Who else is going to Stanford Futures camp this week? Would love to meet some more parents on this site.
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We will be there.On Friday morning our flight leaves SAN at 0640 and arrives in SJC at 0800.We should be at Stanford by 0900.My son is real excited !
I'm sure we can meet. I'm usually wearing Arizona State Sun Devil or SF Giant gear
I'm sure we can meet. I'm usually wearing Arizona State Sun Devil or SF Giant gear
I'm a big black guy with mostly gray beard/hair. Can't miss me. Come on up and say hi.
Jr just finished first day of camp. Nice to be out of Texas heat. Day started with boys checking in and getting high-quality Stanford jerseys with name stitched on the back. Then Stanford coach addressed the 200 boys, helping them understand how difficult it is to make a college roster, much less a D1 roster or pro ball. He reminded boys and parents that they need to enjoy the ride.
Boys are then broken up into seperate teams, and some play right away and some go to instruction. In my sons case they all took BP for an hour and play one game against another team, with college coaches serving as team coach, and other coaches watching and helping. In our case a Notre Dame coach managed my son's team, and Kansas' head coach was in the other dugout. Boys play quickly as they start with 1-1 count, and they are required to hustle between innings. They play a little over 2 hours. Note: Most games are played at Sunken Diamond, and kids picture and hometown come up on screen when they bat.
After game they went to lunch, and then went to instruction. They run, hit, throw, and go to conditioning, getting instruction from colleEge coaches (and some Stanford players) the entire time. That last about 2.5 HOURS. It's over for the day for my son's group about 6 p.m., with 2 more days to go.
Boys are then broken up into seperate teams, and some play right away and some go to instruction. In my sons case they all took BP for an hour and play one game against another team, with college coaches serving as team coach, and other coaches watching and helping. In our case a Notre Dame coach managed my son's team, and Kansas' head coach was in the other dugout. Boys play quickly as they start with 1-1 count, and they are required to hustle between innings. They play a little over 2 hours. Note: Most games are played at Sunken Diamond, and kids picture and hometown come up on screen when they bat.
After game they went to lunch, and then went to instruction. They run, hit, throw, and go to conditioning, getting instruction from colleEge coaches (and some Stanford players) the entire time. That last about 2.5 HOURS. It's over for the day for my son's group about 6 p.m., with 2 more days to go.
Aleebaba, I curious to see what your final thoughts are. Stanford is definitely near the top of our son's list, but we also live in Texas & I wondered if the extra travel expenses are worth it for camp. Hope y'all are having a great experience!
CanyonsMom,
The Stanford All Star and Futures Camp provide good players with solid academics with exposure to coaches from top academic and baseball schools nationally.
As you can read, there are coaches from Notre Dame and Kansas there coaching along with coaches from Ivy's, other DI's with top academics and many D3's with top academics.
We are from California.
Our son ended up in Texas at Trinity U because the Head Coach attends every year and recruits heavily from players he identifies at these Camps.
The amount of exposure from the Stanford Camp to colleges and Universities around the Country can be second to none for good players with equally good academics.
The Stanford All Star and Futures Camp provide good players with solid academics with exposure to coaches from top academic and baseball schools nationally.
As you can read, there are coaches from Notre Dame and Kansas there coaching along with coaches from Ivy's, other DI's with top academics and many D3's with top academics.
We are from California.
Our son ended up in Texas at Trinity U because the Head Coach attends every year and recruits heavily from players he identifies at these Camps.
The amount of exposure from the Stanford Camp to colleges and Universities around the Country can be second to none for good players with equally good academics.
Thanks Infielddad, that's good to hear. Trinity is a good place to be, I hope your son is enjoying his experience. My niece wanted to play volleyball there (she got a better financial offer somewhere else, so had to take it.)
Thank for sharing your thoughts!
Thank for sharing your thoughts!
Just an FYI...infielddad's son finished at Trinity U. in 2004. He was then drafted and had an 'all star' minor league career before injuries cut things short. He is currently a D1 assistant coach.
Fantastic young man.
Fantastic young man.
Thanks for the insight Justbaseball, I'm learning that the timeline around here is really long! I will catch on and learn people. It's nice to know there is such great experience to draw upon.
quote:Originally posted by CanyonsMom:
Aleebaba, I curious to see what your final thoughts are. Stanford is definitely near the top of our son's list, but we also live in Texas & I wondered if the extra travel expenses are worth it for camp. Hope y'all are having a great experience!
So far, it is excellant. Can't tell you what I would do if extremely short on resources. First option is to get on top level select team as the coach will have connections and team will give your son the looks he needs to get noticed. I will report my thought after this is over.
My son is there as well. So far it has been a great experience. My son told me today that he is having fun, which is great. The kids get a lot of work in with a 3 hour practice plus a game each day. Better than any other camp we have been to. As previously stated there are coaches from across the country that attend. Right now Dartmouth and Georgetown teams are playing. If you have the resources you should try and go for sure.
When is the best year for a kid to attend? Before junior year or before senior year??? it does sound awesome
I don't think that it really matters. We chose the futures camp which is for rising juniors only because 1) most games are at sunken diamond but 2) my son is still growing and wouldn't really standout amongst older kids plus he was able to get the experience of something like this which has been great.
quote:Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
When is the best year for a kid to attend? Before junior year or before senior year??? it does sound awesome
My son wen to the All-Star camp as a rising Sr, (which was over the July 4th weekend). Programs followed up with him during the summer and fall of his Sr season after seeing him there or looking over the evaluations that are sent to the coaches.
He was seen by his college there and they followed up at the Arizona Fall Classic and Academic game.
My son had a great time at the 2014 Stanford Future Stars camp ! He was on Team Columbia and Coach Tischler of Columbia was the coach.There were a total of 17 players on his team including one of his high school teammates.Many of the boys on his team were from California.A couple were from Texas,one from Washington D.C.,one from Virginia,and I believe two from Washington State.One thing I did notice was that most of the players at this camp attend private high schools.
The camp was well run and really kept the boys busy ! All of the drills, practices,and games were beneficial for the participants.Really solid coaching and teaching at each of the stations. I think the coach who really stood out to me was Nate Trosky.He was running the infielder drills and was very impressive. He was teaching the boys the major league way of fielding and throwing.He was definitely coaching at the professional level.He had them doing drills that I had never seen before.It was fun to sit in the stands and watch Coach Trosky teach the boys .
There were quite a few college coaches at this camp.I'm not sure of the exact figure but I would guess about 40 or so. Not all of them were coaching teams or running drills.Some were in the stands watching the players and taking notes.In fact, all of the coaches were taking notes in some form or another.I watched all 3 of my son's games and parts of 7-8 other games.I saw different coaches in the stands each day.
The boys will be receiving a written evaluation in about a month or two.Coach Tischler encouraged the boys to keep working hard on the field and in the classroom.He told the players if they get an eval they don't agree with, then go out and prove that coach wrong.Just don't give up !
I got to meet Coach Stotz of Stanford. He was really cool,although he did give me the business about wearing an Arizona State baseball jersey and hat to his campIt's all good.I'm used to it.Everyone in the Pac 12 dislikes ASU.Hahahaha !
I did not hear one complaint from a player or parent about the camp. Everyone seemed to enjoy the experience.The Stanford Jerseys with the individual player's name,and the players picture and bio on the scoreboard were special touches that added to the total experience.My son wore his Stanford jersey to his summer school chemistry class this morning.He got lots of positive feedback from his classmates
My only complaint had nothing to do with the camp or Stanford.My son has a ritual of eating breakfast or carne asada burritos before big games,tournaments,or in this case a showcase camp. I could not find a taco shop that was open early in Palo Alto or Mountain View.I drove every direction looking for one to no avail.Had to settle on Jack in the Box
Here in San Diego, you cannot drive more than a few blocks without running into a Taco shop.They are all open by 0700 and quite a few are open 24 hours.
I highly recommend this camp. The facilities at Stanford are first class.The coaches that work the camp are great. The players and parents that I met were all good people. I did not see any bad behavior or attitudes while we were there. I think that's a great reflection on Stanford.They know the type of players and parents they want at their camps. Also,The Bay area is a cool place to visit.
I liked this camp/showcase better than the Perfect Game Sunshine West.Although,to be fair, they are not really comparable.The Sunshine West showcase was good for my son since he had a positive review in the scout blogs.That was cool.However, we know other kids who participated in that event and did not get written up.They don't feel like they got any benefit from that showcase.However,I believe EVERY player benefited by participating in the Stanford 2014 Future Stars Camp.
They were selling Stanford hats and T shirts at the camp. A lot of dads bought themselves Stanford hats. I actually went to the table and looked at the lids.I was tempted to buy one..... In the end I just couldn't do it.
Once a Sun Devil, Always a Sun Devil !
The camp was well run and really kept the boys busy ! All of the drills, practices,and games were beneficial for the participants.Really solid coaching and teaching at each of the stations. I think the coach who really stood out to me was Nate Trosky.He was running the infielder drills and was very impressive. He was teaching the boys the major league way of fielding and throwing.He was definitely coaching at the professional level.He had them doing drills that I had never seen before.It was fun to sit in the stands and watch Coach Trosky teach the boys .
There were quite a few college coaches at this camp.I'm not sure of the exact figure but I would guess about 40 or so. Not all of them were coaching teams or running drills.Some were in the stands watching the players and taking notes.In fact, all of the coaches were taking notes in some form or another.I watched all 3 of my son's games and parts of 7-8 other games.I saw different coaches in the stands each day.
The boys will be receiving a written evaluation in about a month or two.Coach Tischler encouraged the boys to keep working hard on the field and in the classroom.He told the players if they get an eval they don't agree with, then go out and prove that coach wrong.Just don't give up !
I got to meet Coach Stotz of Stanford. He was really cool,although he did give me the business about wearing an Arizona State baseball jersey and hat to his camp
It's all good.I'm used to it.Everyone in the Pac 12 dislikes ASU.Hahahaha !I did not hear one complaint from a player or parent about the camp. Everyone seemed to enjoy the experience.The Stanford Jerseys with the individual player's name,and the players picture and bio on the scoreboard were special touches that added to the total experience.My son wore his Stanford jersey to his summer school chemistry class this morning.He got lots of positive feedback from his classmates
My only complaint had nothing to do with the camp or Stanford.My son has a ritual of eating breakfast or carne asada burritos before big games,tournaments,or in this case a showcase camp. I could not find a taco shop that was open early in Palo Alto or Mountain View.I drove every direction looking for one to no avail.Had to settle on Jack in the Box
Here in San Diego, you cannot drive more than a few blocks without running into a Taco shop.They are all open by 0700 and quite a few are open 24 hours.I highly recommend this camp. The facilities at Stanford are first class.The coaches that work the camp are great. The players and parents that I met were all good people. I did not see any bad behavior or attitudes while we were there. I think that's a great reflection on Stanford.They know the type of players and parents they want at their camps. Also,The Bay area is a cool place to visit.
I liked this camp/showcase better than the Perfect Game Sunshine West.Although,to be fair, they are not really comparable.The Sunshine West showcase was good for my son since he had a positive review in the scout blogs.That was cool.However, we know other kids who participated in that event and did not get written up.They don't feel like they got any benefit from that showcase.However,I believe EVERY player benefited by participating in the Stanford 2014 Future Stars Camp.
They were selling Stanford hats and T shirts at the camp. A lot of dads bought themselves Stanford hats. I actually went to the table and looked at the lids.I was tempted to buy one..... In the end I just couldn't do it.
Once a Sun Devil, Always a Sun Devil !
Bobby,
Our kids where on the same team. As I stated above my son had a great time. I think that Coach Tishler did a great job of giving out pretty equal playing time and getting everyone chances. My son got the chance to pitch at the Sunken Diamond on the last day of camp and loved it. That was a dream of his. He also got to pitch twice in games mainly because in his 1st game he only threw around 15 pitches in two innings. He had a 3 pitch inning. Every kid a saw was a solid player, some more than others but my son loves playing with kids that can play defense.
Our kids where on the same team. As I stated above my son had a great time. I think that Coach Tishler did a great job of giving out pretty equal playing time and getting everyone chances. My son got the chance to pitch at the Sunken Diamond on the last day of camp and loved it. That was a dream of his. He also got to pitch twice in games mainly because in his 1st game he only threw around 15 pitches in two innings. He had a 3 pitch inning. Every kid a saw was a solid player, some more than others but my son loves playing with kids that can play defense.
Dave,
That's cool ! I'm sure he will remember pitching at Sunken Diamond for the rest of his life Too bad we did not meet... I believe your son is Henry.He was a catcher too. Right ? My son is Ariel Kenney.He played 3B and 2B. His high school teammate Travis Wilkie is a catcher and also played on Team Columbia.
Coach Tischler did great job of getting the boys ample playing time at their desired positions.That's not an easy task, but it appeared to me that everyone was happy.
A really wonderful experience for all the boys !
Ariel wore his Stanford jersey to summer school today,and is going to wear it tonight at baseball practice.Probably will sleep in it. LOL !
That's cool ! I'm sure he will remember pitching at Sunken Diamond for the rest of his life
Too bad we did not meet... I believe your son is Henry.He was a catcher too. Right ? My son is Ariel Kenney.He played 3B and 2B. His high school teammate Travis Wilkie is a catcher and also played on Team Columbia.Coach Tischler did great job of getting the boys ample playing time at their desired positions.That's not an easy task, but it appeared to me that everyone was happy.
A really wonderful experience for all the boys !
Ariel wore his Stanford jersey to summer school today,and is going to wear it tonight at baseball practice.Probably will sleep in it. LOL !
quote:Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
When is the best year for a kid to attend? Before junior year or before senior year??? it does sound awesome
If you want the experience then junior year is probably better because you get to play most games at Sunken Diamond. Still not sure how helpful for recruiting as position player, (and may not ever know).
If just in it to be seen/recruited you should probably wait until senior year.