@JaredSaling
Here's what I expect at a showcase event.
(we only had 1 2023 left to get recruited but still its work)
reasonable entry fee
Clean bathrooms
feilds w/ 200' fences
coolers allowed
communication
field crews
new good balls (No MUSH balls)
if there's a gate fee coaches should be free. (Berliner Exception)
Great competition top to bottom. (don't take teams for the money)
I love after you play your Showcase games seeding or blind draw into a single elimination bracket.
Don't put me on a Pod field up front 1 day where its easy for the coaches to watch mulitple players at a time then turn around and put 16s & 18s on the back diamonds on saturday. (this happened at Berliner) alot of 16s & 18s coaches not happy about that. College coaches even questioned why they have you playing clear back here? Sunday we was back up front but still saturday is an important day for alot of teams and recruiting. Make it easy for the college coaches.
As a coach you and your athletes should be working to get the coaches there. Even the girls that are already committed.
If coaches are watching step out and talk w them. They are taking time to watch so give them the respect & time to talk for a couple minutes.
2023s still have plenty of time to get recruited. A lot of these coaches & programs are in no rush right now. (Portal has not helped)
Its not show up and play in front of a bunch of coaches and someone will offer you anymore.
You have to work for it and build the relationships.
I'm sure I could come up with more.
This year I feel Stingrays & Sheer Madness nailed it. Both events smooth and quality events. Lasers was good but they need to get back to selecting teams based on resume instead of whoever mails in a check.
As for a few events up north in the summer i have stopped playing those events for a reason. Same as some of the other coaches.
I will always play the events in the fall at Berliner but until theres some serious changes made I will not enter a team up north in a certain companies events.
Those events have went way down hill and it seems like its a money grab. You can't possibly belive your "showcase schedule" is good when you have saturday games 6:30pm & 8pm / Sunday 5pm & 6:30pm.....
Take less teams or something. STOP making it about the MONEY!!!