Traveling for Fall Showcases

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As the sport has expanded over the years the Showcase options have certainly changed as well. This is even more apparent at the socalled "Elite" level. Because of the weather, Florida is fortunate to have a couple pretty good ones. My question to this board is simple. If your team traveled in the fall would your team rather play in a strictly invitational event with tough competition played with a smaller field of teams on one site, or an event that accepted a large field of teams and play on multiple sites? Costs and ammentities would be the same.

 

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Always hearing coaches don't get to the outer venues in larger ones, I'd say smaller. If you're going that far you want the kids seen.

 

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I would have to say that an invitational would give the best of competition to showcase talent against equal level athletes and provide better exposure to prospective colleges.

 

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With college head softball coaching, travel team, tournament directing and recruiting experience myself, I would have to say no matter how big or small the venue or tournament it is you have to market the individuals and individual teams heavily to the college coaches. Its not the tournament that draws the coaches. Its the individuals that are marketing themselves that they are coming to see.


Yours in Collegiate Success,Angela LongCollege Recruiting ManagerStudent-Athlete ShowcaseEmail: along@student-athleteshowcase.comstudent-athleteshowcase.com

 

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"Stingrays Southern Invitational" Has a nice ring to it, Mark! Tell you what - pay my airfare down and I'll sign up as official "atmosphere and concessions judge"!

P.S. - It's supposed to hit 90 on the mercury here today, so I vote for having your shindig in January - just thinking of the kids of course!

 

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Sammy - you just never know. Can we people watch too?

It won't get to 90 here - but it will shortly!! Sept, Nov, Jan - pretty nice weather those months......

"Stingrays Southern Invitational" Has a nice ring to it, Mark! Tell you what - pay my airfare down and I'll sign up as official "atmosphere and concessions judge"!

P.S. - It's supposed to hit 90 on the mercury here today, so I vote for having your shindig in January - just thinking of the kids of course!

 

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I know this is your business - but simply saying this does not make it so. Personal contact with the college coaches certainly is the main stay in the recruiting process. Coaches do not go to showcases to "discover" players for the most part. That said, the larger invitational events bring coaches in because they know that they will get the biggest bang for their recruiting budget buck.

BTW - it would serve you better if you didn't troll other peoples threads to get your business promoted. Please stick to your 3-5 threads a day that you post or TTT

With college head softball coaching, travel team, tournament directing and recruiting experience myself, I would have to say no matter how big or small the venue or tournament it is you have to market the individuals and individual teams heavily to the college coaches. Its not the tournament that draws the coaches. Its the individuals that are marketing themselves that they are coming to see.


Yours in Collegiate Success,Angela LongCollege Recruiting ManagerStudent-Athlete ShowcaseEmail: along@student-athleteshowcase.comstudent-athleteshowcase.com

 

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Quality invitational showcase tournaments gain respect by carefully choosing a top notch field of talented teams. Of course there are going to be a slew of college coaches at a tournament like this. The coaches have the advantage of seeing multiple recruiting prospects, all of which they have had contact with. They are not just casting a net hoping to see an undiscovered talent. The coaches know what travel teams typically produce their recruits, and often have contact with the team coaches. Bottom line - if the tournament is showcasing top notch talent, you better believe that college coaches will be there. The Stingrays Invitational in Columbus has built a stellar reputation using this philosophy.

 

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LMAO Mark!!!!!!!!

Im a good Raker, Runner, Cart driver whatever you need... I have to burn some of my 30 days of vacation somewhere.....