Not sure if this is the first year for the Power Swing Baseball showcase (https://powerswingbaseball.com/). It's organized by Brian Shipley. Waste of money or worth attending?
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I've never heard of it but I wonder if this is one of the answers to the new recruiting rules.
Idk, sounds like a regular camp. Location is nice.
I agree, sounds like any other showcase.
Your son is a '24, right? So this is his recruiting summer. Hopefully he has contacted schools of interest, with his information. If a school shows interest, ask where your son can be seen by them. Most likely they will say "come to our camp". But you can ask about this and other showcases, if the schools he's interested in are on the list.
This showcase is mostly made up of D2s and D3s, and they actively recruit during 17U summer. My son went to a PBR showcase at the start of his 17U summer, a lot of schools were there, he got a bunch of D3 calls afterward, from schools he had not previously contacted. So certainly, just going to a showcase can generate interest if it has the right mix of schools.
The other thing to try to gauge is whether this one will be well-run. HSBBW has many stories of terrible showcases. We went to a pretty bad one once, they mixed up my son's 60-time with the guy running next to him who was much slower. I don't think it made any difference to his recruiting, but it was a big waste of time and money.
