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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the baseball parents who went to the out of state tournaments - how important are these for college recruiting?  I have a an 8th grader and we have only traveled to a couple driving tournaments and I am trying to manage expectations for high school.  Thanks!  [/quote]

All depends what level of recruitment and how wide of a net you want to cast.

If your kid is legitimately a strong D1 candidate, the GA/AL/FL tournaments are critical if your kid is legit for SEC, ACC or Big10 (schools)...you will also see many Ivy and some Patriot League schools at these tourneys as well, so it's not that they aren't there too.

Just FYI...your team doesn't have to be a top team at these tournaments, though they should represent well and your coach needs to be connected to ensure that they can get the attention of these schools, that they will show up to watch you play and that your coach plays you when those coaches are there.  The coaches usually only stick around for the pool play rounds because that is when they know all the teams will actually play...maybe some coaches that are domiciled locally (say the GA Tech coach) will try to watch an elimination game, but they don't really care who wins these tournaments and 90% of the coaches have gone somewhere else by the elimination round.

On the flip side, I know two kids playing at UMD and Georgetown, and while they played for top travel teams...these tourneys weren't necessary at all because the coaches from these schools were able to see them play locally and come watch their practices/training.[/quote]

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