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re: Travel Baseball
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:30 pm to Factsman
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:30 pm to Factsman
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Matty didn't play legion after senior yr
Broussard did
Studs don't play legion after senior year in Nola thanks to old rummel coach before baudry
Yeah, I wondered why Joe kept playing for Ponstein's. I guess it's because LSU wasn't looking at him as a pitcher like they were Matty.
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Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:32 pm to nevilletiger79
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Also, no one at LSU knew who Matty was before his junior year.
I have 10 girls on my team and coaches know who they are and have seen them going to these tournaments and clinics
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:33 pm to Factsman
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That is false
Broussard was homeschooled before hc and was highly touted before first game at hc
Think his soph yr was his first
I'm pretty sure there was talk by scouts about drafting Joe at the end of his sophomore year. He definitely was "recognized".
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:34 pm to LSUdm21
Ott played knights with the guy now at tulane after sr yr
Broussard pitched his arse off for Nola boosters in wood bat aaaba league after legion
I wouldn't count Broussard out at pitcher at Lsu
Broussard pitched his arse off for Nola boosters in wood bat aaaba league after legion
I wouldn't count Broussard out at pitcher at Lsu
This post was edited on 12/20/10 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:36 pm to nevilletiger79
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I have 10 girls on my team and coaches know who they are and have seen them going to these tournaments and clinics
No offense but it's softball. It's a little different scouting baseball players. Travel teams are fine for what they are but college coaches and scouts aren't scouring the 14yr old playing fields.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:37 pm to Tigerdew
He was
And the knights coach was jack cressend then he went to tulane, wanna say he somewhere else now
And the knights coach was jack cressend then he went to tulane, wanna say he somewhere else now
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:37 pm to Tigerdew
IF you have a desire to play college ball and you wait till your jr. or senior year to get your name out you will be disappointed.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:38 pm to LSUdm21
They do go in the summer to see the cream of crop 14 yr olds cause they have the time and they can get a leg up
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:39 pm to LSUdm21
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but college coaches and scouts aren't scouring the 14yr old playing fields
no but they know the names of the top ones...
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:39 pm to LSUdm21
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No offense but it's softball. It's a little different scouting baseball players. Travel teams are fine for what they are but college coaches and scouts aren't scouring the 14yr old playing fields.
lol
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:39 pm to nevilletiger79
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IF you have a desire to play college ball and you wait till your jr. or senior year to get your name out you will be disappointed.
So is baseball that much harder to scout than football?
I have seen many athletes come on in just their senior year in football to get great D-1 offers.
This post was edited on 12/20/10 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:40 pm to jembeurt
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So is baseball that much harder to scout than football?
physical maturity is huge in football. Much more so than baseball
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:40 pm to nevilletiger79
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No offense but it's softball. It's a little different scouting baseball players. Travel teams are fine for what they are but college coaches and scouts aren't scouring the 14yr old playing fields.
how is it different? you dont think college baseball coaches are at 14u travel ball tournaments looking? you are sadly misinformed on that.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:41 pm to LSUdm21
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I know for a fact that Matty Ott and Joe Broussard just played regular old school ball @ Holy Cross and neither of them were noticed until their junior years.
matty ott played travel ball when he was....
12, 13 and 14....
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:42 pm to LfcSU3520
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physical maturity
I am by no means a coach, but even I can tell if a kid can swing and throw with good velocity and technique.
After that, it is just about refining those techniques, right?
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:46 pm to jembeurt
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but even I can tell if a kid can swing and throw with good velocity and technique.
yeah and to answer your question, you can see a lot of these things at an earlier age before a kid has hit physical maturity.
Football scouting/recruiting is based a lot more on physical characteristics.
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After that, it is just about refining those techniques, right?
more or less yeah.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:47 pm to SpqrTiger
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And the problem... particularly in Baton Rouge... is that this attitude is ruining "casual" baseball in order to over-serve the allegedly "elite" players in the sport.
not so fast.... a certain new park in BR did more to kill the two predominant leagues in BR YBBR and AM Legion at drillers than travel ball did.
ybbr was a good buffer for high level league play and moderate travell.. the rec type leagues at drillers filled their niche nicely.
combining two league type teams does not make them travel ball teams...
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:48 pm to choupiquesushi
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matty ott played travel ball when he was....
12, 13 and 14....
That's not what I was talking about. I misunderstood really. That one cat said college coaches would rather look at travel teams than school teams and that's simply not true.
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:48 pm to nevilletiger79
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how is it different? you dont think college baseball coaches are at 14u travel ball tournaments looking? you are sadly misinformed on that.
ha.. there are at least 3 14 year olds in south la that nearly every coach in LA knows....
Posted on 12/20/10 at 12:50 pm to choupiquesushi
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ha.. there are at least 3 14 year olds in south la that nearly every coach in LA knows....
Maybe high school coaches.....
eta: I will say I'm glad I have girls that are dancers. The traveling team shite is completely out of control. The coaches are the worst part about the whole deal and they treat every game like it's game 3 in Omaha. No 11 year old should have that much pressure on him in a single baseball game in Rayne, La. in May. (tounge-in-cheek)
This post was edited on 12/20/10 at 12:56 pm
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