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September Baseball Recruiting Plans:

Many of you are still playing baseball in local fall leagues or on weekends at showcase tournaments. Perhaps a few of you will end the season in Florida at the World Wood Bat Championships? Regardless, September is a busy time for everyone - seniors you are possibly dealing with the fall out from summer showcases - early decision options, scholarship offers coming at you in the for the early period in November, and others are being invited to fall or early winter prospect clinics at a variety of colleges. Take control of the action with these tips;

1) Know what you want in a college, at least to some degree. You want to be a brain surgeon? Make sure the schools you are speaking with offer a decent pre-med program. If not they might not be worth your while.

2) Stay in touch. Be proactive with coaches and let them know what is going on with your schedule this fall. Coaches had a quiet period from 9/1 to 9/9, but they can evaluate right to the end of October.

3) Look for winter showcases opportunities. Only the big time programs have their recruiting classes locked up in November. Many coaches are still locking down next years class well into the winter and even early spring. There are a lot of factors, but you never know when a coach needs a player.

4) Educate yourself! For you junior families or younger, it is time to read College Bound: The Official Guide to Playing College Baseball.

FYI - Estimating the velocity of a throw by how far it travels in the air.

Speed Distance
40 mph 95 ft
50 mph 120 ft
60 mph 170 ft
70 mph 210 ft
80 mph 260 ft
90 mph 305 ft - Football field
100 mph 360 ft
Source: http://raincreekbooks.home.mindspring.com/questions.htm#radar

So, if you don't have a radar gun, this is a good way to measure general arm strength.

To summarize:

Seniors - you need to be focused on time lines for applications, scholarship applications, financial aid and continuing conversations with college coaches.

Juniors - keep your grades up, register for SAT/PSAT and ACT tests and any review classes your time and budget allows. Start exploring college programs (check the links pages), fill out a Recruiting forms on the web sites of schools that interest you and work hard at improving your skills, strength and conditioning.

Soph - study hard, practice and play against the best competition you can find! Your time will come very soon.

Thanks and welcome back to a new school year!