JUCO to Next Step

no. the season hasnt even started yet. colleges will start looking once play has started.

but you will want to contact schools to let them know of your interest. Your JC coach is in contact with schools, make sure you let him know of your intentions to play at the next level.

I completely disagree with the concept of *bumping*

ok what is bumping?

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Originally posted by baseballtoday:
no. the season hasnt even started yet. colleges will start looking once play has started.

but you will want to contact schools to let them know of your interest. Your JC coach is in contact with schools, make sure you let him know of your intentions to play at the next level.

Aren't the 4 year colleges in season during the JC season, I would not count on them hanging out at the JC games to find your player, I would make contact with schools you are interested in to generate interest.

You may see more colleges scout playoff games than regular season games, but do you want to wait that long?

Younggunson is actually having a meeting with his JUCO coach tomorrow about this very thing. The continuous downpours this fall really hampered their fall games/scrimmages.

He's gonna sit down and give the coach a list of the schools he is interested in and also listen to what the coach recommends.

At the end of the season I think that their numbers will be what helps recruit them. I agree that the 4yr schools will be at their own games with an occasional visit from the recruiting coordinator. As a pitcher hopefully it'll be your day!

Son is actually pretty calmheaded about it.

<------ Me!

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Originally posted by Homerun04:

Aren't the 4 year colleges in season during the JC season, I would not count on them hanging out at the JC games to find your player, I would make contact with schools you are interested in to generate interest.

You may see more colleges scout playoff games than regular season games, but do you want to wait that long?

Depends upon your league and situation.

Personally I think using your JC coach to contact schools is the best way to go. JC coaches generally know a lot d1/d2 coaches and whether or not they'd be any kind of fit for a particular player. If there appears to be a lack of interest your son should speak to his JC coach about it, the coach is in the best position to judge your son's ability to play either D1 or D2 and to explain timing.

There is no need to be overly concerned at this point about exposure/offers/interest...... In CA the JC season actually starts before D1s. In my son's JC league, the schedule was setup for one Weds or Thurs game each week that didn't conflict with 4 year schools. The early games were usually tournaments which allowed D1/d2 coaches to see several teams on the same field. There didn't seem to be any lack of ability or desire on the part of d1/d2 coaches to attend these games or practices before and during the D1/d2 season, if they wanted to see a kid play. In fact several mid-west and east coast schools made Socal JC visits during the season.

-As the season progresses coaches from opposing teams along with scouts make recomendations to their friends at D1/D2 schools about players they have seen.

-It seemed like the D2 coaches started hitting hard players they thought they might be able to get around the middle of the JC season....thru the summer.

-Many D1s don't have a good handle on player needs until later in the spring, so don't worry about schools talking early in the season but not making any offers until April or May.

**Make sure your son takes to the time to apply at some schools on his own so that if something doesn't work out, he'll have options.**

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As the season progresses coaches from opposing teams along with scouts make recomendations to their friends at D1/D2 schools about players they have seen.

Yes they do.There are guys out there, word of mouth is big.

As hard as it may be to not worry that opportunites are not there, many coaches of great schools offer throughout the entire year. My son had a sense of urgency and committed early and then had many great schools asking about him later including one that he had been at freshmen year(new coach). He is very happy with his choice but many of his teammates did not get offers until the end of the season and the were to great baseball programs. One of the most difficult things to do in the whole recruiting process is to have patience with the system, especially for parents!

Son had his meeting this morning with coach.

His coach liked his list of schools that he was interested in. So that was good for son to hear.

The coach is going to be filming all the Pitchers next week on dvd and send one to each school of choice that each Pitcher has, and then follow up the dvd with a personal phone call to that head coach. I thought that was pretty neat, and a personal touch on his part.

I just hope he stays healthy all week now! lol

That sounds good. Hope he does well. Good luck.

You gotta love the ingenuity these young men are learning while in college..lol.

Many are not only waiting on the coach to send the dvd's out, making the call, etc. but are filling out the online recruiting forms to choice schools.