Is this interest or has a coach gone xtra mile for his camp?

Hard to say for sure.  My guess is the Coach is just going the extra mile for his camp.   Will be interested in other responses

Waffles: Yesterday my son received a camp invite letter with the exact same note on the envelope. I see you are on the east coast as are we. Send me a PM if you ant to compare notes. Son is a 2019 RHP/OF by the way.  

W&IC,

Possibly, your son's efforts to demonstrate interest beyond the summer coaches introduction caught the attention of the college HC.   He reciprocated.   Well done.  Now, your son will want to  covert this interest into serious interest at the camp and beyond.  This can take the form of personal emails, texts phone calls and hopefully visits to tour campus and talk with the coaches about his specific situation.   This is a great first step to many steps.  Good luck.    

I know nothing, however, this has to make you think.  What do these camps help pay for?  They help get the things that aren't funded right?  Things that can make a program better.  If you wanted to increase attendance to your camp so you could get these funds, but were bound by very strict rules on how you could contact people, what would you do?

CaCO3Girl posted:

I know nothing, however, this has to make you think.  What do these camps help pay for?  They help get the things that aren't funded right?  Things that can make a program better.  If you wanted to increase attendance to your camp so you could get these funds, but were bound by very strict rules on how you could contact people, what would you do?

These camps are typically (and mostly) revenue for the coaching staff, the volunteer assistants in particular, who cannot receive any salary from the school.  Most camps are used to help generate income for them, not really build a new batting cage, etc.

Nuke83 posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

I know nothing, however, this has to make you think.  What do these camps help pay for?  They help get the things that aren't funded right?  Things that can make a program better.  If you wanted to increase attendance to your camp so you could get these funds, but were bound by very strict rules on how you could contact people, what would you do?

These camps are typically (and mostly) revenue for the coaching staff, the volunteer assistants in particular, who cannot receive any salary from the school.  Most camps are used to help generate income for them, not really build a new batting cage, etc.

In this scenario the volunteer assistant could be a "Thing" that is not funded and could make a program better.

This issue has been covered on multiple threads over the years.

Do not expend a single brain cell trying to parse the wording of emails and notes or attempting to find significance in word choice or personal touches.

A sales solicitation is a sales solicitation. 

Coaches are not bashful. If they are interested in recruiting you, they will make an unambiguous approach. 

Anything else means the player has not yet convinced them.

There is a school in the northeast that does this every year - we compared notes on it last summer (I think) and several of our sons had received the same invite with the same handwritten note.  If it's the same school I would bet it's just something they have jotted on the front of every invite that goes out - and they probably send out a lot.  

Oddly enough, my son got a letter this weekend from a college football program, congratulating him on being a potential prospect and inviting him to their special teams camp (for $$$, of course). Attached was a college-logo-embossed Christmas-card looking letter that appeared to be completely handwritten on the inside and the text filled up the whole card, appearing to be signed by the special teams coach. I have to assume they've just got a cool printer that can make it look like that, since he didn't play football at all this year, has never reached out to any college for football, and I think the only mailing list he's ever been on regarding special teams was a kicking clinic he never actually signed up for. That must be one of the mailing lists that this college buys. Reminds me of the Publisher ClearingHouse Sweepstakes "YOU MAY ALREADY BE A WINNER" mailings.

Thank you all for the input. It does seem like my suspicions were confirmed. I especially appreciate the people living in CONNECTICUT for their candid responses and PM's. I have 3 other kids that have finished/finishing college sports careers. I never encountered the smoke & mirror crap that college baseball has devolved to. Kudos to those Coaches with integrity. The others.... 10 game losing streaks

Waffles&icecream posted:

I especially appreciate the people living in CONNECTICUT for their candid responses and PM's.

I think...  I see what you did there.  

Swampboy posted:

This issue has been covered on multiple threads over the years.

Do not expend a single brain cell trying to parse the wording of emails and notes or attempting to find significance in word choice or personal touches.

A sales solicitation is a sales solicitation. 

Coaches are not bashful. If they are interested in recruiting you, they will make an unambiguous approach. 

Anything else means the player has not yet convinced them.

Amen.

KilroyJ posted:

Oddly enough, my son got a letter this weekend from a college football program, congratulating him on being a potential prospect and inviting him to their special teams camp (for $$$, of course). Attached was a college-logo-embossed Christmas-card looking letter that appeared to be completely handwritten on the inside and the text filled up the whole card, appearing to be signed by the special teams coach. I have to assume they've just got a cool printer that can make it look like that, since he didn't play football at all this year, has never reached out to any college for football, and I think the only mailing list he's ever been on regarding special teams was a kicking clinic he never actually signed up for. That must be one of the mailing lists that this college buys. Reminds me of the Publisher ClearingHouse Sweepstakes "YOU MAY ALREADY BE A WINNER" mailings.

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My 12 year old kid is eagerly waiting for a "hand written" invitation to Puyallup. 

2022NYC posted:

My 12 year old kid is eagerly waiting for a "hand written" invitation to Puyallup. 

Ha, ha. From my neck of the woods, I see.

Nice to see you back on the board Kyle, you're a great follow on Twitter. 

I am around here and there. Usually read HSBBW twice a week. Don't comment much because I talk enough in the gym

I wouldnt waste any time trying to decipher it. IF it is a school you are interested enough to send transcripts to then I would suggest getting in front of them for evaluation. Play in a Camp or go somewhere that they can see you...showcase or summer tourney.

I knew this was UCONN before I finished reading the OPs first post.