In this short interview, my son, Ben, answers four questions about his mental attitude when he filmed his skills video—not once, but twice at two separate times during the recruiting process (spring, then summer)—and both times had to prepare himself physically and mentally to execute his skills to the best of his ability.
It’s so hard to let go and trust that your son will do just fine on his own. Well, he will. Here are the top 6 things parents must do during the baseball recruiting process that will help your son gain confidence and get college coaches looking in his direction.
Attitude: a critical component in the baseball recruiting process. It’s comprised of several parts that make up the whole, “the whole” being YOU, the baseball recruit.
In the baseball recruiting process, timing is everything! Unlike other sports, baseball happens in the spring, and what parents and players need to realize is that baseball players don’t have senior year to start the recruiting process. The most important recruiting year is…
If you’d like to expose your son to college baseball coaches who wouldn’t have had the opportunity to observe him otherwise, then absolutely, they are a must! In today’s baseball recruiting reality, you have to go where the coaches are. Between busy schedules and reduction in recruiting budgets, It is extremely difficult for coaches to come to you.