Perfect Recruits

If you read some of their "scouting reports" they are not written very scout like in my opinion. Also, they gave a kid I know a glowing report which was very embellished and simply not a true representation of his skill level. I suggest you look at some evaluations and judge for yourself. While it may sound appealing to have such a glowing report, recruiters know the truth and will not put much stock in the site. You are better off getting a berecruited site for $60 imo or create your own website. Good luck.

between BeRecruited.com and a little leg work my son did well for himself. He has four schools to choose from.

$60 vs. $2000

I 3rd berecruited $60 approach. We have gotten plenty of interest and Campus invites from it. Just make sure whatever video you post is to the point and doesn't have crazy graphics and music. It has a letter writing feature and "invite" function to colleges you are interested in. Bottom line..it's an avenue to draw initial interest but you still have to be seen on their campus or at events in the summer, just my two cents.

brushout, I sent you a private message.

Listened to there sales pitch. Not very convincing.
It would seem that they maintain a high success rate by cherry picking their recruits.

You are all right 2K is a lot for a video profile.

I guess some may find it a good deal, but I will pass.

Thanks

I definately reccomend a Berecruited Profile. I even used the free version of the site, and I was suprised how many coaches emailed me simply after seeing my hitting video. One of my final four schools discovered me solely based on my BeRecruited site.

I used Perfect Recruits www.perfectrecruits.com for my son in 2011 and it worked! I used them again in 2013 for my younger son and again it was very successful.  Dozen of offers came in for both of them. Several players on my son's travel team used them too and all committed to college. In fact the seniors that graduated with my younger son that were not with Perfect Recruit did not get a scholarship but all of the ones with Perfect Recruits did. Its a personal approach to college recruiting I highly recommend them to everyone.  They have a really good and innovative college exposure and showcase system in place. The president of the company was always accessible and available everytime I called even on weekends. They also helped a lot with finding additional monies other than what the baseball department and the admissions offered us.   

Hmmm.  First post?  Interesting.

 

Good grief!  SPAM - big time I believe.

Petey,

I know we are all baseball meatheads in here but sometimes I (and possibly others) appreciate the subtle pitch. 

Signed,

every one not born yesterday

Nothin' like ruining your chances altogether with an entry post to a site - huh? 

I actually bit the bait, and went to their site.  Looked at profiles for two pitchers.  Both pitchers had the same script written about them.  Interesting facts that sent up BIG red flags.  One profile did not give any physical stats:  NO Height, weight, etc,and neither profiles gave radar readings (these are pitchers they are promoting!!!).  On one profile, they gave a projection of 84MPH when he hits senior year, so is currently lower than 84 as Junior, but no idea what current FB is at.  So a site charging $2K for a profile that does not list size of the athlete, nor current radar readings, but IS giving projected future radar readings....  "Caveat Emptor"......

 

I just hate to see young athletes and their families give money to ANY of these "scouting" organizations.

 

But I think we'll see even more of it in the next few years. There's one advertising on the sports radio station in Dallas. So they're going big-time.

 

It's easy to understand why, I suppose. The business model is attractive:

 

- Build a website

- Find a coach or two to "endorse"

- Get email lists from select youth sports organizations

- Spam hundreds of thousands of young athletes

- Hook a few hundred

- Do useless writeups

- Leverage these to entice more athletes

- Retire young

I know nothing of this organization and their effectiveness.  Here is the mindset we went with and would recommend this to everyone else:

 

Just like you don't need a throwing lesson to teach your 5 year old to throw a baseball in the back yard; you don't need a professional to make a video or email coaches.  Turn off Sportscenter, Fox News and NCIS and sit down with your son and do it yourself. 

For a video we sent out, we called his summer coach who had D1 commit that was catcher and asked that kid to catch a bullpen.  Son threw, catcher caught, and I filmed.  When over, asked a buddy who was a computer guru and he showed me a 5 minute tutorial and I edited the film and son uploaded to youtube.

Sat down with son and he decided to email every D1, D2 and Juco in our state and the states touching our state.  So, I took the time and created an email list with each school, the HC name and email list.  Gave it to my son and he sent out personalized emails to each coach. 

We kept track of who responded and started communication.  If we knew a coach watched him at a tournament or league or showcase; he sent another personalized email thanking them for doing this.

 

Our cost?  $40 lunch for summer coach and his catcher. 

 

son has committed and will sign with a school that is paying 60%.

 

Just my opinion

I don't know if you need any of the above.  Go to showcases where the boys can be seen.

 

i wonder if Peter is the said President that personally called coaches.  What a joke!  Smells a whole lot like $2,000 for fertilizer...

 

OA511: And I'd bet if you asked 100 college coaches, 100 would say the way you did it is FAR likelier to yield results than any paid scouting organization.

2K....LOL.....That's 2 PG showcases plus several select camps to attend for my 2017

Is it a coincidence that they've used the first part of a reputable industry name for their "service?"

Dang! Should've added that to my list!!

 

"Fool the masses by selecting a name that sounds legit."

 

Along those lines, there's a new outfit, called The Scouting News ... that epitomizes this. They're playing off of Sporting News. Been POUNDING these boys to submit their bios, only to build their database -- then go after more...

 

Sad.

 Just went to http://www.perfectrecruits.com/

 

Clicked on Texas.

 

Error 404.

 

Maybe it's a federal government site.

Like the "Federal" Reserve? 

Exactly.

 

Hey, check this out. This is on perfectrecruiting's main start page:

 

Note the bad writing. But wow!  EVERY SINGLE ONE!!

 

Watch out, HSBBW ... they've cracked the code!

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS!
ALL 2011 PERFECT RECRUITS OBTAINED
U.S.A. COLLEGE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS!!!
Each and Every 2011 Perfect Recruit is GOING TO COLLEGE!!! 100%!!! ALL!!!

Perfect Recruits is  Honored to announce that the entire 2011 Perfect Recruits High School Graduating Class has obtained all each and every one a College Athletic Sports Scholarship! We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Corporate Sponsors whom are helping to make this possible.

Assisting 250,000 High School Student Athletes obtain the BEST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IN AMERICA! Thank you! What we are doing for our Children and our Country’s Future works and America will benefit as a direct result.

 

I'd be very careful with my wording if I were them.  No one is perfect.  Nothing is 100%.

The Atlanta franchisee, a non airplane doctor btw* guarantees you will be offered a scholy. 

*has MBA or PHD and insists on being called/referred to as doctor until there is a health emergency on a plane.