- Oct 29, 2019
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As my kid is moving up to 14U I'm told we need to start thinking about college.
As a part of this I've started to get sold on athletic testing camps.
We have done 3 of them. The camps basically line the girls up and time them on runs, do some skills drills, overhand throw MPH, Bat Speed... and a few other metrics.
I can now log into 3 different websites and look at my kids numbers. I find it interesting to compare and contrast my kids metrics vs the other kids, but will anyone else ever look at this?
The testing seems pretty basic. I could do it with a stopwatch some cones and a BlastMotion.
The different organizations that are running the tests and posting the data are selling their services as a way for college coaches to do a little research on a kid. Does this happen?
TLDNR - Am I wasting my money?
As a part of this I've started to get sold on athletic testing camps.
We have done 3 of them. The camps basically line the girls up and time them on runs, do some skills drills, overhand throw MPH, Bat Speed... and a few other metrics.
I can now log into 3 different websites and look at my kids numbers. I find it interesting to compare and contrast my kids metrics vs the other kids, but will anyone else ever look at this?
The testing seems pretty basic. I could do it with a stopwatch some cones and a BlastMotion.
The different organizations that are running the tests and posting the data are selling their services as a way for college coaches to do a little research on a kid. Does this happen?
TLDNR - Am I wasting my money?