Should my son and I attend this? I've been relying on this (HSBBW) website to this point for all of this info but this looks legit and may be a good investment.
http://www.futureprospectbaseball.com/#!agenda/csch
Thanks for the opinions!
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I think it depends on what you are looking to get out of it.
They are looking for 11-15 year olds, so I'm not really sure how much value to put into any "evaluation" they are doing. What difference does it matter what 60 time an 11 year old runs?
The break out sessions might have good information, but you can probably find the same stuff here for free. There's always value in receiving hands on instruction from "experts". You just need to assign a value of some sort to it.
Basically you have to decide if the cost is worth it for what it's offering. It looks legit, but $200 is not chump change either.
Im with Rob T. It depends what you are looking to get out of it. Most of the information they are presenting you can get from this website or through others online. Since they are targeting 11-15 YOs there most likely is going to be no one there "looking at" kids.
If they do the 5 tool evaluation right it would be like going through a showcase evaluation which may have some benefit for your son as he continues on. Nothing short term but when it comes time for a "real" showcase he will have gone through one.
If they provide you with the results of the "5 tool evaluation" it would give you an idea of where your son stands, but as they are not HS age yet (at least most of them) it won't really have much merit.
When my kid was 12 or 13 I might have gone to something like this. Now that we are in the middle of the process (he is a sophomore in HS) I look back and realize that these type of things are more for making money then exposing kids to college coaches.
Thanks guys for the replies, and since he's at the high end of that age scale (2017) for this event and has already attended a PBR showcase event this is probably all stuff he has already experienced or I've conveyed to him from this site.
