Mix of camps, showcases, summer baseball

You probably want to send a PM to TRhit. He knows that part of the world and could give you sound advice.

hey EaglesDad. Welcome to the family!

One word on the college camps. Make sure the HC will actually be at the camp observing.

Many college programs are using camps as fund raising activities. And some will only have one assistant at the camp, with local HS coaches also working. The HC might only put in a cameo appearance at the opening.

Thanks trainscout and Texan!

TRhit, I sent you a PM.

Am I wrong to think that the recruiting coordinator's presence at the camp would be even more important than the head coach's?

As you know, the Jr-Sr summer is very important time in the recruiting calendar. Attending any is only helpful if you differentiate yourself for the others in attendance. From our experiences hope to get your max bang for your time and buck:

If you have an idea of what schools your son wants to attend, try to find out what showcases and tournaments most of them will be attending early in the summer. Make sure that they will be in attendance or if the showcase has a reputable and very good reporting system to these schools such as Perfect Game. If you can afford a couple it would be great, if it is Perfect Game, some showcases have more colleges in attendance than others.

I terms of tournaments, make sure that the team will be attending tournaments that will be scouted with coaches that your son in interested in attending or let the coaches that you are interested in know that your son will be attending the tournament and what the schedule is by way of inviting them to attend the tournament to watch your son, obviously you have already established a recruiting process with the school.

If you are getting genuine attention for a specific school, at that point I would attend a college camp, unless you want to use the camp as a way of validating if your son wants to attend the school and you want to check out the coaching staff. If you are looking only to get exposure to the school for recruiting purposes, I would not attend until you get the genuine interest from the coaching staff and they are going to be there, unless you are planning on putting on a show, either case, let the coaching staff know you are planning on attending their camp and you are interest in playing for their program.

Definately talk to TRHit. He'll help alot.

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Nice Post homerun04...

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EaglesDad...
...my son did something similar in the summer before and the fall of his junior year. In fact, due to the length of the legion season, he may have done too much, as was too worn out to peform at "peak" at the showcases. My advice is, that if your son is going to showcase, make sure he is at his best. Again, my son was beat down from a long hot summer.

Now, I am certainly NOT saying to give up summer ball. He had a great team experience and a coach who taught him to respect the game and respect himself as a player...
...lessons that serve him well in college, and could not be gained if all he did was showcases and camps.

Thank you Homerun, pfbear, and JT for the words of wisdom. I had a nice conversation with TRhit yesterday, and he had some good ideas for the summer. He really knows this part of the country well, and invited my son to participate in the College Select showcase in Norwich.

I think we do need to balance the summer so my son does not overload and is in prime condition for showcases. It is really good to know that other people have been down this road before since it is all new to us.

Thanks again to all.