Preparing for Showcase Tournaments

[Orange Socks]

What kind of information should be in a team flyer/brochure? Or do you have an example flyer by chance?

Use your google machine. Lots of templates there.

 

[Vertigo]

Any insight on what they’re looking for?

DD is on a first-year 16U team and they’ll be showcasing for the first time this summer. We’ve got three or four girls who are really loud, stand and yell the whole game types. The rest cheer specifically about a player at bat or for a good play, but also prefer to sit and talk about what is happening in the game among themselves while in the dugout.

Different strokes and all, but does one approach help or harm vs the other?


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While the game is going on all players should be up along the fence watching. They might not need to be cheering the whole time, but sitting during a game looks bad. The college coaches do not know what the girls are talking about while they are sitting and it probably comes across as they aren’t interested in what’s going on in the field and are lazy.

 

[Vertigo]

Also, please make sure your recruiting coach isn’t monopolizing all of the coaches’ time while talking about players. Just have them talk about the players who reached out or ask if the coaches are looking for a specific player, position, etc, talk about that player, and move on.

 

[Eric F]

What kind of information should be in a team flyer/brochure? Or do you have an example flyer by chance?

Here's the one for my DD"s team from PGF Nationals last year...


There are plenty of other examples on the internet.

 

[Intheboondocks]

Any insight on what they’re looking for?

DD is on a first-year 16U team and they’ll be showcasing for the first time this summer. We’ve got three or four girls who are really loud, stand and yell the whole game types. The rest cheer specifically about a player at bat or for a good play, but also prefer to sit and talk about what is happening in the game among themselves while in the dugout.

Different strokes and all, but does one approach help or harm vs the other?


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Effort in warm-ups and the game, how they acted after good/bad plays or calls(in the dugout too), engagement in the game. They wanted to make sure the girls loved the game, both have had talented players quit after a year because they didn't love it enough to put in the time and work at college. That's what they talked about anyway.

 

[letsmow10]

Great information in this post. At what age do you all believe it is most beneficial for girls to start reaching out to college coaches, and when do you think they should start to test the waters with showcase tournaments?

 

[Orange Socks]

Great information in this post. At what age do you all believe it is most beneficial for girls to start reaching out to college coaches, and when do you think they should start to test the waters with showcase tournaments?

8th,9th grade to start emailing coaches. You don't "test" the waters with showcases. You sign up and play. 16U/18U every tourney is an opportunity for a coach to watch players. Even Round Robin/Friendlies. If you are in a established program, they will have a history of playing in the same events every year. It's like clockwork.

 

[radness]

You If you are in a established program, they will have a history of playing in the same events every year.

✔This is the benefit of having a seasoned travel ball coach at the right time of your daughter's and teammates looking to get noticed for college.

It's like clockwork.

✔The schedule and players applying themselves to connections should run smoothly like clockwork! Critically important to get colleges to show up and watch.


It is not to say that any travel ball coach can't figure out how to come up with a good schedule and be able to help the players make connections but it certainly better to have an experienced travel ball coach who has already gone through the learning curve of do's and don'ts.

 

[PapaBear]

Other than practice and getting your team ready physically and mentally for showcase tournaments. What else should a coach have ready before going to these types of tournaments? Any suggestions will be helpful. Thanks

Email realistic schools the schedule - don't email Bama if you're JV in HS as a soph.
Carry their own equipment
Uniform is always tucked in
Leave boyfriends/girlfriends at home