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Travel coach should be a partner in recruiting. Third party agencies are a money grab. Dad coaches don’t know the college coaches. There are plenty of local programs with a strong track record for placing athletes and relationships with college coaches. At this age I’d go with team over convenience. Most of the summer is playing tournaments, not local practice. And I don’t understand why no HS ball. There’s a homeschool team that plays high schools if that is the issue. Where does he train? Maybe they can advise a good fit.

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They are only a money grab if what they provide isn’t worth it to you. My son is playing on a HS team that doesn’t send many kids to play in college, and his travel team is dad coached so the coaches have never done the college connection thing. But we save $1500/year by not paying elite travel team fees, and we’ve spent that instead on the recruiting service to fill the gap.

I’m not saying others should do what we are doing, as our circumstances aren’t most people’s. But OP’s question was whether they NEED one of these elite travel teams, and they don’t if they are willing to cobble together the training, competition, and connections they’ll need in other ways.[/quote]

I truly hope it works out for your son. Overall, these people are not well regarded, but of course there are some who could be helpful.

For OP’s son, if he isn’t on a team attending bigger tournaments, and he isn’t playing high school ball, I don’t know how he would even face decent pitching, much less showcase it for college coaches. Even if it isn’t a big name team, I’d look for a team playing a challenging schedule and at least one of the big recruiting tournaments by 16u summer.[/quote]

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