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Cooper Coe sr Kountze solo (1) hr 4/13/17
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you are correct on above statement, but I guess what I'm trying to say is that on any travel team or cage that does lessons, you are either paying for tournaments to get exposure, or your paying for lessons to get better. But even then, after all of this, whomever you are playing for or learning from, needs to be on the phone for each individual trying to set up as many individual opportunities as possible for that players ability level, or instruct his players to make calls or emails to colleges he recommends using him as a reference. All teams are going to have possibly a D1, D2, NAIA, and JUCO players, and every tournament is not going to have all of these colleges in attendance, and I feel that if you are coaching or teaching, you are doing this to find all of your players a college based on their level of play, just my opinion.
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I'm sure they all play some type of travel ball and got some type of work from a professional, , that's not always the case to get scholarships though, I know kids that got scholarships in 2016 from an individual workout with colleges that have never seen them play in a game setting, the college coach was just informed of these players and allowed them to go to the college and practice with the college team or have a 1 on 1 workout with the college coach and was offered a baseball scholarship on the spot. I love coaching travel ball, but I do believe for most teams, there is such I wide range of ability and size on the team that the tournaments don't allow for all the players to get exposure for their level of ability based on what colleges are attending each tournament. I believe your coach or instructor needs to make as many contacts as possible to get his/her players multiple opportunities for colleges that their ability will allow them to play at, then once they have the opportunity to workout its up to the player to produce on the spot.
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Depends on what your calling travel ball & also what your calling professional lessons.
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I don't know very much about the perfect game stuff, but I do know recruiting. I know that if you have a kid in order to get him into college you need to look really hard as to the level he will be able to play at. With that, I mean, not actual talent, but the whole scheme that colleges look for. Size, strength, ability, work habits, upside in future, are they fully mature and done growing in high school where they stood out, but might get caught by others still growing and getting better in the future. I have been helping players get in front of college coaches for years because that's what I love to do. I do know 100% that college coaches do go to high school games to recruit, but usually because some coach, someone with credibility has informed them of this player to watch who isn't under the radar. The biggest thing I've noticed in my 25 years of helping kids is that if you want to play, you need to get in front of the college coaches individually, you need to forget the name of the school you prefer, and go play at the level you can. I've had many kids go to big expensive events as under classman and get all the hype of "We are interested in you" but then they don't grow anymore but still progress on the field and then they don't have that same opportunity as a senior now, so have the kids expose themselves like homework to as many colleges as possible at every level.. I tell my kids to email or call 10 college coaches (Head Coach or ASST only) every week and continue this, if you get any response it could start something positive. Every JUCO, D2, NAIA coach I know will let a kid come to their facility in the summer, fall, or spring and practice with them if that kid has a credible coach to represent him, also, D1 during open time. Also have your kid, get his class rank high, his SAT or ACT scores done early and retake if necessary, check the schools academic freshman scholarship grids, these are way more money than baseball. In the last 5 years, more colleges have baseball programs than ever and that has opened lots of doors for more players, but with that the scholarships for baseball have decreased, meaning that academic money is #1, then baseball money and FASFA. in the last year every college coach I sent kids to told them to get all this info turned into them asap and then they would figure baseball money, in many instances, academic was way more than baseball, and many schools only take 1 not both.
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UT-Permian Basin in Odessa (D2) will be in Beaumont 12/17 to workout some local players, If your interested in an opportunity to get seen and maybe a place to play next year, please contact me for details.
Thanks,
Jason Smith
979-824-8163
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Congrats to all the local players who have signed and are continuing to play at next level and get an education as well. To those who have not yet decided, if interested in an opportunity to tryout for UTPB (D2 in Odessa) please contact me. Coach Reinke will be here in Beaumont on Dec. 17th. 2017 seniors and any JUCO looking to transfer to 4 year.
Thanks,
Jason Smith
9798248163
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Is the job listed yet? What teaching field?
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I believe Kountze had a base hit bunt in this game. But great pitching though by the Hardin pitcher.
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3-0 Porter - final
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WHO CARES :huh:
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You can't be sure until his career is over. And SEC vs Southland doesn't matter either, sec might be tougher as a whole and as a team might win, but that still doesn't mean a kid can't play at a smaller D-- or juco and make it to the big leagues.
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I guess we have 1 thing to agree on, we both played atleast college ball! The internet thing, no I don't need it for baseball. What you hear or read, isn't always what you see. Seeing play on the field is the best way to grade talent.
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Were you your high school statistician?
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Are you talking about the schools now or the player? It has nothing to do with the team, really doesn't have anything to do with the school. It has to do with " what you do when your playing to attract value to the mlb scouts"
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Won't know if he is better until he is done. Sam Houston state/ ole miss no different there. Hasn't had chance to even prove himself at that level yet. Never said he was best from liberty because he hasn't finished his career. Might be 1 day, might not. Not what I'm even talking about. Was just stating he has good tools and will play atleast D-1, was saying home runs have nothing to do with talent.
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Not sure what athlete from liberty was better because until this kid is done, you won't know and I've seen this kid since he was 11, he is an athlete with good middle infielder power. 7 home runs or 0 home runs has nothing to do with the draft or anything to determine if you are good enough to play at the next level or pro. Obviously several D-1 colleges see value in him or they wouldn't have offered scholarships. There is way more to what colleges look at to determine scholarships and value than a home run.
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Some people are just CLUELESS!
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its way too many pitches in my mind.
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140 is a lot of pitches, especially if any of them were breaking balls, so no way, especially since he isn't a pitcher at next level!
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Well back in the day, we were on a 4 man rotation! If his arm is in great shape and I need a win to have a chance to get to playoffs, I'm going with my best!
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3 days rest should be enough, depending on how many pitches he threw Monday.
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