Showcases or Camps?

Good question.  We are in a similiar situation and going to try and do Fall Showcase and then Summer Camps(College Specific where numerous other college's are attending), HF, Showball Academic and then some local Impact Sports camps.  Still doing HS baseball in the Spring of course.  Seems to be effective and allow us to target the schools that match his skills and academics.  Good Luck to you....sounds like you have some solid skills!     

There are other threads on this topic where you can get a lot of useful information if this doesn't grow.  In short, I would say both.  Doing PG or PBR is probably a must have at some point.  Your measurables are good, so not too early to get a profile.  PBR is much more cost effective than PG, and my son never did PG.

I'm a fan of camps, other parents/players not so much, so it will serve you to get both perspectives.

PBR in NY has some pretty good showcases.

Showcases first, so you can have verifiable measureables to send in emails to college coaches.  Then attend camps when colleges show genuine interest.

We did an inexpensive showcase through a nearby high school program when my 2018 was a freshman just to get an original set of measurables. When we shared those, we got enough interest to make it worth the investment to keep going. The rest of high school we sent him to two showcases a year, usually PBR — one at the beginning of the season, another at the end to track growth, and then did camps at schools that son was interested in. We never did do a Perfect Game showcase, but son played in the tournaments and they were a good experience.

You are off to a great start not just with the numbers but also thinking about the near future.  I couldn't tell by your post but I am going to assume this will be your first (or first few) showcases/camps attended.  Also not knowing your parents financial situation this may not be easily achieved.  For the first few camps/showcases I would recommend staying local, on the low budget end, "less" recognition types.  My reasoning is as follows. There can be a tremendous amount of pressure put on you to excel, knowing big college scouts will be there.  Realistically you will have a short period of time to show your skills in front of them.  Use the less known camps to get accustomed to the format, what will be required, how you measure up to others, proper way to act, etc.  If you mess up the first time learn from that experience.  It's better to happen with a smaller recognized camp instead of a major one.  After a couple of these you can move onto more important ones, and the uncertainty, anxiety, pressure, newness will all be in the past so you can relax a bit and do your thing.   Good luck.

I’ve been to three fairly lowkey PBR events over the past two years. My parents are able to afford a good amount of events. I was just wondering if people on here would say I’m ready to go to a more important showcase like a PG. I am also trying to schedule winter camps to go to if possible. 

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What kind of travel team are you on? A great travel schedule and some showcase events will get you on a RC radar then attend their camp! Being a OF they will want to see you multiple times against good competition! Great luck this coming year!

I’m on a good travel team. We play in the northeast while also going to the WWBA, Music City Classic, and multiple dimanond nation tournaments.

Now that you are a 2021, you have ample time to showcase, but you need to improve your bb metrics and the best way is to get stronger and faster. What is YOUR plan to get stronger and faster? Fall imo is the slowest part of the academic year, you should take advantage of this extra time to focus on your S&C. The gains will become obvious in just 2 months.  

Well I currently lift three times a week. I would like to get much stronger. I also do football but still hit five times a week as well. In terms of my strength etc. I’ll put my measurable below. 

5’9 158 lbs 

Squat: 315 lbs

Deadlift: 345 lbs

Bench: 190 lbs

Reverse lunge: 205 lbs

Chin-ups: 16 full 

Great metrics on WL. Are you working with a SC coach on developing strength and power on the all the other planes or relying on football? How is the 3x week conditioning being assessed esp with a rigorous sport as football? Who is actually doing your programming? What is the program in the late fall when FB season is over? 

I used to go to cressey but now I lift on my own. This is not connected to football. The lifting and hitting is fine because I play receiver and QB so there is not a lot of hitting. When football ends, I hit everyday and workout 4x a week. Currently, I’m also playing on a fall team that goes to three tournaments.