Hi there,
I am a frequent reader, never poster, looking for some help. I have a daughter, who pitches well, and not from the "I'm her mom" perspective. Recently worked with Bev Smith, and was invited to camp for further evaluation, has been asked back to NC State after attending camp last summer, as well as UPenn and Delaware.
Thing is, she's a 2018, only in 8th grade. I have been doing a lot of reading and research but there are so many things out there that i just can't find answers to!
In the fall, we sent out her team schedule and letters to coaches when she played with her team or was guest playing with other teams, and of course, we would get the robo-responses, but after visiting some camps last summer, this fall and this winter, we think we need to start being a little more serious about what we are doing to help her out.
Okay - so all of that said, I know that she can email coaches, or call them (which doesn't seem appropriate at this point since she hasn't really 100% spoken to anyone one on one for anything more than an invite to camp). If she emails a coach, can they email back? Is it realistic to expect a response? In the case of Bev Smith, due to the time restraints and travel, school etc, it was not feesible to attend their winter camp, even though she out and out asked my daughter directly to come to either the winter or summer 2014 camp. Would it be appropriate for my daughter to write her an email, basically saying it was great meeting and working with her, we appreciate that she wanted my daughter to attend the camp, but we're sorry that it wasn't something that we were able accomodate this winter. Hopefully we can see her in the summer, we look forward to following a great SC Softball season blah blah blah. to keep the lines of communication open?
Also - when attending camps, regardless of if they are open camps (with multiple schools/coaches in attendance) or campus camps (only one school), should the girls be writing follow up emails expressing their appreciation, enjoyment, following up on any comments/suggestions etc that may have happend at the camp. Does anyone know how the coaches feel about that.... would they appreciate it or frown upon it?
And lastly, there has been an arguement in our house about what to wear to camps. We found an articel from Cathi Aradi and it says - "Parents (bless their hearts) can (and should) be able to pick their player out of a group of 100 others even from a block away. But college coaches will just see this blob of players, and they will likely notice those with the most bells and whistles, the brightest colors, or who are jumping up and down and doing cartwheels. Does that mean those players are the best? Not at all. But they may be the best at getting noticed." What does this mean to you?
Thanks for reading, i know it's a lot, just trying to figure out how to do this thing, and hopefully do it right!
I am a frequent reader, never poster, looking for some help. I have a daughter, who pitches well, and not from the "I'm her mom" perspective. Recently worked with Bev Smith, and was invited to camp for further evaluation, has been asked back to NC State after attending camp last summer, as well as UPenn and Delaware.
Thing is, she's a 2018, only in 8th grade. I have been doing a lot of reading and research but there are so many things out there that i just can't find answers to!
In the fall, we sent out her team schedule and letters to coaches when she played with her team or was guest playing with other teams, and of course, we would get the robo-responses, but after visiting some camps last summer, this fall and this winter, we think we need to start being a little more serious about what we are doing to help her out.
Okay - so all of that said, I know that she can email coaches, or call them (which doesn't seem appropriate at this point since she hasn't really 100% spoken to anyone one on one for anything more than an invite to camp). If she emails a coach, can they email back? Is it realistic to expect a response? In the case of Bev Smith, due to the time restraints and travel, school etc, it was not feesible to attend their winter camp, even though she out and out asked my daughter directly to come to either the winter or summer 2014 camp. Would it be appropriate for my daughter to write her an email, basically saying it was great meeting and working with her, we appreciate that she wanted my daughter to attend the camp, but we're sorry that it wasn't something that we were able accomodate this winter. Hopefully we can see her in the summer, we look forward to following a great SC Softball season blah blah blah. to keep the lines of communication open?
Also - when attending camps, regardless of if they are open camps (with multiple schools/coaches in attendance) or campus camps (only one school), should the girls be writing follow up emails expressing their appreciation, enjoyment, following up on any comments/suggestions etc that may have happend at the camp. Does anyone know how the coaches feel about that.... would they appreciate it or frown upon it?
And lastly, there has been an arguement in our house about what to wear to camps. We found an articel from Cathi Aradi and it says - "Parents (bless their hearts) can (and should) be able to pick their player out of a group of 100 others even from a block away. But college coaches will just see this blob of players, and they will likely notice those with the most bells and whistles, the brightest colors, or who are jumping up and down and doing cartwheels. Does that mean those players are the best? Not at all. But they may be the best at getting noticed." What does this mean to you?
Thanks for reading, i know it's a lot, just trying to figure out how to do this thing, and hopefully do it right!
). The one who gets the look is the go-getter that dives after any ball in reach, ropes the crap out of hits, and plays the teaming role like ya see on tv. I would polish this before ya go get that neon shirt.
