There are a few camps I will probably go to this late summer/early fall, and I was wondering how likely it is to receive an offer after just attending one of these colleges camps?
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Having recruited at many camps in the past (including our own), the best thing I can compare it to is this: If you're working in a sales position and hoping to move up to management and have 1 outstanding month, it doesn't necessarily mean you will get promoted. However, if your resume shows consistent success and a few outstanding performances your chances will increase greatly. Now with baseball, having a good camp will get you seen by the coaches at those schools (make sure you go to camps at schools you are interested in applying to/attending), but if you don't have a resume to back it up the likelihood of receiving an offer strictly based on camp performance is minimal. On the other hand having a good camp without much history could put you on a programs recruiting list in the low 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tier of their recruits which is higher than you were before the camp. The tier 1 players are the ones that programs are trying to sign early with the National Letter of Intent (NLI) but a program will only end up signing so many players from that tier. Afterwards the will refer the their 2nd and 3rd tier recruits which you may have become after a good camp, because the tier 1 players that they didn't sign were likely signed by another school.
The short answer is: Attend the camps of the schools you are interested in, and be willing to be personable with the coach. College coaches are real people and enjoy good baseball conversation at the appropriate times. During a break, find the assistant coach or head coach, and ask him some questions and let him know of your interest. If they like what they see you will make their list somewhere. That conversation you had could bump you up a spot or two.
GOOD LUCK!!!
The short answer is: Attend the camps of the schools you are interested in, and be willing to be personable with the coach. College coaches are real people and enjoy good baseball conversation at the appropriate times. During a break, find the assistant coach or head coach, and ask him some questions and let him know of your interest. If they like what they see you will make their list somewhere. That conversation you had could bump you up a spot or two.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Gametime24, I agree with TSFan that attending a college camp at a college you want to target could help you at that one particular college but at the same time understand that TALENT and ACADEMICS are the things that get you into college and on the college baseball team --- NOT whether or not you attend a college baseball camp. Anyone that pays the fee can attend a college camp so these attendees are not pre-qualified as college prospects. A college coach can have a very successful baseball camp and have zero college prospects in attendance. A college camp is simply a method college coaches used to generate money for the baseball team yet effective marketing sometimes camouflages this as a very important recruiting platform for his college team to draw in the campers. We all know college coaches recruit talent wherever – however --- they can find it, so IF talent happens to show up at their camp then yes, that talent will be recruited!
Gametime24, Every time you step onto a baseball field you are showcasing your skills so in order to let as many coaches see you as possible wouldn’t you want to make sure you are seen by as many coaches as possible? I am not against college camps but college camps are not an effective way to spend your money to get maximum exposure. Showcases and summer teams are where you will find college coaches recruiting players because this is where the college prospects are concentrated. That is where you want to be.
Go to a college camp to look at the facilities, experience the campus, and meet some of the players and the coach, showcase your skills have a good time and maybe learn something about the game of baseball. Best of luck on your recruiting path and enjoy your college camps. While there are few offers made at or from college camps they can be an enjoyable experience.
Fungo
PS: One of the key differences in a showcase and a camp. The showcase promoter wants to tell every college coach about the talented player that came to his showcase --- A college coach wants to conceal the talented player he sees.
Gametime24, Every time you step onto a baseball field you are showcasing your skills so in order to let as many coaches see you as possible wouldn’t you want to make sure you are seen by as many coaches as possible? I am not against college camps but college camps are not an effective way to spend your money to get maximum exposure. Showcases and summer teams are where you will find college coaches recruiting players because this is where the college prospects are concentrated. That is where you want to be.
Go to a college camp to look at the facilities, experience the campus, and meet some of the players and the coach, showcase your skills have a good time and maybe learn something about the game of baseball. Best of luck on your recruiting path and enjoy your college camps. While there are few offers made at or from college camps they can be an enjoyable experience.
Fungo
PS: One of the key differences in a showcase and a camp. The showcase promoter wants to tell every college coach about the talented player that came to his showcase --- A college coach wants to conceal the talented player he sees.