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Can I say something that some people need to hear?
COLLEGE COACHES WANT YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE, NOT WHO YOU PLAY FOR.
We have had many discussions on OFC lately by people thinking that if you're on EliteTeam A or Gold Team B, your path to college is guaranteed. The points that many of us miss: Colleges want a player with skills/grades/good attitude. The good tournament teams - Beverly Bandits, Lasers, Doom, Tidalwaves,whoever- want the same qualities. You don't get on these teams hoping that they will turn you into a blue chip recruit, if you're on the team you've got what it takes already.
Perform the steps that are necessary ; contact the college coaches, attend their camps, Queen of Diamonds, skills videos, campus visits,etc... and, if the coach wants you, they will contact you whether you're playingfor the Corona Angels or the Holmes County Rec League. Who you play for is irrelevant.
And while we're talking about "performing the steps", do not go to an Exposure Tournament hoping to be "discovered". Colleges are there to see people that are already on their radar; be it from letters, recommendations, or previous observations.
I've been involved in softball from the T-Ball days through my daughter playing in college, and I've seen so many people wanting to jump to this team or that team because their expectations were never being met. Oftentimes I felt like saying "Could it be that your daughter simply isn't at the skill level you think she's at?"
'Trying to be recruitable? Have what it takes, and do what it takes. :cap:
COLLEGE COACHES WANT YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE, NOT WHO YOU PLAY FOR.
We have had many discussions on OFC lately by people thinking that if you're on EliteTeam A or Gold Team B, your path to college is guaranteed. The points that many of us miss: Colleges want a player with skills/grades/good attitude. The good tournament teams - Beverly Bandits, Lasers, Doom, Tidalwaves,whoever- want the same qualities. You don't get on these teams hoping that they will turn you into a blue chip recruit, if you're on the team you've got what it takes already.
Perform the steps that are necessary ; contact the college coaches, attend their camps, Queen of Diamonds, skills videos, campus visits,etc... and, if the coach wants you, they will contact you whether you're playingfor the Corona Angels or the Holmes County Rec League. Who you play for is irrelevant.
And while we're talking about "performing the steps", do not go to an Exposure Tournament hoping to be "discovered". Colleges are there to see people that are already on their radar; be it from letters, recommendations, or previous observations.
I've been involved in softball from the T-Ball days through my daughter playing in college, and I've seen so many people wanting to jump to this team or that team because their expectations were never being met. Oftentimes I felt like saying "Could it be that your daughter simply isn't at the skill level you think she's at?"
'Trying to be recruitable? Have what it takes, and do what it takes. :cap: