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 Posted - 09/13/2012 : 22:16:27
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| Does anyone know or have any experience with NCSA Athletic Recruiting Organization? |
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lottapop
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Posted - 09/14/2012 : 08:20:17
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Yep....very expensive!
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zbake
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Posted - 09/14/2012 : 09:01:36
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| There are better alternatives without the high price and actual results, along with a professional manner. |
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Posted - 09/15/2012 : 08:20:41
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Originally posted by zbake
There are better alternatives without the high price and actual results, along with a professional manner.
Could you explain more? My son is a freshman this year and we want to get started working toward the next level. We are new to the process of being looked at by colleges and getting college coaches interested in my son. |
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DBL PLAY
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Posted - 09/15/2012 : 18:52:53
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| If you insist on spending money then pick six or eight schools that you think your son has a real chance to sign with and send them to that schools prospect camp. All of those recruiting outlets sound good and promise the moon but in reality they come up short on delivering anything worthwhile. |
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zbake
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Posted - 09/17/2012 : 08:25:57
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| The very first step is picking the schools. Set aside baseball for a moment. Its the school(s) first. God forbid if an injury occurs and your son can't play anymore, the question is, would your son want to be at that school if he cannot play baseball anymore. If the answer is yes, then you put that school in the possibility side. If the answer is no then eliminate that school. |
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Dr. Old School
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Posted - 09/18/2012 : 10:13:10
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circle change,
I did some research on them a little while back and found a couple things that made me question the value of the service.
1) I found many people that had used their service that said their contact and ultimate signing with a school had no relation with this service.
2) Several college coaches had mentioned that they get so many updates from companies like this they quit paying attention. Kind of like junk mail. They preferred to recruit from their Prospects camps (as was recommended above) or by Showcase Tournaments like the WWBA ones.
The advice to go to the prospects camps is probably the best advice. Keep in mind, until Sept of his Junior year, schools cannot call him, or even e-mail him anything except general camp information that is available to any other prospect.
But if he is on campus at one of the Prospects camps or for a tour, they can talk to him all they want. That is how these early recruits get talked to.
You can do the same work that these services do:
*Write college coaches telling them of your interest.
*Attend Prospect camps on-campus or as part of another showcase (many schools will partner up and have combined prospect camps. Any of these schools can talk to him while at the combined camp).
*Send an e-mail to the head coach and recruiting coordinator before attending the camp, letting them know you will be attending and have a strong interest in playing for their program.
*Work really hard to keep your grades to the level that makes you very appealing as not only a baseball scholarship project, but also available for academic money. This gives the baseball program more flexibility to work with.
When picking out the schools to attend camps, start out by making the list of schools from the most desirable down to the "well I would go there if that is the only option." This list needs to be a range of D1, D2, D3, Juco, etc. Not just say "Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and USC. If that is your list, and you are not a super athlete that will be drafted in at least the middle to upper rounds, you may end up disappointed and frustrated. It is easier to eliminate schools off a list than it is to add them during your Junior or Senior year. If you are a player who says "I only want to go to SEC schools and if I don't get a baseball offer, I will just go as a student." then that is fine, just know that you have limited yourself out of the gate before ever exploring all the options out there. There is a lot of "you don't know what you don't know" so get out there and experience it.
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Posted - 09/18/2012 : 13:01:44
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Originally posted by Dr. Old School
circle change,
I did some research on them a little while back and found a couple things that made me question the value of the service.
1) I found many people that had used their service that said their contact and ultimate signing with a school had no relation with this service.
2) Several college coaches had mentioned that they get so many updates from companies like this they quit paying attention. Kind of like junk mail. They preferred to recruit from their Prospects camps (as was recommended above) or by Showcase Tournaments like the WWBA ones.
The advice to go to the prospects camps is probably the best advice. Keep in mind, until Sept of his Junior year, schools cannot call him, or even e-mail him anything except general camp information that is available to any other prospect.
But if he is on campus at one of the Prospects camps or for a tour, they can talk to him all they want. That is how these early recruits get talked to.
You can do the same work that these services do:
*Write college coaches telling them of your interest.
*Attend Prospect camps on-campus or as part of another showcase (many schools will partner up and have combined prospect camps. Any of these schools can talk to him while at the combined camp).
*Send an e-mail to the head coach and recruiting coordinator before attending the camp, letting them know you will be attending and have a strong interest in playing for their program.
*Work really hard to keep your grades to the level that makes you very appealing as not only a baseball scholarship project, but also available for academic money. This gives the baseball program more flexibility to work with.
When picking out the schools to attend camps, start out by making the list of schools from the most desirable down to the "well I would go there if that is the only option." This list needs to be a range of D1, D2, D3, Juco, etc. Not just say "Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and USC. If that is your list, and you are not a super athlete that will be drafted in at least the middle to upper rounds, you may end up disappointed and frustrated. It is easier to eliminate schools off a list than it is to add them during your Junior or Senior year. If you are a player who says "I only want to go to SEC schools and if I don't get a baseball offer, I will just go as a student." then that is fine, just know that you have limited yourself out of the gate before ever exploring all the options out there. There is a lot of "you don't know what you don't know" so get out there and experience it.
Thank-you and everyone else that has an input to my question. It seems like it is best to do it on your own and experience the mistakes that one may make down the road. Could someone that has experience in these prospect camps be able to tell me which ones are worth going to?
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