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I just wanted to give my friends here an update on the wristband signal systems since I got the original idea from here on OFC, and since to-date about 80% of my "customers" are from OFC.
In just over 6 months, I have done a little north of 40 systems. I have done systems for anywhere from 10-U to 18-U gold teams, and more recently for a bunch of high school teams and a couple of community college teams. Of the 40+ systems, about 25 have been for hitting/baserunning only (traditional 3B coaching signals), about 10 for hitting/baserunning and defense combined, 4 for pitching-calling/defense, and 2 strictly for pitch-calling. As I mentioned in a recent thread, I initially wasn't satisfied with the pitch-calling system and wouldn't have even used it for that myself, but I figured out a way to make it work and am very pleased with it now.
For those of you who bought early on, thank you, but I will say I have made a lot of improvements over the past 6 months. Each system is unique and customized to the signals an individual team uses. And when you buy a system, you actually get 3 different versions of the system, each coming in a different color. While the signs are virtually impossible to steal in these systems, I know the one community college team I did it for changes out cards between games of their doubleheaders just to be sure. I'm also grouping signs on the coaches' cards so they're a little easier to find. The average price of a system is coming out to a little over $100 which includes the systems, the wristbands themselves and shipping, which makes it very affordable for both travel and school teams. And I've been able to turn the systems around very quickly. Once a team places an order, if they put a check in the mail right away (I'll probably eventually go to credit cards), I can usually have the system in their hands within a week.
I do have a website (Sign Guide - About), and have recently done orders for teams in Georgia, California and Oregon. I still have a special rate for teams that find me here on OFC and don't make much money on these systems, but I am charging others a little more and the more systems I do, the better I can leverage some of my costs. In the meantime, I am enjoying the challenge of talking with coaches and seeing and hearing what they like, and am feeling good about providing them something that they and their teams are benefitting from ... and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback and endorsements to-date.
If anyone has any questions about these systems and/or is interested in more info on these, please feel free to e-mail me at jffbaker3@gmail.com or call me at (440)251-1584. And thanks again to all of you have ordered thus far and/or who have given me ideas to further improve the product!
Jeff Baker
In just over 6 months, I have done a little north of 40 systems. I have done systems for anywhere from 10-U to 18-U gold teams, and more recently for a bunch of high school teams and a couple of community college teams. Of the 40+ systems, about 25 have been for hitting/baserunning only (traditional 3B coaching signals), about 10 for hitting/baserunning and defense combined, 4 for pitching-calling/defense, and 2 strictly for pitch-calling. As I mentioned in a recent thread, I initially wasn't satisfied with the pitch-calling system and wouldn't have even used it for that myself, but I figured out a way to make it work and am very pleased with it now.
For those of you who bought early on, thank you, but I will say I have made a lot of improvements over the past 6 months. Each system is unique and customized to the signals an individual team uses. And when you buy a system, you actually get 3 different versions of the system, each coming in a different color. While the signs are virtually impossible to steal in these systems, I know the one community college team I did it for changes out cards between games of their doubleheaders just to be sure. I'm also grouping signs on the coaches' cards so they're a little easier to find. The average price of a system is coming out to a little over $100 which includes the systems, the wristbands themselves and shipping, which makes it very affordable for both travel and school teams. And I've been able to turn the systems around very quickly. Once a team places an order, if they put a check in the mail right away (I'll probably eventually go to credit cards), I can usually have the system in their hands within a week.
I do have a website (Sign Guide - About), and have recently done orders for teams in Georgia, California and Oregon. I still have a special rate for teams that find me here on OFC and don't make much money on these systems, but I am charging others a little more and the more systems I do, the better I can leverage some of my costs. In the meantime, I am enjoying the challenge of talking with coaches and seeing and hearing what they like, and am feeling good about providing them something that they and their teams are benefitting from ... and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback and endorsements to-date.
If anyone has any questions about these systems and/or is interested in more info on these, please feel free to e-mail me at jffbaker3@gmail.com or call me at (440)251-1584. And thanks again to all of you have ordered thus far and/or who have given me ideas to further improve the product!
Jeff Baker