Archives for: December 2013

89% – The magic number. It’s the minimum grade point average that allows you or the college coach to go after academic-educational grant money for college. Emphasis on academic, because there are two different kinds of scholarships—academic and athletic.

You’re probably thinking, “I’ve written my first email to the coach. What else is there to talk about?” PLENTY! How to keep in touch with college baseball coaches to stay on their radar is one of the most important tasks you, as a baseball recruit, must maintain to keep the coach interested!

How do you say “Hi Coach! I really want to play baseball at your school!” without sounding over-the-top sappy, but still enthusiastic? Easy. Here are 6 MUST-KNOW tips when writing to a college baseball coach.

As much as one needs a resume when applying for a job, you will need a baseball skills video to show a college coach “what you got!” At the beginning stages of the baseball recruiting process with my son, the first question coaches asked was, “Do you have any film?”

Have you ever asked yourself, “What sets me apart from other high school baseball players?” Is it my athleticism or ball playing skills? How about my stats or my grades? Is it my personality? My gamesmanship? Or is it my attitude? Actually, it’s all those things, and then some!

At the end of my son Ben’s sophomore year in high school, he came to my husband and me and stated, “I want to play baseball in college.” As soon as he said it, I asked myself, “Could my son be good enough to play college baseball?”