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Wow , You really should read and reread your first two sentences over and over. That is EXACTLY what I said 2 months ago...yet you and all the other dimwits disagreed with me.
Joe I agree to a point about not bunting and such at a showcase. I am on both sides, I coach travel as well as DIII softball. But when we go to a Team New Jersey, Pennsbury etc... your bigger showcases, if your not winning at these tournaments you don't get invited back...
Joe - I have to piggyback on something gtq33 said. We are fortunate to be invited to play in a couple pretty big events in the Fall. During my conversations with one TD he did tell me that the coaches that attend their events expect to see the teams play every inning to win. His comment was that too many so-called showcases are killing the competitiveness of the players. You can still play everyone if you want to, but do the things that show the coaches that the kids know how to compete. That is different than I have done in the past. I never sac bunted and I moved kids all over the place. I called the other TD and he told me the exact same thing. I guess in the local ones we will play the old way, but in the biggies we will play to be competitive.
When I asked, they did infer that teams that get crushed, or lose all their games probably won't be back.
Yes, I remember meeting you out in Seattle! There were only three of us there, you guys, us and Ron Poole's Ohio Ice team. You guys had a lot of experience at Nationals and Colorado, so you knew what the expectations were for marketing players. I am at the Lasers tournament this weekend and they have a booklet with roster information, which is good.
About half of the teams have team and individual profiles available and a couple that use a coach or parent to talk to college coaches. I think things are improving each year here, but we still have a long way to go.
Any other recommendations for tournament hosts? Some of the showcases here provide free drinks, snacks and/or meals for college coaches. I've seen preferred parking roped off for umpires. How about for college coaches?
Standard practice here is to have a single-sheet team profile with contact info for coaches, thumbnail profile for each player and the team's showcase/tournament schedule for the season. They also have an individual profile page for each player. Teams that put together booklets will find many in the trash with a couple pages ripped out because coaches don't want to carry a load of booklets around.
It is extremely important to have someone working the spectators to:
- Make sure every coach gets a team profile.
- Collect business cards from the coaches.
- Find out what the coach is looking for, suggest player(s) that match, offer player page and TAKE NOTES.
- Act as a liaison with dugout if coach wants to see a player bat, play a specific position or talk to team coach.
Teams should be prepared so a coach can exit the dugout to talk during a game.
What kind of info should be included on the thumbnail profile?
Is that all that's holding you back?See, I could never be a college coach because I can't read anything that tiny. ...
Is that all that's holding you back?
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It is tight putting so much info on for so many players. I think they could omit some of the info on the team profile (e.g. HS awards and prior tourney info) and just have it on the player page, but they've been extremely successful doing this. Ohio teams can use larger fonts since they have less players on their rosters.
Is that all that's holding you back?
. . .
It is tight putting so much info on for so many players. I think they could omit some of the info on the team profile (e.g. HS awards and prior tourney info) and just have it on the player page, but they've been extremely successful doing this. Ohio teams can use larger fonts since they have less players on their rosters.