talking to a college scout

probably several different opinions.

i wouldnt approach.

if and when they want to talk to you they will approach you.

you will know soon enough if they liked what they saw.

From our limited exposure, I would be sure to do the email. THe few coaches we have talked to said they don't even look at those questionairres.

If the coaches are coming to the games to watch his son I don't see anything wrong with introducing himself as long as he keeps it to "nice ta meetcha" unless they want to ask questions. I sat next to a coach during some games over spring break and compared the readings on my JUGS to his Stalker. Although I said a few nice things about one or two of the other kids I didn't mention my son until he asked me whose dad I was and then I didn't say much more than his name. He was there to look at senior pitchers so there wasn't much point in talking to him about a junior who wasn't in the game.

Rather than approach the coaches at the game, I would have the son email the coaches afterwards. He can thank them for coming to his game, mention his upcoming summer schedule, etc. This will give the coaches an opportunity to email back if they are interested.

My son did this with a couple of coaches who saw him play and they emailed him back. Their comments were valuable in helping us assess their interest in him.

It's not permissable for the coaches to speak to your player if they hve no established prior relationship, though the "high how are ya" is a permissable "bump".

I wouldn't approach them. As stated they will approach player and parents when the time is right.

Email is fine if you know that they came to see that player, but let him do it.

I don't know that an "established prior relationship" makes a difference if he's still a junior. A tip of the cap is usually all you'll get when you're off their campus.

Agree with Infield08, go the e-mail route. No limits at all there.

But all communications should come from the player unless the parent is specifically brought into the loop by the coaches, e.g., in working out the logistics for a "junior day" trip.

They are working and must abide by the NCAA rules. Do you like to be bothered when you work? I like the email approach from your son, after a friendly hello. They are wary of the "helicopter parent." If you want to talk, send your player to a college camp, or go on a Junior Day visit. Although they really want to talk to your son, not you.

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Originally posted by CADad:
If the coaches are coming to the games to watch his son I don't see anything wrong with introducing himself as long as he keeps it to "nice ta meetcha" unless they want to ask questions. I sat next to a coach during some games over spring break and compared the readings on my JUGS to his Stalker. Although I said a few nice things about one or two of the other kids I didn't mention my son until he asked me whose dad I was and then I didn't say much more than his name. He was there to look at senior pitchers so there wasn't much point in talking to him about a junior who wasn't in the game.

How did that go, having college coaches or pro scouts watching kids and a parent bringing out their radar gun? I would think that would be a major turn off....

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Originally posted by TPM:
It's not permissable for the coaches to speak to your player if they hve no established prior relationship, though the "high how are ya" is a permissable "bump".

I wouldn't approach them. As stated they will approach player and parents when the time is right.

Email is fine if you know that they came to see that player, but let him do it.

Amen. The "bump" doesn't count as an off campus contact. Anything more than a "Hey!" counts toward contacts, which the coach might need later.

Have the player follow up via email or phone. Anything more until the summer is overkill.

Not at all. Our team brought a gun and another team brought a gun. Since I had my gun there I used it instead of the team's gun so I wouldn't be at risk of losing the team's gun if I walked away from it for a moment. Obviously he didn't care what readings I was getting other than the exercise of seeing how the guns compared. They were surprisingly consistent with the JUGS reading 1 mph faster on almost every pitch. There were some big differences when 2 JUGS guns were side by side. I'm guessing there was some sort of interference in that case. Also he wasn't gunning most of the pitchers as he didn't seem to be interested in the high 70s kids throwing good breaking balls. Unless they looked like they were up in the 80s he didn't bother. I think he also was primarily interested in seniors and at getting a better look at one of our players who had already signed with them. I probably wouldn't have talked to him at all but the pitcher who had already signed with them's dad and I were sitting together and he was talking with him so I got pulled into the conversation at times.

There was a pro scout there who had a gun but I don't think he was looking at pitchers much. I didn't talk to him about any of the kids who were playing.