by CheckWriter » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:35 pm
I agree that it depends.
I think it depends on whether your DD would seriously consider going to the school. I think you should save the time, money and missed school to go to camps at schools that she is considering trying to get in to. She needs to call ahead (can also have the travel ball coach feel out if there is a potential fit) and tell the coach she is seriously interested in the school ahead of the camp. That gets DD placed in a group that will get closer observation.
Have to be up to the scrutiny. At one school we did that, DD got taken aside by the head coach for about 45 minutes and they worked one on one on hitting off the T. Constant string of questions. Sees how coachable the kid is. Can she make adjustments. etc.
JMO
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words.
--- Hesiod, Eighth Century B.C.