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Originally posted by lebanonbb:
I have gotten invites from 2 different D1 colleges who are in pretty well known conferences. They are out of state colleges and are going to be at the Winter Camp 5 hours from my town. They both have invited me to the Camp, but it is on a Sunday afternoon during the school year(I believe it is). I just don't know if it is worth going to the camp. I read the Coach "Invited" winter camp thread in this forum also, but I am only a sophomore and don't know if I should ask the coaches about this situation. Any help guys?
Lets address your issues one at a time:
1) You are worried about a Sunday Afternoon camp...
For that one weekend, my recommendation is to rush home from school on Friday and get all your homework done by Saturday evening.
2) You are not sure it is worth it? A chance to get recruited by two D1 schools is not worth it to you? If your parents cannot afford it at this time, get a job ASAP so that YOU can afford it. All you need to save is the gas money and the cost to attend the camp. If you are a serious player, you'll find a way to come up with the money regardless of your parents' financial situation.
3) A message board such as this one cannot possibly know why those two coaches sent you a camp invite. If it were me or my son, I would get on the horn with them immediately and ask them why they sent you the invite. They might tell you they saw you play somewhere and are interested in recruiting you IF they can SEE you play at a camp. The thing is, none of us have any idea why the invites were sent. When you contact them, they may say something like they got your name off a summer tournament roster and all kids were sent an invite. In that case, you might want to be a bit more skeptical about their intentions. Either way, ASK each of them what your chances might be to get recruited and let them know if they should be on the lookout for YOU. Ask them what skills you need to show at the camp. For a sophmore pitcher, I am guessing they are going to want to see close to mid 80's so they can project higher than that down the road. For a position player, they are going to want to see a strong arm, good fielding instincts, good 60 time (about 7.0 or lower), and they'll want to see some line drive pop in your bat. If you can show plus power or speed at that age, you'll definitely turn their heads.
Make sure you let them know how enthusiastic you are for the opportunity to play college baseball. Finally, don't ever let excuses be the reason that you don't see your dreams come true. Dream the dream, stay positive, envision the outcome in your mind, and these things will all come true for you.
