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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to the national event invite-only tournament websites and see which local teams are playing there. Yes, there are the Stars, Canes, and Richmond Braves, but there are many other DMV teams competing and helping kids with college recruiting (Prime Time, MVP, XPress, US Elite, Mid Atlantic Red Sox, G's Lions all good teams with excellent players).

You're looking for teams competing in the national WWBA events in the fall in Jupiter and Ft Myers, not winning 6-team tournaments in Fredericksburg.

Also, some showcase teams don't have many team practices - so location may be less of a factor because he may do a lot of training on his own.
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Agree with this.  The top travel teams that have good college connections are all showcase teams that attract kids from a wide area and don't practice.  For a team like the Richmond Braves, you need to play on their Platinum team (or sometimes they call it the National team at other organizations).  Same with the Canes.

These teams are all very transactional and it really is the Summer of 16u and the 17u seasons that matter for college recruiting.  I am aware of many teams that have basically the same players for 14u - 16u...but then get rid of 50% of the kids and get new kids at 17u because that team is the most important for college recruiting.  They also treat their 17u team very differently than the years prior to 17u.  If you look at the stats, nearly 70% of college commitments happen between the Summer before your senior year of HS and Spring of senior year of HS.

I also agree that you want to look at the winners of the WWBA  events (sponsored by Perfect Game) in late September or early October.  Those teams have to win from a field of as many as 250 teams nationwide.  That said, those teams will often have several players that are drafted straight into the MLB.  FYI...nearly 50% of the 1st round MLB draft picks came straight from HS.  You will see those teams aggregating kids from CA, TX, GA, etc. who all just get together on weekends to play in these tournaments.[/quote]

Yes agree. Pp says goal is to play in college - While the winning teams at these events will have the tippy top players, the teams just competing decently well also have tons of players going to play in college. Just qualifying is a sign that the kids are good, and the coach knows that tons of recruiting happens at those events[/quote]

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