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If you are a baseball player, it is never too early to start thinking about college. In fact, if you are a baseball player, you should understand that in high school you have only three years to make an impression on college coaches. The reason for this is that college coaches can begin signing athletes to their commitments in the winter of your senior year before you step into the batter’s box or begin your senior season. Unlike football where the senior has his best season to show what he has, the baseball player must think of his junior year as if it was his senior year. With this in mind, it is important to get a plan together as early as your freshman year.
There are many plans and the best one is the one that works for you. It is a good idea for a freshman baseball player to begin with an interest inventory survey. A good interest inventory will ask you questions about things you like and match your answers with others who had similar interests and the careers they chose. This will give you a good idea about what type of professional careers are out there that will allow you to do what you already like. Let’s face it, even if you are the best baseball player, there will be a time when you see your last curve ball and catch your last in game grounder. When that time comes, you must already be prepared for the next chapter of your life. Getting an education will prepare you for life after baseball. You can search for an interest inventory on line. Depending on the school, some interest inventories are part of the A.C.T and PLAN tests that are given to juniors and sophomores in high school. If your school provides the interest survey, take it serious and talk to your counselor about results.
Once you have an idea about the careers you like, research the schools that have such majors and baseball teams. You can do this at collegeboard.com. By your sophomore year, you should have a list of 10 – 15 schools that you like. Be certain to have a variety of schools that are on different levels in relationship to size and athletic divisions. Everyone can’t play division one ball, and over 100 athletes are drafted in the MLB draft each year from division II and junior colleges. When you have your list, it is a good idea to visit the schools with baseball camps. Going to camps allows you to showcase your talents in front of coaches as well as getting specific instruction that you may not get from your summer coach or your high school coach.
Below is a list of some camps that may interest you.
New England Catching Camp: www.catchingcamp.com
ABR Northwestern Scout Day: www.amateurbaseballreport.com
University of Maryland: www.johnszefcbaseballcamps.com
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