Yeah, they are!
Problem is that both Showball and Headfirst are after 11/1 when many schools have their ED deadline. AZ is before that deadline, and geared as a "last chance" for 2017 recruits.
JCG posted:Yeah, they are!
Problem is that both Showball and Headfirst are after 11/1 when many schools have their ED deadline. AZ is before that deadline, and geared as a "last chance" for 2017 recruits.
I see. Thanks.
Westranch, listen to JCG. He knows what he's talking about. Actually everyone who's answered you on this thread knows a lot and are trying to help, as I know you understand. Go all in on AZ classic, even if you only manage to wrangle an invite to the Academic tryout. Also, I understand why HF is intriguing; there will be lots of d3 guys there, too. Check the high academic D3s that have 11/15 ED deadlines; if they're of interest then Jupiter could be really helpful too.
smokeminside posted:Westranch, listen to JCG. He knows what he's talking about. Actually everyone who's answered you on this thread knows a lot and are trying to help, as I know you understand. Go all in on AZ classic, even if you only manage to wrangle an invite to the Academic tryout. Also, I understand why HF is intriguing; there will be lots of d3 guys there, too. Check the high academic D3s that have 11/15 ED deadlines; if they're of interest then Jupiter could be really helpful too.
Yes, thank you to all. I have already emailed 9 coaches for the AZ Classec, LOL.
good luck!
Hey Westranchdad,
Lots of good feedback from others on your recent posts...
Using videos as PART of his recruiting efforts is fine. I would not use these videos. Your son looks pretty good on some swings. I agree with Gov on assessment of the off-balance swings. But, more so, the videos show a lot of your son with a seemingly frustrated demeanor. I don't think this is the impression he wants to portray. If you can edit, take out the swings where he falls into the plate and where he shows anything resembling negativity. If you have to shoot again, shoot three swings at a time and put together a sequence of good swings from a confident hitter.
Also, a huge part of the equation that I don't recall seeing discussed is the question of your son's major. This and several other things besides baseball will have a lot of impact on where he should go to college. What are the career aspirations?
Lastly, in these recent few videos and past videos I've seen, it seems he is a hard worker, analytical, pretty talented and athletic. But, does he have fun playing baseball? My observation is probably because I've only seen videos of him doing drills, taking reps and the short PG videos but it seems like he is always so serious. Just wondering how often he smiles when he is playing the game....
PS - most will tell you - son is supposed to be sending the emails to coaches, not Dad. IMO, it is very important for lots of reasons that he take the lead on recruiting efforts.
cabbagedad posted:Hey Westranchdad,
Lots of good feedback from others on your recent posts...
I would not use the videos. Your son looks pretty good on some swings. I agree with Gov on assessment of the off-balance swings. But, more so, the videos show a lot of your son with a seemingly frustrated demeanor. I don't think this is the impression he wants to portray. If you can edit, take out the swings where he falls into the plate and where he shows anything resembling negativity. If you have to shoot again, shoot three swings at a time and put together a sequence of good swings from a confident hitter.
Also, a huge part of the equation that I don't recall seeing discussed is the question of your son's major. This and several other things besides baseball will have a lot of impact on where he should go to college. What are the career aspirations?
Lastly, in these recent few videos and past videos I've seen, it seems he is a hard worker, analytical, pretty talented and athletic. But, does he have fun playing baseball? My observation is probably because I've only seen videos of him doing drills, taking reps and the short PG videos but it seems like he is always so serious. Just wondering how often he smiles when he is playing the game....
PS - most will tell you - son is supposed to be sending the emails to coaches, not Dad. IMO, it is very important for lots of reasons that he take the lead on recruiting efforts.
Cabbage, I always appreciate your feedback. He definitely has fun playing baseball. He's pretty excited about his revamped swing; he finally hit two HRs during the first live BP of the fall (to center and to right field), and he's pretty excited about that. I think what you saw was actually his confidence in his ability to consistently drill the ball with good trajectory; he was mad when he finally broke concentration and hit a low one.
You guys surprised me by mentioning the fall into the plate. From my perspective, I didn't think that impacted the swing whatsoever and only occurred because he was holding a leaning stance over the plate on the finish (to emphasize staying in the path of a ball which is diving). I've been telling him that he needs to bend over the plate to get the low balls, and needs to try to finish towards the pitcher so as to stay on the plane of the pitch and not pull off. Your comments brought a different perspective that I'll take a look at.
My kid wants to study business and engineering. For the reach schools, he might try to apply for sociology or psychology to start out with and then see what he can work out from there.
WestRanchDad posted:cabbagedad posted:Hey Westranchdad,
Lots of good feedback from others on your recent posts...
I would not use the videos. Your son looks pretty good on some swings. I agree with Gov on assessment of the off-balance swings. But, more so, the videos show a lot of your son with a seemingly frustrated demeanor. I don't think this is the impression he wants to portray. If you can edit, take out the swings where he falls into the plate and where he shows anything resembling negativity. If you have to shoot again, shoot three swings at a time and put together a sequence of good swings from a confident hitter.
Also, a huge part of the equation that I don't recall seeing discussed is the question of your son's major. This and several other things besides baseball will have a lot of impact on where he should go to college. What are the career aspirations?
Lastly, in these recent few videos and past videos I've seen, it seems he is a hard worker, analytical, pretty talented and athletic. But, does he have fun playing baseball? My observation is probably because I've only seen videos of him doing drills, taking reps and the short PG videos but it seems like he is always so serious. Just wondering how often he smiles when he is playing the game....
PS - most will tell you - son is supposed to be sending the emails to coaches, not Dad. IMO, it is very important for lots of reasons that he take the lead on recruiting efforts.
Cabbage, I always appreciate your feedback. He definitely has fun playing baseball. He's pretty excited about his revamped swing; he finally hit two HRs during the first live BP of the fall (to center and to right field), and he's pretty excited about that. I think what you saw was actually his confidence in his ability to consistently drill the ball with good trajectory; he was mad when he finally broke concentration and hit a low one.
You guys surprised me by mentioning the fall into the plate. From my perspective, I didn't think that impacted the swing whatsoever and only occurred because he was holding a leaning stance over the plate on the finish (to emphasize staying in the path of a ball which is diving). I've been telling him that he needs to bend over the plate to get the low balls, and needs to try to finish towards the pitcher so as to stay on the plane of the pitch and not pull off. Your comments brought a different perspective that I'll take a look at.
My kid wants to study business and engineering. For the reach schools, he might try to apply for sociology or psychology to start out with and then see what he can work out from there.
OK, great, glad to hear my concern was unfounded regarding your son enjoying the game.
So, one of the majors you mention is a good example of what I was referring to... If he decides engineering is the preferred major, then he will have a fairly short list of schools that offer that major and still allow for a student to play college baseball. There are several posts you can search here on that topic.
WestRanchDad posted:smokeminside posted:Westranch, listen to JCG. He knows what he's talking about. Actually everyone who's answered you on this thread knows a lot and are trying to help, as I know you understand. Go all in on AZ classic, even if you only manage to wrangle an invite to the Academic tryout. Also, I understand why HF is intriguing; there will be lots of d3 guys there, too. Check the high academic D3s that have 11/15 ED deadlines; if they're of interest then Jupiter could be really helpful too.
Yes, thank you to all. I have already emailed 9 coaches for the AZ Classec, LOL.
Why have you emailed (not your son) and has he secured a spot for the event?
TPM posted:WestRanchDad posted:smokeminside posted:Westranch, listen to JCG. He knows what he's talking about. Actually everyone who's answered you on this thread knows a lot and are trying to help, as I know you understand. Go all in on AZ classic, even if you only manage to wrangle an invite to the Academic tryout. Also, I understand why HF is intriguing; there will be lots of d3 guys there, too. Check the high academic D3s that have 11/15 ED deadlines; if they're of interest then Jupiter could be really helpful too.
Yes, thank you to all. I have already emailed 9 coaches for the AZ Classec, LOL.
Why have you emailed (not your son) and has he secured a spot for the event?
He's heads down trying to study for the ACT next week.
It looks like you have to enter the AZ Classic team that you are with in order to secure a spot.
The academic game tryout is stand alone. A kid doesn't need to be part of a team to apply for the tryout. It's worth a shot.
smokeminside posted:The academic game tryout is stand alone. A kid doesn't need to be part of a team to apply for the tryout. It's worth a shot.
Never mind. A team responded with some availability.
Sorry, I was looking at the Jr. academic tryout. On that form it says you can enter undecided. I wonder if you could just write undecided and still apply for the senior tryout, too?
Good news, then, that you can hook your son up with a team! Do you mind sending me a pm about which team said they had space?
It looks like your son hit .357 last year in 30 plate appearances for a very strong team in a strong league (Maxpreps national ranking for the team last year: 206; considering that there are ~13,000 high schools with baseball teams, that's pretty good). Do you have any game footage from last year? That may be more useful to you . . .
2019Dad posted:It looks like your son hit .357 last year in 30 plate appearances for a very strong team in a strong league (Maxpreps national ranking for the team last year: 206; considering that there are ~13,000 high schools with baseball teams, that's pretty good). Do you have any game footage from last year? That may be more useful to you . . .
Yes, we do have just a couple. Those will get bundled in the emails.
Good to have those. On the first one I would get rid of the titles. Coaches know the game much better than us dads so they don't need to be told the type of pitch or result of the play. I'd also lose the fly out and the last ground ball.
One thing to be careful about. Remove any videos form the channel that you do not want seen. Most browsers will autoplay the next video in line. When looking at the two you posted above they both transitioned to older videos, where he is in the batting cage and looks much smaller than he is now.
Hello - if I provide a link to my son's video, would you be able to give me an idea where he might fit in (i.e. Jr. College, NAIA, D3, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, etc.). Try our best to focus on where he might fit in.
Thanks