in that he was able to observe what was going on with the real recruits and he listened to what the coaches were looking for during the evaluations. He used their evaluation to work on his game with no pressure.


That's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. Thanks for the input.
ClevelandDadClevelandDadHSBBWeb Administrator
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Originally posted by quillgirl:
We sent our boy to Clemson's camp and GA Tech's camp when he was younger, but more for the instruction than the exposure.

He attended a smaller D-1 prospect camp as a freshman in HS, and that was for the experience--just to get his feet wet with the format. They do a "pro-style workout" with everyone getting an evaluation at the end. That was certainly valuable in that he was able to observe what was going on with the real recruits and he listened to what the coaches were looking for during the evaluations. He used their evaluation to work on his game with no pressure.

I guess it depends on what you are hoping to get out of the camp. For our purposes, they've accomplished what we hoped. We haven't really used them for exposure. If that's the goal, then there are probably better venues than a camp--unless those are the schools your son is really interested in. Showcases, playing in summer tournaments, etc.

She has a talent with the "quill" indeed Smile Excellent advice and of course well-written.
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bkekcsbkekcs500+ posts
Reading through the "Stanford Camp" thread gave me a lot of input about camps as well as seeing that parents do hang out at them. After reading through the "fear of failure" thread and the thoughts it provoked I'm a bit torn on whether I ought to just drop him off monday morning and pick him up wednesday afternoon or if I ought to at least try and watch a little of the games played at the camp.
ILVBBILVBB1,000+ posts
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Son will be entering 10th grade and I thought one of these camps may be a good experience for him.


My son went to the Pepperdine Christmas camp prior to his junior year season. He did it not for recruiting but to play 4-days of baseball over Chirstmas and to get ready for the season which was 2-weeks away.

He had a great time, enjoyed the experience and got to know the Pepperdine pitching coach which ended up being a good baseball reference.

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