Capital Baller Recruiting Showcase - how was it?

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

Are you sure? I have not seen dads linger at my DD’s practice but I don’t know for sure as I just drop her off. I am a bit surprised by this post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

Are you sure? I have not seen dads linger at my DD’s practice but I don’t know for sure as I just drop her off. I am a bit surprised by this post.

PP is referring to two 24 blue dads. BTW both nice guys, Lovely daughters committed to great programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

Are you sure? I have not seen dads linger at my DD’s practice but I don’t know for sure as I just drop her off. I am a bit surprised by this post.

PP is referring to two 24 blue dads. BTW both nice guys, Lovely daughters committed to great programs.

Couldn’t be that bad if their kids got recruited. Seems like a change is needed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

Are you sure? I have not seen dads linger at my DD’s practice but I don’t know for sure as I just drop her off. I am a bit surprised by this post.

PP is referring to two 24 blue dads. BTW both nice guys, Lovely daughters committed to great programs.

Couldn’t be that bad if their kids got recruited. Seems like a change is needed.

My DD played for Capital and now plays in college. I was fine with the policy.

[Anonymous]

Any more feedback on showcase? Assuming if a coach didn’t click my kid’s profile afterward, likely not interested, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any more feedback on showcase? Assuming if a coach didn’t click my kid’s profile afterward, likely not interested, right?

What year is she? From a 2025 who just went through the process, the clicks, while exciting, don't necessarily mean a thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any more feedback on showcase? Assuming if a coach didn’t click my kid’s profile afterward, likely not interested, right?

What year is she? From a 2025 who just went through the process, the clicks, while exciting, don't necessarily mean a thing.

2026. understand the clicks don't translate to interest but no clicks means no interest, right? assuming they look at girls' profiles after the showcase?

[Anonymous]

You would get a text from the recruiting coordinator at Capital letting you know that one of the schools was interested if you are on the schools radar. Profile clicks don't always mean much but may be one indicator of interest especially if also
being told by recruiting coordinator or coaches that the college has interest.

[Anonymous]

My 2026 daughter said the showcase went well and she had interaction with coaches at the stations. One thing she did not like is that her scrimmage team only got to play one time in front of a couple coaches while other teams got to play 3x in front of those same coaches. One of her favorite schools was there so only playing in front of that coach 1x was a bummer. Was that really random? I doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

We’ve faced a mix. A BC camp was held inside its football facility and they prohibited parents from watching. Everyone was huddled in the vestibule trying to catch a glimpse. A small Yale camp was also closed to spectators (or highly discouraged, can’t remember) so everyone waited in their cars. My daughter doesn’t want me there watching her play at these things anyway so it wasn’t a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

Every camp/clinic/showcase we've been to this fall has been closed to parents.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

Shhhh, don't bring facts in here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

Shhhh, don't bring facts in here.

A poster above gave two examples where camps were closed to spectators. Can someone give others?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In recent seasons, there was a persistent cadre of Capital dads who apparently assumed that repeated emails imploring parents to drop their girls off and leave did not apply to them. Nice guys, but...

The top clubs in Maryland don't do this, so why does Capital think they are special?

Capital actively discourages parent sideline engagement / coaching with players. Md clubs do not. Capital tries to put a wall between the parents and the club and the players are much better for it. Capital players are able to play at practice without the watchful eye of their obsessive parents critiquing their every move. Teaches them to advocate for themselves if they need to address something with the coaches. Prepares them for recruiting camps too (which are almost always closed). Fun to watch the handful of psycho dads who disregard closed practice instructions at recruiting camps -- easy pickins' for college coaches to make mental notes of the players they should stay away from.

I’ve taken my daughter to over a dozen recruiting camps over a two year period and only one was closed - one of the six Ivies we visited.

I have never been to a closed recruiting camp for my son or daughter. Boys clubs do not have closed practices.

Shhhh, don't bring facts in here.

A poster above gave two examples where camps were closed to spectators. Can someone give others?

I always dropped at camps and drove away. I am sure that most of the parents are lovely people. But in every group of parents there will be one who sidles up to every other parent and shares gossip, seeks reassurance that they are doing all the right things, and otherwise spreads misery. (kind of like on this board, but in person)

The Capital issue is a non-issue. Holy Cross, where Capital practices in the fall, has very specific requirements with respect to parking. The rule is only to park in certain lots, not to queue for pick-up at the curb by the field, etc. My recollection is that Spring practices, which are not at Holy Cross, do not have the same strict rules. Much of this may, in fact, be driven by the venues.

Much as I believe parents should step back, you do you!