Do You Want To Play College Baseball? Do These Two Things!

[@lll111555]

Great advice and you are right on with your comments coach. My son plays for a small travel organization but the head coach is very well connected (ex professional player) and has seen and evaluated thousands of players. Just as you described, he was able to match my son and his abilities to schools he felt my son would fit nicely into and that they would like him in return. Due to this "proactive" phase, my son was offered roster spots from 4 different schools and is now committed to playing college ball next year. This would have never happened if it wasn't for his head coach.

[@ajmoreira81]

You're lucky most coaches especially if their son is on the team is only looking out for numero uno

[@dannyjackson1643]

Sir hi and thank you for your hitting tips ,perfect. I worked on my nephew's swing ,he is coachable . The way I was taught is the way you described and I followed your tips . Yesterday (he is 12yrs.),he was voted as an all-american baseball player ,he goes to Reno Nv. In july . Just saying thank you very much sir .

[@michaelriddles6726]

Love this series. You have to be honest with yourself but not sell yourself short at the same time. That is part of our responsibility as youth coaches, yes teach as much as possible, but be realistic. The pipe dream is for all kids to qualify for d1, but we have to iterate juco is ok as well. I've learned alot watching this series as I was arrogant and naive 16 years ago due to lack of knowledge. I don't want my kids or players I coach to suffer the same fate as I did.

[@sundaeoakes1913]

My son is a pitcher, catcher, & plays shortstop for both a fall and spring little league rec team + summer All Stars. He is 14 and we will be looking into private lessons soon. Would you recommend travel ball + private lessons and high school baseball (he’s going into 9th grade next year)? He has been playing for 10 years! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@pete7504]

Thanks Matt , good advice video for kids to have an avenue on how the process is and where to go .

[@Mitten4371]

Yes he is absolutely right because you see I pitched in highschool and pitched during my youth years as well and was fortunate enough to play for coaches that either played pro or college. So I learned a lot from them but that's where I learned from playing travel ball myself and to this very day my baseball knowledge is rich. See I kind of taken the same path that Matt took but as a pitcher and see at the end of my junior year in highschool I went to a tryout that mlb was having and so I went to it. They had mlb scouts from all over the country I believe and they told us that if they were interested in you that they would give you a call. Well I got the call and that I was informed that the Florida Marlins which now is the Miami Marlins were interested in me and they wanted to see me pitch again but if I remember right I was playing for my highschool team and I couldn't pitch for them again. So my senior year in highschool I got cut from my highschool team and it devastated me because my thinking was if I made the varsity team then I would have scouts to come see me pitch. Even in highschool you have to have to pass to play and in college you have to have really good grade level to even play especially in major universities. See I live in Georgia and my favorite school is Georgia Tech but even there you have to have a really good grade point average just to get into the school. But I wanted to play college ball myself and so I went to Andrew college which is a junior college close to the Florida border but see I was a Special Ed student in highschool and the school just didn't have the resources that I needed. So I went on and tried to play after highschool but my velocity started to go down and I couldn't get anyone out. See I never went to college but I have pitched against some college teams before and let me tell you from experience what you thought was good enough in highschool isn't good enough in college

[@thatsamfeeling]

Hi i was going through some cards and saw i had one of yours. It was a nice card with the padres

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Awesome!

[@waywardson1663]

Nothing wrong with playing D3 or Jr College for a year or two and see if you get noticed there. Not everyone is cut out for D1 at 18 years old.

[@anthonylasure5286]

My son would very much like to be on a travel team. He will play baseball 24/7 365. However, all the travel teams around where we live (Kansas City) are overwhelmingly expensive. I have checked and called and emailed and messaged and so on and on trying to find my son a team to play on that doesn't cost $$$ hundreds per month plus hotel stays, food, and travel costs. Starting out, and then monthly payments to the coach cost anywhere from $350-$500 per month, and they usually ask for double that upfront. I probably spoke with 5-7 travel team coaches last spring and they all said same amounts of money. Where can I find a local league that will allow my son to play and have fun? At any recreation center it's about $40-$60 per season to play 6-8 games. I tried to sign him up for Official Little League Baseball, but they have no official LL teams UNTIL all the local rec centers have their games and pick an All Star team. Then that All Star team is sent as our county representative to play in a tournament against other local countys' teams.

[@michaelnewton5873]

Went to High School with a basketball player who was recruited to Valparaiso but after a year left because Valparaiso was to preppy for him So he went to a d2 school where he did okay.

[@SaltyWinchester]

What happened to your Road to 90?

[@CoachscrapperJC444]

Great advice. Don't forget Stanford

[@brettmaxson7695]

How do you feel about showcase tournaments?

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Some are very good

[@Marlins1531]

What do you do off the field, are there are any examples?

[@stevebealefeld3177]

Would you recommend a program like Virtual Combine or just stick with a program like Field Level? Or maybe something different? I have a Sophomore ending his HS season and looking to get on some college radars over the Summer through travel ball showcases and personally reaching out to individual schools. Thanks!

[@marcgutierrez3507]

What Your opinions on NCSA

[@sliceoflazania]

See ya in the majors

[@isaiahsmith4735]

Exactly

[@ogdann3beats]

L 24 can l play baseball at collage?

[@stuckinchaselandia6427]

I have to respectfully disagree with Matt. Nearly any Varsity player in the country could play college ball if they want and are willing to go to the middle of nowhere and play a low level D3. There is a spot for nearly everyone. The numbers are low because people either dont want to play college ball or they dont take the opportunities that they have. My son is a perfect example. He was offered a roster spot here in FL at a private school and was recruited by some D2 and D3 out of state. He had tuition paid for here in the state, so it just didnt make sense for him to keep playing and take out thousands in loans just to play. This type of scenario happens all the time.

[@adamheady1214]

How important is it to play high school ball.. Is it a must, can you still play in college by just playing travel ball...

[@AntonelliBaseball]

You could, but I think high school ball allows for more development (in most cases) and is also fun (in most cases).

[@neanderthalsnavel7411]

If there are millions of players that want to play ball but the college teams don't want them, why aren't there more teams unaffiliated with a college? It's sad that all these people quit.

[@floridasportsoutdoors4475]

1. Throw 90+mph 2. Hit nukes

[@JackSparrow-xw7ls]

I like the cut of your jib

[@johnisouth6636]

Why do the Dominicans get to go to straight baseball school at 12 yes old? No math or any kinda school work? American kids are required to do good at school and baseball at the same time.

[@drewbryant38]

1) Be good at baseball 2) Be good at baseball Unfortunately I fill neither of those 2

[@SaltyWinchester]

1) Practice 2) Practice

[@drewbryant38]

@@SaltyWinchester very true

[@JackSparrow-xw7ls]

1. Don’t suck 2. Hit tanks You’re welcome

[@twinciti2962]

Furst!!

[@patrickmcgowan1252]

#1 tip Get your girlfriend (future wife) Laura take the SAT for you.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

That too!

[@jgonzales912]

D1 college ball still looks like crap.

[@AntonelliBaseball]

Compared to what?

[@jgonzales912]

@@AntonelliBaseball MLB

[@AntonelliBaseball]

@@jgonzales912 well of course. One is made up of professional men. The other is amateur kids

[@redwingsfan1136]

@@jgonzales912 what a stupid comment lol

[@jgonzales912]

@@AntonelliBaseball Definitely.