We went to the East Coast Fastpitch Inividual Showcase a few years ago. Girls sign up, placed on teams, about 15 schools sent a coach there. There were many coaches there. I remember about 10 teams. College coaches coached the teams and rotated around during scrimmages. DD got interest from some coaches there that turned into offers. We thought it was good. The one downside: they said attendees would be limited per position. My DD signed up as 2B, and ended up playing no 2B for both days, only SS, 3rd and CF. Three other girls played 2nd on her camp team. She was marketing herself as UT player, so it was ok for her but might not work out as well with someone else in that situation.
As we just talked about it right now, our comment was "it was good even though you didn't end up signing with a school that was there". We went back to the old emails to get the correct name of the Camp for this post, and low and behold, the school she signed with WAS there! We didn't remember this at all, so I would guess it might of helped her more than we thought!
I would say some of these camps might be legit, some may be smoke and mirrors. If the school your DD is interested in will be one of the ones attending the camp, then why not? You'll have the added benefit of getting in front of multiple coaches at once. If the school is listed as going to attend, have DD call them up and confirm.
As we just talked about it right now, our comment was "it was good even though you didn't end up signing with a school that was there". We went back to the old emails to get the correct name of the Camp for this post, and low and behold, the school she signed with WAS there! We didn't remember this at all, so I would guess it might of helped her more than we thought!
I would say some of these camps might be legit, some may be smoke and mirrors. If the school your DD is interested in will be one of the ones attending the camp, then why not? You'll have the added benefit of getting in front of multiple coaches at once. If the school is listed as going to attend, have DD call them up and confirm.