Showcase Baseball... too many teams???

I like that one

now that's a great quote, maybe a classic!

 

Great post One Putt. The market is working. Talent is diluted, but scouts have already figured it out and seem to know where to go to see the talent they are looking for.

 

Agree to a point. The parents should understand that everyone cannot be a D-1 player. Just as after college everyone is not going to the majors. I do think the "Daddy Teams" have their place. As Old Angels Coach stated there are many of the players that play for the elite teams now that came from such teams. The elite teams get some of thier best players from daddy. It is what you want out of it. I think that the invite only is one avenue that they may take. Yet, they may fall in to the trap of all good players but no new talent to see. I think that the scouts go to see the strong teams but maybe looking for that one or two players that fit what they want. I have never heard of any team going as a package deal. But it could happen.

 

I would also agree that teams coached by fathers can be a fit. Afterall, I've met a few Dad's that know a great deal about the game and can coach. There is a difference between Dad coached teams and Daddy ball. Most every team has a player(s) that can play the game. And some kids cannot afford the costs of the more established showcase programs. It's very expensive. Plus, who are we to say who can and can't play? Someone with more knowledge of the game than us (or at least most of us) will make that determination.

In addition, just in my area I see new teams starting and holding their own. Greensboro Batting Center has started the Prepstars teams and they have some talented players. The Angels out of Winston have always had good AAU programs and now they are moving in to showcase and have had some measure of success.

 

I agree with invite only to but I watch some of the showcase tournaments and see some kids that obviously are either paying the coach or filling a spot because they dont look like they will ever be playing in college.

 

Originally Posted by LClefty04
................Maybe if all the daddy teams take their 1 or 2 good players and form together as one, then that would be interesting. 20 players and 16 coaches, there would be a fight before every game trying to make a line-up card.................

There is a team and its called SCP.

 

I think some kids play just to sharpen their skills to be the best HS player they can be. Not everybody really believes they will play after high school. I sometimes wonder where that focus went. Whatever happened to being the best HS player you can be, pursuing team goals like championships, and having fun?

 

If a dad coaches a team and knows the game of baseball enough to know why the pitcher is throwing his stuff high or why he is missing away then thats fine. I have played against daddy coached teams, whether they have knowledge or not. I am not wanting showcase teams to become nothing but daddy ball especially if their dad doesn't know anything about the game of ball. There is a place for kids on elite teams and for some kids that won't ever happen. I am just wanting to make sure that kids aren't out there playing for dad or playing because their dad made this team especially for them. I just want every kid who has a passion for the game of ball to play but also in the same sense play for a team that can compete against elite teams.

I know playing for an elite team is expensive. I was with that type program my junior and senior year. It is good to have teams that make you pay less to play.

 

SCP?

 

About 18 months ago my son was playing for a U14 Angels team. He was pitching down around Charlotte and he was locating his fastball but his curve was hanging and consistantly high. The coach that handled the pitchers (who posts here as heels0710) calls time, jogs to the mound, speaks to my son for about 20 seconds and then trots off. I thought, man that was quick. Next two batters struck out on curve balls. I mean they were perfect. It was like he went to the mound and gave my son a vaccine or something. Whala. I later asked him and he just had him adjust his release point. He was on top but not throwing to the mitt. He was trying to help it.

My point is, he was a Dad coach along with the head coach. My son and I still remember his advice in that situation and others.