"Junior Day"

All coaches do things differently, some have junior days with 50+ players, some with 5 or less.

Junior day is a good way for you to see the school and facilities (unofficial visit) and meet the coaches who otherwise cannot talk to you off campus at this time.

Our experience has been less than five and more than 20...and numbers in between....great opportunity to get to see the school, coaches and facilities.

Go - they are interested. You should take the campus tour, listen to the coach, and check out the game. They are trying to sell themselves to you. Listen closely. It is the start of the process of finding the right fit - academically, socially, financially, and athletically.

Lefty Dad,

Couldn't agree more with what has been posted. Junior recently went to one and it was a great experience. Heard presentations from admissions, the Asst AD, Coaches and current players. Tied it into a campus tour and a chance to observe practice. They also put them through a mini "camp" so they could get a look at them. Total of about 35 kids.

If your son has interest in the school, its a great opportunity to find out coaching philosophies and really get a feel for the campus and baseball program.

So are all schools junior day by invite only or do some schools have open registration

What do you think is more beneficial an unofficial visit or junior day?? They are pretty much the same thing but they might have more one and one time at an unofficial visit. So i guess what i'm saying is if you could chose one, which would you choose?

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Originally posted by leftydad21:
So are all schools junior day by invite only or do some schools have open registration

Junior Day is by invite.

Thunder11,
Regarding your question, lot depends on how seriously the coach is recruiting your son, if seriously, then he will spend more time than if casually recruiting him. Junior Day is good because of the above mentioned by Laloosh, sometimes you will get to see more and meet more people on a junior day than on an official. Either way, any type of visit should take place if you or they have serious interest, it's a good way to narrow down or widen interest.


Regardless if it is not too costly, both

I thought it might be helpful to relate my son's experience so far.

A local D1 invited him to Junior Day in January. The university is just getting back to D1 level for baseball this season and our assumption was that they were sending this invite out pretty broadly to local players. Son had been to a prospect camp for the college last summer, but a friend of his hadn't and he also got the invite. We did not go, and the report from his friend was that it was not that interesting or useful, with about 50 players in attendance.

A D1 in Texas, on the other hand, has been showing active interest in Pitcher since November via frequent emails from the recruiting coach about the program, an invite to a 30-player-only camp in January where they said "we'll definitely be in touch", etc. We just got their invite to Junior Day a couple days ago. Based on the different level of interaction with the schools and coaches we are going to this one, hoping it will lead to something more.

So, from our experience, Junior Day does not necessarily indicate serious interest from the school. But, as others have said, it is a way for your son to express his interest in the school. And who knows where that might lead.

PD

Junior day invites do not necessarily mean that the school definitely wants the player but it could be a good opportunity to find out if player wants the school. Helps narrow the choices